advice on "stolen" bike

[PscyclePath]

A bike just like my son's turned up on CL just a few days ago. We got kind of screwed because we had lost the original sale receipt and didn't' have the serial number to put on the police report. LBS provided us with what we thought was a correct number that went on the report. I did find the original sales receipt about four days ago, and the two serial numbers don't jive. The chances that our bike got sold at a pawn shop becuase we had a serial number snafu are very high. I did get the police report updated. Anyway, it turns out the bike in question was exactly the same, a stock Haro but the numbers didn't match.

One thing I did the first of this year was to take a photo of all my bikes, and post them under my profile on BikeJournal.com, along with the serial number of each bike. A nice, easily accessible reference...

Tom

[TahoeDirtGirl]

I unfortunately have gotten burned several times to where I now adopt the attitude that I don't loan things unless I can accept with them being a gift.

I would pursue trying to hold her accountable but it probably won't go very far. I would call the police non emergency number and maybe they can guide you. You never know.

I would also post something where ever you can (bike shop, pawn shop, etc) and offer a 'reward, no questions asked' if you really want it back.

Sorry you lost your bike. I had a similar situation. It's so frustrating. But don't give up on helping people!

[beccaB]

The new foster mom and the police are going over there today to try to collect the young lady's things. When the woman said that she had put all the items out by the curb I sincerely doubted it, because she doesn't ever get up off the couch. So we'll see what happens then. I'm glad she is getting "harasssed" by the police. They went over there to to look for the bike(but goofy me, I had given them the make and model of the wrong bike at first, because we have quite a collection) And the police will be over there again today.
I have a hard time with people that have no moral compass whatsoever, especially where children are involved. I'm still very naive despite my age and how many years I've been a school bus driver. And the Children's protective services are not nearly staffed enough. Dogs and Cats are accounted for better than children.