Rumeigg
Active Member
- Location
- Ribble Valley,Lancashire
Following on from my previous post on here about my Trek 6300 stolen after the Manchester SkyRide on 7th August......
After reporting the theft to Greater Manchester Police, I checked Ebay,Gumtree and other sites,several times a day, for any signs that my bike was being sold on.
On Monday 21st August, on checking Ebay with my make/model details, guess what I saw !!!!! Yup, my bike.
Even though the pics with the ad were taken on a mobile, I instantly identified my bike, which, coincidently, was for sale in the Manchester area.
Contacted GMP straight away, who I cannot praise enough for the service that followed.
I was kept updated by the officer dealing with my case, at every step, from informing me that Ebay had identified the seller, to obtaining a search warrant at court,to
warrant being executed and even calling me from the sellers house for the bike serial / frame number.
The upshot is that the bike was returned to me within 12 hours of initially spotting it.
Cant say to much about the thief because a court case is pending, but the police are examining other records of bikes he has stolen and sold on.
Great service from GMP - cant thank them enough and Im now even more security conscious when it comes to leaving my bike
A Happy Ending ( if somewhat rare and fortunate)
Rumeigg
After reporting the theft to Greater Manchester Police, I checked Ebay,Gumtree and other sites,several times a day, for any signs that my bike was being sold on.
On Monday 21st August, on checking Ebay with my make/model details, guess what I saw !!!!! Yup, my bike.
Even though the pics with the ad were taken on a mobile, I instantly identified my bike, which, coincidently, was for sale in the Manchester area.
Contacted GMP straight away, who I cannot praise enough for the service that followed.
I was kept updated by the officer dealing with my case, at every step, from informing me that Ebay had identified the seller, to obtaining a search warrant at court,to
warrant being executed and even calling me from the sellers house for the bike serial / frame number.
The upshot is that the bike was returned to me within 12 hours of initially spotting it.
Cant say to much about the thief because a court case is pending, but the police are examining other records of bikes he has stolen and sold on.
Great service from GMP - cant thank them enough and Im now even more security conscious when it comes to leaving my bike
A Happy Ending ( if somewhat rare and fortunate)
Rumeigg
Well done to you and GMP, and to the thief 
