Re: buying second hand (expensiive) instrument on Craiglist
i'm no expert on law and may well live in a different country than you. However, if you buy an item for a reasonable price, get a signed receipt, and have gone into the seller's house to try out the instrument, you're unlikely to "get in trouble" for receiving stolen goods. However, if the police discovered that you purchased a stolen keyboard, they'd take it from you and leave you with nothing but a receipt. I wouldn't read too much into the lack of the original receipt. If you bought an instrument from me, there's a good chance I could give you my receipt. If you bought something from my sweetheart, it's not likely she'd have her old receipt. You could ask the seller for the serial number. If they don't want to give you that, walk away. (Somehow, I can't quite imagine testing out an electronic keyboard in the police station parking lot.)
Last edited by Ranald; Aug-12-2021 at 10:50am.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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