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Originally Posted by GlennD
There's an old joke/urban legend about someone buying a fancy car for $100 (or similarly low price), and when they ask about it the seller says her husband just ran off with his secretary, and told her to sell the car and send him the money.
I can understand the point of the law, but it doesn't seem fair to expect a buyer to be the responsible party.
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It's a literal game of hot potato. The buyer is the one in possession of stolen goods. They're not the only responsible party, but they're a necessary element. If the market for stolen goods dried up, there'd be no point to much larceny.