Friday, June 10, 2005
iPod heist and Ebay...
On June 1st someone tricked a company in Los Angeles into letting him drive off with a delivery of 12,000 iPods. I was amazed by the thief's guts at the time but didn't think anything else of it.
This morning my friend Jeff showed me a link he found on Ebay while shopping for an iPod for his wife. Someone is trying to unload 1,000 iPods. The previous things sold by that seller are designer shirts, jeans, and golf clubs. Typical items for the common thief to sell. Also, none of the previous auctions is for anything even close to the value of 1,000 iPods. So, either someone hijacked the guy's account or the guy has a fence opportunity of a lifetime.
Even thought it's a long shot I decided it would be cool to call the LAPD (plus I use VOIP so it's free). I called the hot line and spoke to one of the detectives. He seemed interested and asked me to show him how to use Ebay to find the item. Once I helped him find it he said "thank you for your help" and then the call was over.
The only other time I've helped the law out was when I stopped a lady from beating up the old lady who ran the Flying J gas station in Livermore. Nobody thanked me then so my track record isn't good. Stay tuned to see how this concludes!
