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Old Crank

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5. I was reading that the theft of stuff like that is the easy part.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 10:24 AM

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Getting rid of the well known merchandise is much harder.
People are reluctant to buy well known stolen property.
I bought the fancy stolen something or other but I can't let anyone know thet I have it....
and I can't insure it and....

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