[Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)

[anthony costa]

as of  this afternoon i got the reciept for the radio.He paid 650.00 used at
barry electronics 6/97....so much for putting this gem in the dumpster.
----- Original Message -----
From: "daveg" <daveg@uno.bcn.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)


> I can't sit here any longer without throwing in my $.02.  Sorry for the
length
> here. 12 or so years ago, I was sitting in court with a lawyer defending
ME
> against charges of receiving stolen property.  It was a scanner receiver
and a
> few other electronic items, but the principals are the same, I think.
>
> 1. Every CB'er that I know is very much aware of the value of his/her
> equipment.  Every bootlegger knows that an Icom beats a Cobra with a junky
> amp.   If you were buying it from some non-radio person (widow, estranged
wife),
> well maybe they had no idea of the value, it's not hot, and you just need
to
> deal with the guilt.
>
> Maybe.
>
> 2. You can't be prosecuted unless it's proven stolen.  So, if the police
become
> involved with something suspected as hot, they'll actually put in extra
effort
> to match it up with the rightful owner because...
>
> 3. If they are able to, it's a 'two for one' win for them.  The guy who
had his
> rig ripped off is happy, kudos to police.  Of course he'll happily sign
> something legally stating that rig with that serial # was stolen from them
and
> not 'misplaced', sold or whatever.  They won't 'feel it's nessesary' to
state
> that that a fellow ham had the rig.
>
> 4. The second win for police is that they have you.  An easy mark.  A nice
guy -
> easy to arrest with a minimum of hassle for them.  Receiving Stolen is a
> felony.  Your average felon out there is a real threat to police (buddies
> packing weapons, etc). Your friends pack HT's.
>
> 5. My advice - life is tough.  Look out for yourself.  You are in a jam.
Best
> way out - wrap up, make it look like trash, get it in a dumpster
somewhere.  A
> big dirty dumpster that doesn't get picked through.  Tell no one else.  If
asked
> about it, reply 'Icom - what Icom?'  You received a very valuable
education for
> $100.  Legal fees could top 10 times what you saved in that purchase,
probably
> more.
>
> What happened to me - I was aquited.  Not guilty.  The scanner was as hot
as 10
> meters was last winter.  But - I never gave anyone any money for it. Yes,
it was
> in my house.  I was able to prove that I never even took it INTO my house
and
> that someone else living there was the person in posession of it.
>
> Yes - I'm a jaded grumpy old man.  But a wiser one now.  A lot of my gear
is
> used. Nothing but nothing in my shack is even SUSPECTED as being hot. I
still
> guard my equipment serial #'s just like my social security #.  They are
recorded
> in a safe.  Never revealed unless absolutely nessesary.
>
> My opinion.
> Your mileage may vary.
> Dave
> call withheld
> Flames off-list please!
>
> anthony costa wrote:
>
> > I would like to find out ken,the guy's name is rudy crook.Yes im not
> > kidding.He is a  nam vet and seem's quite intelegent.I will try to find
a
> > website to see if i can put theese ser# up to find out if its clean.or
> > better yet he might have the reciept.anyway thank's for the advice and
keep
> > away from stolen goods ...ok
> >
> > tony
>
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