Just wanted to vent here, and see if anyone had any advice. 

So in November, my motorbike got stolen. The bike was put up on eBay the same morning, and the guy selling it put his phone number on the auction, which linked to his name, business address (which was the location of the bike) etc. etc. etc. 

I contacted the police, told them ALL of the information of the whereabouts of the bike etc.... They did nothing, at all, for over a month (I had to win the eBay auction for the bike TWICE to prevent it from being sold on, which gave me a nice non-payment notice on my ebay account, and that of a friend). 

Finally, my case was passed on to a new officer, and my bike was recovered from the person selling it on eBay, great news I thought!

Now I have received a letter from the police impound lot, and I am being charged 200 Pounds to RETRIEVE My stolen bike, plus 20 pounds a DAY storage fee, which I can't afford... If I DON'T retrieve it, they charge me fifty pounds (plus that storage fee) for the privilege of having my bike crushed and disposed of. Right now that is literally the only option I can afford, meaning it would have actually been BETTER for me to leave my bike to be sold off to someone on eBay!! The bike is worth only around 200 pounds so even if I got it back and decided to sell the thing, I wouldn't recoup my losses... I've looked over online and there are dozens of news reports on people who have gone through similar situations and nobody has been able to waive the charges... I am absolutely pissed off to the most ridiculous degree, and have no idea what to do... Can anyone on reddit help?
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stolen motorbike recovered, police wont return stolen bike; being charged 200 pounds to recover bike plus 20
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Just wanted to vent here, and see if anyone had any advice. 

So in November, my motorbike got stolen. The bike was put up on eBay the same morning, and the guy selling it put his phone number on the auction, which linked to his name, business address (which was the location of the bike) etc. etc. etc. 

I contacted the police, told them ALL of the information of the whereabouts of the bike etc.... They did nothing, at all, for over a month (I had to win the eBay auction for the bike TWICE to prevent it from being sold on, which gave me a nice non-payment notice on my ebay account, and that of a friend). 

Finally, my case was passed on to a new officer, and my bike was recovered from the person selling it on eBay, great news I thought!

Now I have received a letter from the police impound lot, and I am being charged 200 Pounds to RETRIEVE My stolen bike, plus 20 pounds a DAY storage fee, which I can't afford... If I DON'T retrieve it, they charge me fifty pounds (plus that storage fee) for the privilege of having my bike crushed and disposed of. Right now that is literally the only option I can afford, meaning it would have actually been BETTER for me to leave my bike to be sold off to someone on eBay!! The bike is worth only around 200 pounds so even if I got it back and decided to sell the thing, I wouldn't recoup my losses... I've looked over online and there are dozens of news reports on people who have gone through similar situations and nobody has been able to waive the charges... I am absolutely pissed off to the most ridiculous degree, and have no idea what to do... Can anyone on reddit help?
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bike stolen, police have done nothing for month, now being charged 200 pounds to retrieve bike w/o
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