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MTFD24

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UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« on: November 21, 2005, 11:46:31 AM »
It has come to my attention that VERY recently someone has stolen some equipment from Island Lanes in Grand Island NY. This equipment is now up for sale on E-Bay!  As I am typing this there are several very mad bowlers at the NY State Police Barracks filing charges.
Beware of the following E-Bayer, and anything coming from the Grand Island, Niagara Falls and Tonawanda areas!

The E-Bayer is :
http://cgi.ebay.com/Roto-Grip-RS-1_W0QQitemZ7197931795QQcategoryZ36105QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That exact link is my son's ball! I for one may be paying a visit!
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2005, 07:48:21 PM »
Dumb question, How are you sure? You cannot even see the drilling/span.
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2005, 07:51:25 PM »
It's a shame it's stolen.  Less the unspecified shipping charges, it looks like a good deal.  Hope you bust his butt.

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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2005, 07:53:05 PM »
There were several items stolen from the pro-shop, and most of the balls are already on E-Bay. I have all serial #'s of mine and my son's equipment, and the owner of the pro-shop has most of the other balls serial #'s. And to top it off, the person selling the equipment has made several "slip-ups" which led to us discovering them on E-Bay. Ther is quite a bit more to all of this as well. I would almost bet that we will find more that is not even known yet.
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MTFD24

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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2005, 08:06:37 PM »
Just beware of anything that he sells....all the balls he has listed are alsom "missing" from Island Lanes. I will update as I find out more.
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2005, 08:41:20 PM »
Police were on scene at the sellers house approx 30 mins ago, and all of a sudden now all the bowling balls he had listed are gone! Just awaiting a call from my son to see what transpired. Will update when I get more info.

Hopefully they recovered all of my son's equipment...the RS-1, Crunch, Storm Freedom, and 1 or 2 others!
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2005, 04:33:04 AM »
I am glad they caught him.  I have had a couple of balls stolen and doesn't make you very happy.  That is why I also keep all of my serial numbers at home plus I have every box from the ball since I drill my own stuff.
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2005, 05:16:59 AM »
This is so important to wright down all the serial number so when this happen you can call all the area proshops. If anyone bring a ball in to be redrill they can look at the serial numbers and hold the ball for you. all they have to say to the person is that this ball was reported stolen.
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2005, 02:43:32 PM »
Update....the equipment is back with the rightful owners, and charges are still pending against the 17 year old....who WAS on the High School bowling team. The father was angry that the police basically came to his house along with my son, but as my son told him and the police, nothing would have been done without the authorities!

There were over a dozen stolen bowling balls there, and the 4 that were on E-Bay were immediately withdrawn while police watched.

Sometimes a good ending does happen.
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2005, 02:48:38 PM »
Well hopefully he will learn a lesson from this.  Does anybody know why he did it or was this just something he does for fun?
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2005, 12:13:23 AM »
I still can't understand why you would steal a bowling ball... I mean... Steal a car or something if your going to steal anything! A bowling ball? I mean come on, all it does is hurts the person being stolen from more than you can benefit from selling them (look at the resale value of bowling balls).
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2005, 02:46:28 AM »
congrats on taking down that creep. his father was upset
the police were at the house. thats funyy maybe his
dad s upset his son was stealing other peoples
property. glad u got him !!
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2005, 05:33:11 AM »
Yeah!!  A happy ending for once!
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2005, 08:25:42 AM »
quote:
The father was angry that the police basically came to his house


Simple math.......a55-hole parent....a55-hole kid!!  See.... 1+1 DOES = 2 !

Glad to hear it turned out!
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Re: UPDATE on Stolen Equipment on E-Bay
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2005, 08:40:04 AM »
Kid has a bright future.
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