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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostDutchman, post: 1000291, member: 16994&quot;]Personally we have forms we have to file with our local city every day. We have to fill out a description of what we are buying and if possibile attach a picture. We also require a picture of the sellers valid state ID and a thumbprint. The city also mandates that we hold anything we buy through the front door for a period of 7 days. After the 7 day period has elapsed the items are free and clear for us to do as we wish with them. </p><p><br /></p><p>You would be surprised how many people give you their thumbprint and photo ID with stolen goods. We get several friendly visits from our local PD each year looking for items that we have turned in. The police are friendly to us because they know we play by the rules and there is really no way of knowing if an item presented to us is stolen or not. If we still have the item they take it and provide us with a receipt for the item and a case number. From time to time we get family members who come in looking for stolen items. These cases get tricky because a lot of the time they don&#039;t want to file charges against the family member who stole the items they just want their items back. I have been called names a few times because when I explain that without a police report they must buy the item back at what I paid for it (that&#039;s pretty generous on our end). I&#039;m not sure why but some people get it in their mind that we are committing a crime for unknowingly buying this stuff. It was presented to me for sale and the person jumped through all of our hoops then there really isn&#039;t much we can do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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