Stolen Avy packs on Seattle CL??? (My somethings fishy radar is up)

[laxdad]

Im gonna start this off by saying this is purely my intuition from dealing with this guy.

I am not going to post any ads, but a simple search will get you there.

My son has been searching for an Avy pack and found a guy who had a K2 float for a decent price. The guy had no idea about the pack and when i started asking him questions (legit, stolen, year mfg, etc) the ad was immediately deleted.

A quick search showed this same guy in west seattle on Cr@igs L1st also has several other floats up for sale (at one point today he had 5 up, all different colors and sizes 22-32). He says there all new but when pressed admits they might be from 2013-2016 he doesnt know anything about them but they look good.

Just seems fishy. I have a ton of gear and sell and trade some of it every year, but just seems odd that someone would be selling so many avy packs at the same time and not know anything about them or even how old they are.

I know theres been a lot of activity in Roslyn / Cle Elum as SVC posted so im just giving everyone a heads up to go check around.

If its just my paranoia getting the best of me then I apologize for wasting anyones time.

 

[snowracer21]

Im gonna start this off by saying this is purely my intuition from dealing with this guy.

I am not going to post any ads, but a simple search will get you there.

My son has been searching for an Avy pack and found a guy who had a K2 float for a decent price. The guy had no idea about the pack and when i started asking him questions (legit, stolen, year mfg, etc) the ad was immediately deleted.

A quick search showed this same guy in west seattle on Cr@igs L1st also has several other floats up for sale (at one point today he had 5 up, all different colors and sizes 22-32). He says there all new but when pressed admits they might be from 2013-2016 he doesnt know anything about them but they look good.

Just seems fishy. I have a ton of gear and sell and trade some of it every year, but just seems odd that someone would be selling so many avy packs at the same time and not know anything about them or even how old they are.

I know theres been a lot of activity in Roslyn / Cle Elum as SVC posted so im just giving everyone a heads up to go check around.

If its just my paranoia getting the best of me then I apologize for wasting anyones time.

Your intuitions seem pretty justifiable, the one link, the guy is selling "everything in the picture" which includes a jet boil & two propane canisters... who sells those?!

I know a guy was saying his trailer was broken into a week or so ago and they stole all his BCA float bags... if that guy sees this post, I hope it forwards it to law enforcement.

 

[laxdad]

Your intuitions seem pretty justifiable, the one link, the guy is selling "everything in the picture" which includes a jet boil & two propane canisters... who sells those?!

I know a guy was saying his trailer was broken into a week or so ago and they stole all his BCA float bags... if that guy sees this post, I hope it forwards it to law enforcement.

Yeah i shot him a PM with specific links so he could he if they look famliar.

 

[SVC]

Anybody have a link to the add with the bulk items shown or a screenshot?

 

[KMMAC]

I think the ad has been deleted. Keep an eye on the surrounding cl, Portland, Bellingham, Eastern Wa, ect..
There is an ad in Bellingham for new Motor fist and klim gear for sale the funny thing is the phone number
is 425-243-4278,, 425 is not the Bellingham area code. There are also some ads from Alaska these both could be lagit but who knows... Just saw the same ad in the Snohomish cl which is under the Seattle cl sub catagory as well, same number, I know people post in multiple areas but these are newer ads.

There is an ad in the Portland cl with the same pants no number in that ad just the cl E-mail contact.
These ads were just put 10/11 hrs ago.
To quicken the search under atv/utv/snow I just type in (gear), kind of general but seems to broaden the search that way

 

[Lomark]

When you see ads like these take a sreen shot or a pic with your phone!

 

[laxdad]

Here ya go

When you see ads like these take a sreen shot or a pic with your phone!

One screen shot

 

[laxdad]

Another

When you see ads like these take a sreen shot or a pic with your phone!

Heres another. The rest have been removed or sold. I offered him $300 for the black float and he accepted but immediately removed the ad when i asked for the serial #.

Wanted to meet in the sodo area.

 

[laxdad]

The other 2 i was sending emails on were a black float 22 and a black/green trim K2 float

 

[xpspenziv]

I just searched (float) and the group pic of jet boil,couple avy packs amongst other stuff shows up. Issaquah.

 

[KevinW]

I emailed the OP from Craigslist and he replied back using the name "Colin Johnson." I got a few more pics from him of the red pack. If the person who had their bags stolen thinks the bags may belong to them I can forward them the 4 pics he sent. Where is the serial number located? I got a good pic of the large tag on the inside of the bag from the guy.

 

[DP83]

So to help clear up a little bit.. I used to work at K2 who owns BCA now, and the engineer on the float packs is named Colin Johnson and lives in W Seattle. I just texted him about the two packs specifically, the black and red and blue and red ones listed on CL, and he confirmed he is selling those, he purchased them from one of our internal gear sales. So I can confirm those are legit, the other's I have no idea.

 

[laxdad]

So to help clear up a little bit.. I used to work at K2 who owns BCA now, and the engineer on the float packs is named Colin Johnson and lives in W Seattle. I just texted him about the two packs specifically, the black and red and blue and red ones listed on CL, and he confirmed he is selling those, he purchased them from one of our internal gear sales. So I can confirm those are legit, the other's I have no idea.

Thanks Dp83, seems strange to be able to buy at cost and then sell for a profit, but the explanation does help.