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		coldtea on Jan 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vin... It's not like they would care, unless there was some very easy way to tell the owner, like a receipt or something. They ain't gonna store them, or search for the owner... heck, they have tons 100 times more serious cases on hold...

mulmen on Jan 19, 2023 [–]

As an owner of tools and a former tradesman I can tell you exactly what was stolen out of my tool kit. I would file a report and the police should be able to match that with recovered property.

coldtea on Jan 19, 2023 | [–]

They could, but it's the "caring"/"being on any spot on their priority list" part that's missing

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