New York woman stole 800 Lego sets worth $60,000

Crowkillers

And the beat goes on.

Pitfall69

It's interesting. How does nobody know that this is going on? Who is doing the inventory?

Pitfall69

I'm curious how many people have bought stolen sets on EBay? How many people in this forum have bought stolen sets?

legogal

We will never know!
Do you have a link to the story? There must be a lot more of this going on than we will ever know about.

Pitfall69

^He posted the link; just click on the blue lettering "And the beat goes on" ;)

doriansdad

"Nassau County police say Gloria Haas, 53, stole the Legos after noticing them in a customer's space at a local storage facility where she was also renting."

Wonder if the guy she stole them from originally stole them from TRU lol.

CCC

With the frequency this is happening, maybe brickset needs a single stolen lego reporting thread.

Shib

^Can we call it Lego crime watch?

legogal

Thanks for the info. Yes, it would be funny if she stole them from a guy who stole them, from a guy who stole them, ...

Can police canine units train their dogs to sniff out LEGO? And has the Mob found LEGO yet?

margot

Anyone else just get nervous about their storage units? Yikes.

SirKevbags

I'm not disclosing the location of mine!

doriansdad

margot said:

Anyone else just get nervous about their storage units? Yikes.

I have thought seriously about using them in the past but any customer who has a pair of bolt cutters in their unit can access any other unit anytime they want.

CCC

This is quite funny ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/16/us/new-york-arizona-lego-thefts/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Great choice of stock photo.

Pitfall69

^Terrible.

Pitfall69

legogal said:

Thanks for the info. Yes, it would be funny if she stole them from a guy who stole them, from a guy who stole them, ...

Can police canine units train their dogs to sniff out LEGO? And has the Mob found LEGO yet?

It maybe be possible; I am fully trained to sniff My Little Pony :)

ecmo47

Pitfall69 said:

I'm curious how many people have bought stolen sets on EBay? How many people in this forum have bought stolen sets?

Im pretty sure I have had two purchases that were stolen items. One was off ebay where a seller had a bunch of current Lego at a modest price. I purchased the some sets but than watched the seller list many of the same sets over and over. The local address given was a town near me but the sets were shipped from Charlotte, NC. Since one set offered repeatedly was the Robie House, I'm sure these sets were being lifted from TRU.

The other was a Craiglist deal where the guy had multiple copies of QAR which had just been stocked at Walmart and was selling them for less than MSRP. In the back of his SUV, he had large bags of dog food and other unrelated items.

Pitfall69

^Maybe the guy wanted a shiny coat ;)

I don't think anyone can be 100% sure that they never purchased stolen goods, but I have never purchased Lego sets on Ebay. I have purchased some polys and some sets from fellow Bricksetters, but never off EBay. I'm hoping that the few Bricksetters that I purchased from didn't steal those Lego sets ;)

rocao

margot said:

Anyone else just get nervous about their storage units? Yikes.

Who else is masochistic and fantasizes about their storage lockers ending up for auction on Storage Wars? Just me?

Pitfall69

^No. I'm hoping to see a locker full of Lego.

legogal

Yup, I, too, would buy a storage locker full of LEGO on Storage Wars! It would be far better than most of the crap they unload on that show.

And no, Margot, I don't worry about someone emptying our two huge storage rooms. They are full of Hubby's stuff/junk, and I would be more than thrilled to have someone haul it away without paying. (Please don't tell him that!) Much of his stuff is stored there because he already filled up most of our home, garage and attic with other stuff. None of which I can stand. So at least I don't have to look at his stuff in the storage sheds because they are located about 20 miles from where we live. Thank god! (Our LEGO is safely stored in our LEGO room for the most part.)

binaryeye

legogal said:

And no, Margot, I don't worry about someone emptying our two huge storage rooms. They are full of Hubby's stuff/junk, and I would be more than thrilled to have someone haul it away without paying.

MegaBloks, huh? I pity the thief that breaks into your storage units. ;)

Pitfall69

My friend posted this on my Facebook page today.

http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/crime/lego-heists/#!bKrUom

Gooker1

One of the better written articles out there. What I don't get is that none of the recent articles mention the asst mgr from the Glendale store pilfering from her own store.

Pitfall69

^True. Maybe there was a reason for that. I'm curious about how many Lego store employees have stolen Lego from their own store or assisted someone else.

Gooker1

I can imagine there are a few...bad apples everywhere. Whether they're HS students or young college kids. It's tough to turn down an extra buck or two. Just no one as brazen as a lifer employee.

Brickarmor

I hope this publicity will at least scare straight the ones who help cases of the latest promo polybags fall off the truck. I have noticed a few bulk listings suddenly disappear... On the other hand it will probably embolden TLG to sharpen their pitchforks when going after legitimate resellers.

talorien

doriansdad said:

I have thought seriously about using them in the past but any customer who has a pair of bolt cutters in their unit can access any other unit anytime they want.

I think you can rest easy. At least here in the U.S. we have multiple cameras going all the time, so even if someone used a pair of bolt cutters they would be identified driving in. If they don't drive in they can't steal much of my LEGO collection anyway!!