And what about all the intermediate "victims"?  Certainly, the restorer
is a victim, in your scenario.  The woman really has no claim -- she was
compensated when the van was stolen, at the proper market value.  Is
what you propose the norm in stolen vehicle recovery situations?  Or
does the insurance company just auction the recovered vehicle?  In that
case, the original victim could bid.  Intermediates are still harmed,
though.  David Mc

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:

> So my thought is this.
>
> Why shouldn't the German buyer be refunded his money by whomever he
> purchased the hot vehicle from  - even if they didn't know it was
> stolen
> goods.
>
> Then the original owner pays Allstate back the original $2500 and gets
> her
> van back.
>
> I know it's idealistic - someone is going to get burned either way.
>
> The other question I have is which of you Michigan people wrote to
> Allstate?
> This time is was not me :)
>
> Great story.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus