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Have you been stolen from? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago by cashmaggot@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Has someone or something stolen from you? Do you know who/what it was? Did it affect you? Do you care?

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[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In the UK I think there's a scheme where you register your bike and engrave a serial number on the frame somewhere, so if it turns up stolen it's easier to prove/legitimate sellers won't buy it off thieves. Don't know how well it works personally.

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As far as I know all bikes have these. The number is definite proof of ownership, but can of course just be removed by the perpetrator (if they bother).

[–] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

I was wondering if it was kinda like bullets (don't bullets have serial numbers engraved on them? I suppose they do, but I am not sure if it really matters?) or like car parts. But I will say that for a lot of stolen electronics I've seen and heard about - individual indentifiers didn't ever seem to mean much ultimately.