Fencing in ED

[jim_the_chin]

Over the years I've noticed more ads in the for sale section that I'm pretty sure are for stolen goods.

What do you reckon are the top signs that indicate nicked gear?

[Salsaboy]

What do you base your suspicions on?

[????]

1) Being offered them in a pub

2) Being offered them by my mate Mark ***********

[red devil]

3) EDF user name...'jim_the_chin' has an element of the criminal underworld about it...got any hooky?

[tfwsoll]

What a disappointment - from the title of this thread I thought someone shared my lifelong dream of making ED a gated community.

[Fabricio the Guido]

Rapier or sabres ?

[Alan Medic]

Someone running away with your phone?

[Otta]

Same, I genuinely hoped this might be about a fencing club. Have always fancied trying a bit of swordplay.

[DulwichFox]

Signs of stolen goods.. Mmmmhhmm..

iPhone4 Unlocked. No Manual. ?50.00 Might raise an eyebrow. ;-)

[jim_the_chin]

Sorry to disappoint with the thread title.

Indicators to me are:

Cheap price

Use of text speak when selling something 'grown-up'

Single post only OR posters who only sell stuff but always make out they have a personal reason for selling

Arranging to exchange goods in the pub or away from home

Nothing definitive here, just some suspicions, and it's an industry I'm loathe to support

I wonder if people who buy and sell as a business should be made to indicate this; this would separate them out from the fences.