> Thieves often post stolen vehicles for sale on platforms like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist

That seems like a stretch. That wouldn't even make sense for them to do. Strange claim to make.

>The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is urging New York City residents to exercise caution when purchasing cars online, as they have recently identified a surge in the sale of stolen vehicles.

>As of Oct. 15 (2024), the DMV reports that it has recovered 228 stolen vehicles amounting to a value of $6.35 million. Of the 228 vehicles recovered this year, 149 were purchased by an unsuspecting victim after seeing a post on Facebook Marketplace or a similar site.

That is 65% of recovered stolen vehicles in New York was sold through online marked places.

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/10/stolen-vehicles-...

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galleywest200 3 days ago | parent [-]

I am curious of

1) How many total stolen vehicles there were

And

2) If 65% of recovered ones being from Marketplace means only the low-hanging fruit were found.

	▲	snypher 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		"From 1997 through 2022, reported thefts decreased 67 percent. In 2022, however, there was a dramatic increase in vehicles reported stolen: 26,653, representing a 112 percent increase from the 12,573 reported stolen in 2019." From https://apps.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/docs/FINAL%20202...

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burkaman 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's very common with bikes, it wouldn't surprise me if they do it with cars too. I found my own stolen bike for sale on Facebook but still wasn't able to recover it. They just use a stolen or anonymized Facebook account so you can't easily figure out who is selling it.

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prmoustache 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I once saw a story about someone who saw her bike on sale even before it was stolen. The thieves announce the bikes they see regularly in the same place in the street and only steal them if they have a potential buyer.

That way they only take the risk when they need to, they don't need any storage area, and if they are caught it is only for 1 bike, not tens or hundreds.

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ronsor 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I can't believe we're dropshipping stolen goods now.

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dylan604 3 days ago | parent [-]

What did you think Amazon resellers platform is for?

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ronsor 3 days ago | parent [-]

Dropshipping goods from China

	▲	dylan604 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		No, that's what Fulfilled by Amazon is for

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xp84 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I have to say, I'm quite impressed with the intelligence of those particular bastards. I don't approve, but I have to admit that's so smart.

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DANmode 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

When you or a friend show up to a public place to buy it, it’s usually pretty clear who’s selling it.

	▲	burkaman 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Tried that but I guess they got suspicious and didn't show up, or sold it to someone else before me. PSA for anyone with a bike: register it on https://bikeindex.org/. I registered mine there the day it was stolen and almost immediately got emails from several people who were monitoring a known bike thief's Marketplace account and saw mine listed.

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DANmode 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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hnlmorg 3 days ago | parent [-]

You’re speaking pretty definitely too. Got any citations to back up your claims?

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DANmode 3 days ago | parent [-]

What claims?

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hnlmorg 3 days ago | parent [-]

> Strange to speak so definitively about a world you clearly aren’t familiar with.

I’m guessing you know the OP with great familiarity?

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DANmode 3 days ago | parent [-]

Their boldly wrong comment tells their lack of experience (and indeed knowledge) within this topic.

You can tell because…the immediate reply (from other users) included government notices indicating the reality they weren’t aware of.

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hnlmorg 3 days ago | parent [-]

My point was that your comment was a low effort personal attack and contributed nothing. As well as itself being ironic.

The HN guidelines explicitly say one should avoid such comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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DANmode 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Your point wasn’t subtle - just wrong.

The comment I replied to did nothing but detract from the conversation,

and attack the original commenter’s sense and logic - despite the original commenter being correct!

> That seems like a stretch. That wouldn't even make sense for them to do. Strange claim to make.

Not a stretch.

Makes perfect sense.

Not strange, unusual, or uncommon!

& a quick search would have shown them the blind spot

Maybe it was a blind spot for you, too - based on your responses.

(^THAT’S what getting personal and off-topic looks like)

Link the guidelines to the commenter I replied to, instead of users following them.

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tokai 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>Don't be snarky

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qweasdzx 3 days ago | parent [-]

>Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

	▲	tokai 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Get over yourself hnlmorg. Do better.