I purchased a second-hand CD online. It is new, still in the plastic wrap, but there is a small hole punched through the upper left corner of the case. I have never seen this before, and I thought it was really weird. I don't know if it was on a hook and torn off, or what. Do you think it could be stolen? I don't want to open it until I know for sure.
2007-01-11 13:33:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
OPEN YOUR CD and look at the disc.
If the cd was bootlegged and that is not what you believed that you were paying for, file a dispute with paypal or your credit card company and tell them that you have a computer made label on your cd.
IF the seller did make that disc, they wont fight the chargeback.
If the cd was stolen, no way would a thief burn a whole in the case to let the entire world know.
It was either what the other poster stated or it was a demo cd given by the record company free of charge to promoters (sp) or dj's and people who are employed in positions such as that. The hole (used to be a burn hole) was put there so that whomever gets it cannot take it back to a retailer for an exchange or refund.
I seriously doubt that anyone will come knock on your door trying to find a $9.00 cd.
NO prosecutor would EVER take that case.
They would want to go after the distributor (in this case the seller or his supplier)
I say you have NOTHING to worry about.
ENJOY YOUR Music!
2007-01-11 13:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by onestepbeyond 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is really hard to tell, Unless you have a tag that shows where it was originally bought and they can prove it was stolen, you will never know. If you are worried about stolen merchandise, you may not want to buy things online.
If the person selling it to you only has one or a very few CD's for sale now and in the past, chances are they got it as a gift and didn't like it, since it is still wrapped in plastic.
It is really nice to see a person with honor. When my brother was about 13, he bought a 10 speed bicycle he know was stolen. When my father found out how cheap it was he realized it was stolen and told my brother to bring it back where he got it from and accept the cost of the bike as the cost of learning morals.
My brother learned his lesson and is a federal peace officer who will retire in a few years.
2007-01-11 13:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by Trollkepr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a hole in the corner????
the security tags are located right under where the disk would be so its not stolen from a store.
if the hole just happens to be over the barcode it probably is a ripped(no royalties paid to the artist) copy that some store could not sell and claimed to have destroyed, but who cares? the cops would laugh at you because it could never be traced (and on top of that it a single 15$ at most cd that would cost $$$$$$$$$$$ to investigate... that would be like triing to bust someone for illegal file sharing......)
2007-01-11 13:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by sikn_shadow_420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real question is can you be reasonably prosecuted for receipt of stolen property? Unless you had a good reason beyond just a nagging doubt and have a bill of receipt, the answer is probably no.
That does not answer the moral question however
2007-01-11 13:42:40 · answer #4 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way to know if something is stolen. Buy from stores and you can be 99.99% sure that it is legit.
2007-01-11 22:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋