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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 18, 2011 at 1:58pm

Probably the same post here (you were probably putting it up at the same time).  Good eye Moc Artsy.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie on January 18, 2011 at 4:11pm

I suppose you could look at it as cruel. I for one was thrilled to see that post. I'm such a hopeless optimist that I thought surely it had to be my bike. It wasn't, but all it took was an email to find out. 

H3N3 said:

Ads like this one are cruel-- there's absolutely no reason not to give the color and model; any legitimate owner will still be able to tell you the size, bike shop sticker, and a handful of other details, and ought to be able to provide some proof of ownership.

This is just making tens of stolen Jamis victims jump through hoops for no reason.

 

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on January 19, 2011 at 1:48pm

Any owner who doesn't know the serial number of his own bike doesn't deserve to have it back IMHO.  I would be extremely reluctant to give a bike back that I'd found without that information.

 

All bike owners should have a full accounting of a bike with a complete listing of components, accessories, size, color, configuration, a photograph, and finally the serial number -and keep it all in a safe place.  A good safe place is someplace like  BikeRegistry.com which is free and something you can do BEFORE your bike is stolen...

 

And you can put a sticker on it from them which will give the finder a place to start when trying to return a bike they found.

 

H3N3 said:

Ads like this one are cruel-- there's absolutely no reason not to give the color and model; any legitimate owner will still be able to tell you the size, bike shop sticker, and a handful of other details, and ought to be able to provide some proof of ownership.

This is just making tens of stolen Jamis victims jump through hoops for no reason.

 

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