Comment on How do you verify that a used bike that you're buying isn't stolen?

nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Also, for whatever reason (capitalism?) searching 529 also searches bikeindex, but bikes registered on 529 do not appear on bikeindex https://project529.com/garage/

  There’s a great podcast about a bike index campaign to stop an international bike theft ring. [Darknet Diaries] 153: Bike Index 🅴

  https://podcastaddict.com/darknet-diaries/episode/189615861 via @PodcastAddict

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• AskewLord@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  this is useless. nobody does this or keeps a database of them.

  the only use it has is for warranty claims, or if you have it for you own bike you can use to verify you own it with the police, if they reclaim it. but that virtually never happens.

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