Wow, I'm seeing some very poor reading comprehension here. I don't feel like going into the whole story about the guitar amp, but what I did I felt was morally correct. Just because it's technically illegal doesn't make it wrong. There was no way the school was going to be able to get that amp back nor could they have used it any longer. In fact the music teacher was asked about it later on and said "Oh, well I was just going to throw that stuff out anyway."
I don't see a problem with stealing a stolen item, because you aren't really stealing it. I mean, it doesn't actually belong to the guy you're taking it from. Of course, in the end I'd have to agree with Sampson, there's no way to know for sure if that guy stole the bike.
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Originally posted by: compnovice
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it
And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:
Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.
Yeah, because, I mean, schools are really rolling in the dough these days aren't they?
At least you haven't tarnished your legacy of incredible stupidity that you've built up on here.
Another good question would be...
Are you allowed to steal back what somebody stole from you? Lets say you have a bike and it gets stolen...later on you walk by some house and see it in the backyard. You do some investigating and find out that it's the same serial number. Is it okay to steal it back?
Are you allowed to steal back what somebody stole from you? Lets say you have a bike and it gets stolen...later on you walk by some house and see it in the backyard. You do some investigating and find out that it's the same serial number. Is it okay to steal it back?
In essence you're stealing from the original owner if you don't return it to them, because they're still the rightful owners.
So you bought something with knowledge it was stolen, then you sold it for 4 times what you bought it for? Sounds morally wrong to me.
Yeah, because, I mean, schools really need that 36 year old guitar amp that's been sitting in a closet for 15+ years (true story) that they were "just going to throw out anyway". Why take it back to the school and make a big issue out of something they were just going to toss? Yikes...common sense guys...
That's not the issue. You can attempt to find out who the original owner is after taking it, the question at hand is the morality of the actual taking.
Please go back and read my posts and correct this one, because what you stated was nothing that I said plus you intentionally left out the rest of my reasons.
blah blah blah justify justify blah blah
Dude steals property from a school, you buy stolen property knowing it's stolen, you sell stolen property for a profit. What else is there to know?
Who told you how old the amp was and how long it was sitting in the closet?
That's making a big issue out of it though. They said they were just going to toss it anyway...so that way everyone wins. If i were to have brought it back to the school, it could have made a whole big issue of everything and in the end I could have lost my money.
JulesMaximus
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Dude steals property from a school, dude gives property to a friend who gives it to another friend who sells it to me. I have no idea who took it, but the amp was a 1970 model and it had been sitting in their closet for that long according to the staff.
TuxDave
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If you're worried about making a big issue and losing your money, it sounds like 'whether or not it's morally right' wasn't on the top of your concern list. Face it, you've been in denial and have been rationalizing it to yourself for a while into believing what you did was ok. Bottom line, buying stolen goods with the knowledge that it was stolen is not right.
So in the end I was too lazy to go through all the proper procedure of returning it to the school (that I didn't attend anymore), talking to staff, blah blah...."You can keep the amp we were just going to toss it anyway" blah blah "Do you know who took it? No? Okay" blah blah.
Who cares?
ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE WHO KEEP TELLING ME I BOUGHT STOLEN PROPERTY:
I KNOW I BOUGHT STOLEN PROPERTY! THE AMP IS GONE. WHAT I DID, I DID...THAT WAS YEARS AGO, NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE SO I DIDNT EITHER...WHY MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS!?
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Because you do not seem to care that it was wrong.
You knew that it was stolen and chose to ignore the fact.
We do not condone FRAUD or piracy here at AT. What you have admitted to is just as bad and you continue to deny that fact.
That denial has provided you with a boarding ticket to the SS Garbage Scow.
All aboard for a week long cruise.
So now its the school's fault that you were stupid enough to buy stolen goods?
Hell at the very least you could've donated half of your profit to the school. You still would've been out ahead and not be a total douchebag.
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