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Originally Posted by Yodamaster
I was under the impression that an item had to be unclaimed for a set amount of time before it could be auctioned off? If it isn't sold, it goes to the scrapyard, that's weak.
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This is exactly right, they give every opportunity and try as best they can to reunite their bikes with the owners (or atleast they say they do), but they are still left with a ton of unclaimed bikes, so they have to flip them if only for storage needs.
Everyone should go register their bikes online:
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This means that your bike will never be auctioned off, because the cops will always be able to search who the owner is.
I still prefer to buy off pinkbike, but sometimes good deals can be had at the auctions. The brilliant thing about pinkbike is that the comments on Forsale ads are turned on, which means that knowledgeable members will roast someone for listing something at an unfair price. That means that even the most noob members can purchase with relative confidence in the fact that they aren't getting ripped off.