adamantine3

Another solution would be that pawn shops have to insure themselves against this possibility - the obvious consequence being that the more stolen merchandise they buy, the higher their insurance premiums.

People would get their stolen merchandise back, the pawn shop wouldn't be out-of-pocket their investment*, and they'd have a disincentive to buying stolen shit.

Meaning if I bought a Galaxy S5 that turned up stolen for $150, the owner of that device would have to reimburse me $150 to receive his phone back.

Gross.

I'm pretty sure selling dead people parts is a violation of eBay's terms of service.