i’ve got it, why dont you use a unicycle
use the edge of the pedal or even better, a stick with a nail in the end
i’ll stab here with a set of snafu’s!
i rekon they are probably better for smacking someone right in the teeth
i’d just love to be smacked clean in the teeth with a pair of snafus…
right in the teeth! brilliant.. pain all round 
now on vorb
cheers for doin that, I’m gonna try and get insurance on it.
Any lawyers here? I actually wonder how legal the entire operation they’re running at this “recycle shop” is? Here in New Zealand there’s a big franchise called “Cash Converters” which is “recycle shop’s” equivelent (they buy used goods, mark up the price and then sell them again), but at cash converters, if you want to sell an item you have to fill out a form and show two forms of ID and each item is then given a serial number and the sale is RECORDED.
I can’t see why Cash Converters are required to do this if “recycle shop” isn’t?
find the thread ae?
Just a thought… are there any security camera’s around the shop? cos if there is may be some footage on there of them walking away with it or something… or from another shopnext door/across the road or at a push with police support I believe all ATM machines have footage.
But would pay to be quick or at least try and put a hold on the tape’s (?legally?) as the place I work at only holds their tape for 1-2 weeks, so wouldn’t want it being taped over.
ALSO:
Ask the shop if you can put up some posters around the place there, so if they are telling the truth the person may see them and return it.
AND/OR put a reward on it?? and a Big sob story about it all…
Go visit some of the cash converter stores/tell police/bike shops etc…
Cheers
what was the actual shop that you left the stuff at? what was it called? was it a commerical secondhand place or like an op shop type thing?
[B]From: http://www.traders.org.nz/act2004.html[/B]
Schedule 1 includes many classes of secondhand goods that had previously escaped licensing. Notably, these are … sporting equipment … Articles in Schedule 1 must be held for 14 days.
[B]From: http://www.police.govt.nz/service/info4traders/required.secondhand.html[/B]
In your “dealers record” you must record the following information in relation to all articles you acquire in the course of your secondhand dealing business:
the identity of the person from whom you acquired the article (see below for further information);
a description of the article, including its serial number or any other unique identifiers;
the price you paid to purchase the article;
the unique number that you assign to the article for your business purposes;
the name and signature of the person who conducted the transaction on your behalf;
the date of the transaction; and
if the article has an apparent resale value of $40 or more, either the date on which the article was sold or an account of how the article was otherwise disposed of.
Requirements when handling articles
Articles to be kept for 14-days
When you acquire an article you must retain it, in an unaltered state, for 14 days from the date of the transaction. For that first 14 days after the transaction, you must store the article in a place that can be reasonably conveniently inspected by a member of police.
Just another thought would talking to fairgo about it.
If you’ve been ripped off, short-changed or given the runaround and nobody wants to know… we do!
Fair Go handles just about every imaginable consumer complaint - except family matters such as matrimonial disputes, child custody cases and straight commercial cases where two businesses are in dispute.
Please email the details to fairgo@tvnz.co.nz or fax 09 916 7170 or write to us at Fair Go, Private Bag, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland. As we get up to 300 letters a week, we would appreciate a concise account of your problem. Preferably a summary of 250 words in the first instance.
Being a bit of a different story may be good for them 
hehe and might get some riding time on tv too…
does the dominion post have anything like The NZ Herald’s “Sideswipe” Article?
if so you should send them a caption so if the person reads the paper they can return it to you (if the are honest or a finders fee given or what not).
else you should just put it in the herald’s sideswipe in the hope that the person who has your uni reads newspapers
I know its definitely not as big of a loss, but that also happened to me. I walked into the pawn shop with my book and left it there by accident. i went back there within 20 minutes, and i am 100 percent sure i left it there but still they told me they never sold it. i looked through the store for a long time. stupid pawnshop jacked my book!
so whats the update with this pete?
That’s a weird coincidence that you found it on the same forums where you said you lost it.(real luck)
Have you actually just contacted the guy you found had it, because that would be 100x easier than getting a lawer
what happend to him
I have to ask if he ever got his unicycle back.
Did he ever get his unicycle back?
sniff
I’ll have to dedicate a video to him.
I wondered when I saw the abrupt end in his posts 1 year 1 week ago.
I remember reading his pretzel trick suggestion on Sony about that time.