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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7961622, member: 105098&quot;]Just my opinion, you report your items as being stolen. </p><p>pawn shops and coin shops that buy things from people pretty much know it going into it there&#039;s going to be a percentage of fake or stolen that gets through over the course of a year, it&#039;s all factored in (or at least should be) in their buy and selling prices. </p><p><br /></p><p>I dunno. Anytime, you have a business buying stuff from other people, or selling for the matter really,&nbsp; you are gonna get scammed at some point somehow the only way to avoid it is to watch out for the scammers and be cautious. </p><p><br /></p><p>In florida, the pawnbroker owns the piece of property, he get a reciept for it from police. If you want ti returned to you, you ahve to go to court to prove you are the legal owner of the property and that it was stolen from you and make claim of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Florida courts have ruled that law enforcement may not recover stolen property from pawn shops and return it to a victim of a crime without providing the broker the opportunity for a hearing.</p><p><br /></p><p>oddly enough in Florida (where I am):</p><p>If you are a victim of a theft and your property has been located in a pawnshop, you may decide to buy it from the pawnbroker, or go to court and have it ordered returned to you.</p><p>In order to obtain a court order, you will need to file a petition for return of property. </p><ul> <li>To obtain possession of stolen property held by a pawnbroker, <b>the victim must notify the broker by certified mail, return receipt requested, or in person</b>, evidenced by a signed notice.</li> <li>The notice must contain a complete and accurate description of the property and must be accompanied by a legible copy of the law enforcement agency’s report of the theft.</li> <li>If the victim and the pawnbroker do not resolve the matter within 10 days after the pawnbroker’s receipt of the notice, the victim may petition the court to order the return of the property, <b>naming the pawnbroker as a defendant.</b></li> <li>The pawnbroker is required to hold the property until the right to possession is resolved by the parties or by the court.</li> </ul><p>A lot of times, the victim negotiates with the pawnshop a price for return of the item and it doesn&#039;t get to court.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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