obviously im not the idiot here :P when u have an ipod taken to an apple store they record the seriael number and since there are 12,000 stolen they will ask the person were they got it from and will prob let go for telling them and they can eventually trace it bac. also once it is reportered that if one is bought on ebay and stolen, ebay will have to hand over the persons information collected to the police and can find out the connection obviously its gonna be a lil sucpicious if they are reported as stolen and ebay is flooded with the ipods also yes other things have been stolen e.g. laptops and alot of the time they are traced when several are stolen but something of this quantity would stick out. Also most things like fridges, tv's and such that are stolen wouldn't be serviced but with ipods and this many it would be a lil obvious next time think b4 u post :D :D :D Thats the problem im always thinking. SO what if ebay hands the sellers account rego information over to the police? Oh sorry I forgot hes going to give ebay his passport to hold onto :roll: Yes im sure the guy is going to walk into an apple store with 12,000 ipods and ask for them to be serviced :roll: You havent ever dealt with crimminals have you? These people make a living from crime there not little kids stealing candy they know what their doing.