Long story short, my nephew lives next door to me. A lovely boy who teaches kids music. He had his amp etc stolen by opportunistic car thieves, lost in excess of £1k value goods. The whole kit showed up in a local cash converters, who told him despite the goods clearly being his (matching box and receipt with serial numbers) he would need to wait for a police response to return his goods, by which time they might be sold unless he bought them back, at a cost of £250.
I mean, WTAF? Their whole business model seems to rely on the police being under resourced abs unable to respond in situations like this. By the time the police see fit to pay au attention, all cctv will have been wiped anyway. Sorry for the rant, I'm just so mad!