Weekly community thrift haul thread

[Downwindtracker2]

The tool I was always suspicious of finding in pawn shops were Hilti concrete drills. New, they were expensive. Being very handy, so contractors would hold on to them. Yet, there they were. I guessed ex -employees getting bonuses. Or with small time cont actors, wage replacements.

 

[jorogi]

I spent some time in a pawn shop a while back. I asked how they handle hot goods.

Apparently, everything has to be reported to the local police so they can cross check against reported stolen within some geographic region. Also, everything has to be stored for a month to allow for a reasonable check. After that, it can be put in display and sold. So it's entirely possible that your tools were there, just not on display yet.

Bought a motorbike a decade ago. Great shape, priced less than 50% of its value, had trailer not motorcycle plates on, name on the paperwork didn't match the seller and everything I said to the seller resulted in a further $100 off the price. I called the cops to see if it was hot, they wouldn't say suggesting that I could be the thief trying to see if it had been reported stolen. Called the insurance provider same uselessness. With difficulty I managed to track down the previous owner and he confirmed he had sold it 3 months prior to a guy matching the description of the seller so lucky day. It seems like the officials don't really give a rats about solving crimes.

 

[skippyelwell]

That's the beauty of the Restore, you KNOW nothing in there was stolen.

Can you show a picture of the backside? It's a woodworking face vice, so there should either be a couple ears on the backside with holes pointing up to secure to the underside of a workbench, or there should also be a couple holes through the fixed jaw to secure to the face of a workbench. It looks to me like there are two holes that are currently used to hold those wooden jaws on that can be used to mount the fix jaw to the edge of a bench. But without a picture of that back it's tough to say if that's the only option. Don't think I've ever seen one without ears or another means of mounting from underneath, but I certainly have not seen them all. Handy vises to have anyway. One can never have too many different ways to securely hold something. This reminds me, I need to remount mine somewhere.....Been sitting a long time since the dismantling of our old woodworking shop at my Dad's place, and subsequent jamming of all that shit in my barn.

Thanks, I figured it out eventually.

 

[whydontu]

I spent some time in a pawn shop a while back. I asked how they handle hot goods.

Apparently, everything has to be reported to the local police so they can cross check against reported stolen within some geographic region. Also, everything has to be stored for a month to allow for a reasonable check. After that, it can be put in display and sold. So it's entirely possible that your tools were there, just not on display yet.

Police get a list, and promptly file it in the oval file.

My son David plays drums in a band. One birthday I bought him a good set of digital drums and an oddball Roland amp specifically designed for drums. Six months later his house is broken into and the amp is stolen. Police report is filed.

I'm trolling through a Cash Converters, and I see a Roland drum amp. Curious, I make a note of the serial number, and scoot over to the music store that sold me the amp. Sure enough, it's David's amp. Get a copy of the bill of sale. Go to the police and convince an officer to meet me at Cash Converters. Officer confirms the amp is stolen, that it's mine, and the Cash Converter manager just shrugs his shoulders and lets me take the amp.

I'm pretty sure this happens often enough that it's just a cost of doing business as a pawn shop.