Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
Inspired by this post:
https://www.bikeforums.net/21165558-post52391.html
Let's say you're riding around on one of your favorite bikes that you bought used on Ebay or CL, and stranger tells you they think it's their bike, which was stolen many years ago. Let's say, for argument's sake, the person provides enough details that you're 100% convinced they're telling the truth.
What do you do next? Offer to sell it back to them? Hand it over? Let "the authorities" handle the situation?
Surely someone in C&V has dealt with this situation before. Me, I have no idea what I'd do, probably give it back, ultimately. I don't want someone else's stuff.
I think the fist thing I would do is bring the accuser with me, and contact the person I bought it from. They could then argue it out from there. If it turns out the accuser has a legitimate claim, the seller can either pay that person what I paid, or offer to buy it back from me, including any repairs, or options I may have added. When I buy something in good faith, I do not expect to be scammed out of it.