IIRC the Toronto Police have an auction once, and perhaps twice a year, and dump this kind of stuff. The TTC, Toronto Transit has one as well from their lost and found.
Dave On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:05 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess it's different in Canada, in most places in the US if the > property remains unclaimed after a period, (either common law or > statutory), of time has elapsed they sell the stuff at auction with > either city or department getting the proceeds. It's a win, win, as far > as the police department is concerned. It seems entirely too venal for > the Canadian authorities to not have the same law. > > frank theriault wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Here's an interesting and slightly strange story about where bicycles >>> go to die: >>> >>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sting-operation-nets- >>> prolific-toronto-bike-thief-907571.html >>> >>> Bob >>> >> >> Toronto's bike community has known about Igor for a long long time. >> In fact, ever since I moved to Toronto in '96 everyone said, "If your >> bike's been stolen, the first place to check is Igor's." Depending on >> Igor's mood, he'd actually give it back to the original owner, he'd >> sell it back for what he paid the thief (most often around $50 to >> $100), he'd sell it for market value for a used bike, or he'd deny he >> knew anything about it (even while the thing's sitting on his sales >> floor). Most often he'd sell it for what he paid the thief, saying >> "hey, I didn't know it was stolen!" - even though he obviously did. >> >> The article you sent is crap - just like all the local newspaper >> articles. They talk about the police clamping down on bike theft, and >> the surge in thefts early in the summer and how the cops were so >> concerned and that's why they suddenly decided to go after him. Truth >> is that cyclists have been trying to get the police to go after Igor >> for years. When he first opened he was in the middle of a real >> down-and-out neighbourhood, and hey, it's not like he was stealing >> cars or anything, so who really cared? >> >> However, over the past four or five years many of the abandonned >> warehouses and factories have been converted into expensive condos, >> and suddenly the place is all full of art galleries and fancy bistros >> and stuff. Now the cops have a reason to "clean the area up" and let >> the locals know that they live in a safe neighbourhood. >> >> Igor had so many bikes he'd have never been able to sell them all - >> they're now saying well over 3,000, hoarded in the basement, attic, at >> his house. It seems he could never turn down a stolen bike. Very >> weird. >> >> Now the cops have a huge problem because they'll never be able to find >> the original owners of all those bikes, and they're going to pay a >> fortune warehousing them until their next bike auction. Perhaps had >> they gone after him when they should have, ten or more years ago... >> >> Anyway, thanks for an interesting article, Bob. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
