Stolen Phillies Collection

[sportscentury]

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Is that even possible? Sounds like an open invitation to insurance fraud.

And for a more sensible post, see above ^^^^.

[sportscentury]

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I mean...not really. Think about it, if someone were to try to sell the items asap, the police would jump on the chance to aprehend them asap. Once arrested, you are arraigned within 24 hours I believe. And when in front of a judge, if there is overwhelming evidence against the defendent and if the defendent decides to enter a guilty plea the judge will skip trial and move straight to the sentencing.

Silly me. If only I knew a little something about criminal justice and criminal law. Oh well, thanks for setting me straight, Kevin!

[KTroublesome]

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It is simply unbelievable how fast all of this has transpired: the robbery, the insurance investigation, the insurance payout, the criminal investigation, the criminal charges, the apprehension of the criminal, the guilty plea, etc. All in just a few weeks! Absolutely incredible!

I mean...not really. Think about it, if someone were to try to sell the items asap, the police would jump on the chance to aprehend them asap. Once arrested, you are arraigned within 24 hours I believe. And when in front of a judge, if there is overwhelming evidence against the defendent and if the defendent decides to enter a guilty plea the judge will skip trial and move straight to the sentencing.

[karamaxjoe]

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If I understand it correctly, the Insurance company paid off the claim. When the items were recovered, the Insurance company dd not claim the items but let the claimant keep the items.

Is that even possible? Sounds like an open invitation to insurance fraud.

[sportscentury]

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I am looking to insure my collection and I wish I knew what Insurance company covered the theft. If I understand it correctly, the Insurance company paid off the claim. When the items were recovered, the Insurance company dd not claim the items but let the claimant keep the items. That's pretty cool and that's the company I'd like to insure my items with.

Jim

Yes that is simply unbelievable! I know the OP (Robert ...or is it Tom??) has posted a new For Sale thread here on GUU and that he is aware of all of the questions that are waiting for him here in this thread. I hope he will respond soon -- so many missing pieces to this incredible story that I'd like to learn about!

[cohibasmoker]

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Once again, I think this is fantastic news. I would really like to hear the whole story too, from the beginning to end. The GUU community seemed to play a part, were all excited to hear all the details. People have asked a lot of questions that will be great to hear answers on. Who helped from GUU, they do deserve a big shout out!! Did you know the thiefs, what insurance company was it..I'm think this whole story will be educational for all of us!

I am looking to insure my collection and I wish I knew what Insurance company covered the theft. If I understand it correctly, the Insurance company paid off the claim. When the items were recovered, the Insurance company dd not claim the items but let the claimant keep the items. That's pretty cool and that's the company I'd like to insure my items with.

Jim

[tigerdale]

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Finally get to post this now. Thanks to the help of 3 forum members and 1 admin as well as many others who helped point my items out that were for sale, I have been able to recover the majority of my items.

I could not post anything until after a trail but he has pleaded guilty so I am able to post this now. The detective set up a meeting to buy and ended up catching him.

I cannot say how grateful I am.

Once again, I think this is fantastic news. I would really like to hear the whole story too, from the beginning to end. The GUU community seemed to play a part, were all excited to hear all the details. People have asked a lot of questions that will be great to hear answers on. Who helped from GUU, they do deserve a big shout out!! Did you know the thiefs, what insurance company was it..I'm think this whole story will be educational for all of us!

[WadeInBmore]

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Really is great news. Worst nightmare to feel good story if the year. Amazing. I'd love to know if you knew the guy or if the criminal simply had dumb luck. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas.

Wade

[sportscentury]

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That is great news and I'm sure quite a relief. If your collection was insured do you mind sharing which company you were with and how easy there were to work with filing a claim, etc. There have been many insurance threads but they all lack the most important part.....filing a claim. Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide.

I'd be interested in knowing the insurance company, too!

[russyurk]

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That is great news and I'm sure quite a relief. If your collection was insured do you mind sharing which company you were with and how easy there were to work with filing a claim, etc. There have been many insurance threads but they all lack the most important part.....filing a claim. Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide.

[sportscentury]

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http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=53217

Robert -- just saw this new for-sale post of yours. I assume these are some of the items that were stolen. Do you have the 86 Mike Schmidt road jersey that came from Grey Flannel earlier this year?

[KTroublesome]

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Great news man. As a fellow Phillies collector I would be devastated if something like that happened to me and I would hope others like me would pull together and help. Really shows the good this board can be used for.

[alexbartacustoms]

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That's fantastic news!
I'm glad you were able to recover much of your collection.
It's nice to see forum members sticking together to help each other out.

[tigerdale]

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yes, Id love to hear a play by play too how this all panned out, timeframe and everything. It would be educational for all of us. How does that work w/ insurance when items are recovered?

[yanks12025]

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So did you know the guy or was it a friend of a friend. Just because he had to know you had a huge sports collection before.