Thanks Arthur and Ellen for the info. I always wondered about it. I do plan on being there Saturday.
Frank Maiale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > When MPD recovers a bicycle and it has a registration decal on it, they will > look up the owner's name and phone number in the registration records and try > to contact them. Sometimes a bike owner gets a call before they even realize > their bicycle was stolen. Sometimes they get a call a year or two later and > are amazed, and thankful, that the bike was recovered. If a bike at the > auction has a registration decal on it, MPD probably could not locate that > individual. People move around within Madison quite a bit and rarely contact > us with a change of address for bicycle registrations. When students leave > Madison, there are many bikes just abandoned, they don't need/want it anymore. > We would much rather get a recovered bicycle back to it's owner than have > to store it and auction it. > > Arthur Ross > Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > You have seen many registrations on the auction bikes because the MPD had pre- > registered them to help encourage people to register after they had purchased > a bike. > This year we have stopped pre-registering the bicycles, and give out > registrations when the bike is purchased and the owner fills out the form. > We discovered too many bikes were being sold at the auction without the > registration being completed. > Hope to see you Saturday, > Ellen Pillsbury _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
