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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject: EBay drop-off stores worry police agencies |
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The pirate statue had seven days to leave Massapequa, N.Y. And leave it did.
The owner of the 6-foot resin figure recently took it to the QuikDrop store on Long Island to have it photographed and put up for auction on eBay for 14 days. An online bidder from Utah paid $750, and the store's workers packed it and sent it.
Next in line were 59 videotapes containing several years' worth of "I Love Lucy" episodes, a pile of aluminum wheel rims and a Happy Holidays Special Edition 1988 Barbie.
Such troves of junk are innocent enough. But as more eBay drop-off stores spring up around the nation, some public officials worry such businesses could become unwitting fences for stolen goods. As some states push to regulate the mushrooming industry, eBay and the stores are joining together to oppose oversight.link to article |
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