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To be annoyed at DH for reporting local FB seller to Crimewatch?

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overheadloudjet · 04/08/2023 10:31

DH uses our local FB for sale page to sell bits and bobs from time to time.

He noticed that a woman in our village sells a lot of electronic devices and began to look into her selling history and found that she's sold roughly 30-40 iphones and ipads over about 2 years. He counted 5 new and used iPhones and iPads sold in the last month, along with a handful of new Nike shoes. He decided that she must be selling stolen goods (her boyfriend is a drug dealer who was recently arrested and this factored in to his assumption) and decided to report her to Crime Watch!!! against my telling him he not to because A. He doesn't know for sure and was sticking his nose in and B. Was wasting Crime Watch time.

I am quite annoyed at him for being so nosy but mostly his overreaction. I told him to report to FB not to bloody Crimewatch but he went against my advice

He has been watching a lot of true crime lately and I think he thinks he's Detective Inspector Frost.

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Hoppinggreen · 04/08/2023 10:33

More people need to stick their nose in .
If she’s doing nothing wrong she’s got nothing to worry about has she?
Plus your H is a grown man who doesn’t need your permission or approval

givemushypeasachance · 04/08/2023 10:34

It'll be for the police to decide if they think there's a concern they should investigate. If all he's said is "she's sold X numbers of ipads over the past year" and that's factual. If he's said I have reason to believe she's selling stolen property, that's not reasonable.

5foot5 · 04/08/2023 10:34

Good for him. I wish more people would stick their nose in!

User1990C · 04/08/2023 10:36

People refusing to report suspicious conduct and behaviour leads to the sort of neighborhoods those same people then complain have deteriorated.

gamerchick · 04/08/2023 10:38

Tbf if her bloke is a drug dealer, he will be dealing with stolen property. People steal to fund drug habits. Some dealers will take items they can sell on.

I probably wouldn't have thought it was something crimewatch would be interested in really.

Unicorn2022 · 04/08/2023 10:40

Good for him! It's hardly a waste of Crimewatch time when it's their actual job!

We all know they are very likely stolen or fakes so should be investigated.

ActDottie · 04/08/2023 10:51

Hoppinggreen · 04/08/2023 10:33

More people need to stick their nose in .
If she’s doing nothing wrong she’s got nothing to worry about has she?
Plus your H is a grown man who doesn’t need your permission or approval

This

MsRead · 04/08/2023 10:54

If the boyfriend has been arrested for drug dealing I would be surprised if his girlfriend hasn’t/isn’t also been looked into. I believe they look at money laundering/ proceeds of crime, drug dealers often take items in lieu of cash.

Dealers in this country will go to s shop buy high value goods and often resell, our equivalent of EBay has now brought in rules around how many items you can sell without declaring yourself a business/ registering for tax etc….

I don’t feel it is your call op. For what it is worth, crime watch is there entirely for this purpose for people to report suspicious activity etc if ( and I take on board it is a big if) she is laundering money, profiting from the proceeds of crime your husband’s noticing is actually a public service. If she is simply reselling ipads etc that she’s fixed etc… then she won’t be in trouble. Your husband has a concern, he reported his concern to the appropriate authorities isn’t that what a law abiding adult should do?

Needmorelego · 04/08/2023 10:55

@overheadloudjet are you the type of person who buys a leg of lamb from some bloke in the pub or perfume sold out of a carrier bag in the high street and thinks “oh yeah this is legit”?😂
Good on your husband.
If the seller is legit then no problem for her. If she isn’t legit then she deserves to be arrested.

ManateeFair · 04/08/2023 11:01

Your DH did exactly the right thing. This is exactly the kind of thing that Crimewatch should be told about.

How would you like if you or your kid got punched in the face and had your phone nicked so that someone could sell it to fund their drug-dealing operation?

Aprilx · 04/08/2023 11:05

Maybe she just buys and sells them.

Oloi · 04/08/2023 11:16

He doesn't need to know for sure. He's concerned, so he reported it and it can be investigated.

Keyworks · 04/08/2023 11:24

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Tatzelwyrm · 04/08/2023 11:26

Why do you think that its ok to sell stolen goods?

Hoppinggreen · 04/08/2023 11:26

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Are you 12?

BarbaraofSeville · 04/08/2023 11:27

Highly likely to be money laundering or selling stolen goods.

Moveoverdarlin · 04/08/2023 11:28

Fair play to him.

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 04/08/2023 11:31

Who the hell do you think you are? You have absolutely no right to tell him what he can and can’t do. You’re his wife, not his jailer.

I told him to report to FB not to bloody Crimewatch but he went against my advice

Do you understand the concept of advice? You offer it, then the recipient chooses whether or not to take it. Otherwise it’s an order.

Summertiempo · 04/08/2023 11:38

overheadloudjet · 04/08/2023 10:31

DH uses our local FB for sale page to sell bits and bobs from time to time.

He noticed that a woman in our village sells a lot of electronic devices and began to look into her selling history and found that she's sold roughly 30-40 iphones and ipads over about 2 years. He counted 5 new and used iPhones and iPads sold in the last month, along with a handful of new Nike shoes. He decided that she must be selling stolen goods (her boyfriend is a drug dealer who was recently arrested and this factored in to his assumption) and decided to report her to Crime Watch!!! against my telling him he not to because A. He doesn't know for sure and was sticking his nose in and B. Was wasting Crime Watch time.

I am quite annoyed at him for being so nosy but mostly his overreaction. I told him to report to FB not to bloody Crimewatch but he went against my advice

He has been watching a lot of true crime lately and I think he thinks he's Detective Inspector Frost.

A. You are overreacting and your anger is misplaced

B. It is not waste of Crimewatch's time

C. Well done your dh

D. Stop dictating what your dh should do

HunterHearstHelmsley · 04/08/2023 11:38

It sounds like you're annoyed he didn't do as he was told. He's a grown man, he can make his own decisions. Very controlling behaviour

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 04/08/2023 11:40

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Let me guess - you “make a bit on the side”?

IsadoraQuagmire · 04/08/2023 11:41

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By lowlifes...

Daphnis156 · 04/08/2023 11:43

Perhaps he imagines Crimewatch will do anything about it?
And imagines it's anonymous!

geoger · 04/08/2023 11:44

Your DH did nothing wrong. He has a concern and reported it. Let the police investigate and if it’s legit then no harm done.
A local seller on Nextdoor always had lots of high end power tools for sale. Someone reported them and it turns out they were all stolen from builders vans etc. (which must’ve cost those builders hundreds in lost tools and machinery etc)

Hugasauras · 04/08/2023 11:46

Good. This kind of low-level selling of stolen goods is not a victimless crime. It's often stolen goods from people's homes or cars, leaving those people out of pocket and in some cases without stuff like memories of a loved one or other important pictures and stuff, access to their bank accounts, etc. on tablets and phones. He should report her to HMRC while he's at it.