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"Available at:  PropertyRoom.com What I Think: Hard to believe there&amp;#039;s actually a police-backed site that auctions off stolen items. All kinds of items, including computers, cameras, even costume jewelry  I&amp;#039;ve been told it&amp;#039;s more fun than eBay and that there are some incredible deals, so I figured it was worth writing about. In addition to stolen items, there is also merchandise from &amp;quot;trusted merchants.&amp;quot; The site says, &amp;quot;The vast majority of items auctioned by PropertyRoom.com derive from law enforcement agencies and other public municipalities,&amp;quot; but that there is other merchandise from merchants that &amp;quot;must undergo background checks which include seller history, checks which include seller history, financial and criminal background and a support system review.&amp;quot; While researching this site, I stumbled on a couple of blogs that questioned how hard the police try to locate the original owners of merchandise it auctions. To be fair, though, there&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;Steal It Back&amp;quot; program so if someone sees an item that was stolen from them, they can re-claim it. Pretty interesting, no? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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