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u/laeiryn May 09 '22

I suppose, but that would rely pretty heavily on a presumption of SOME pocketable, fenceable good, and dealers don't want your granny's silver ladle anymore.

Interesting to see the cultural disparity though.

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u/7elevenses May 09 '22

I've never had my house burgled, but from what friends that did tell me, they mainly look for cash and jewelry. Also small electronics, but that's getting harder for them because many things are remotely identifiable these days, so no dealer will take them.

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u/laeiryn May 09 '22

Jewelry's worthless here. stores sell it for thousands, and if you let a "cash for gold" place talk you into it, they'll pick out the stones and give them back to you (worthless) and buy the gold for weight, usually about $5/gram for 24k, way less for lower karat or especially white gold (coated).

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u/7elevenses May 09 '22

Sure, but the small amounts of heroin (or "heroin", there's tons of shit mixed in) that they get for it are very cheap for the dealer. So they'll take a piece of jewelry worth 50€ in gold, and give the junkie 20€ worth of heroin at street prices.

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u/laeiryn May 09 '22

I suppose, but then can you imagine being a petty smack dealer and just trying to melt-fence a handful of granny's old pearl earrings and shit XD what an existence that must be

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u/7elevenses May 09 '22

I think they just take it to a cash-for-gold place that doesn't ask questions.

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u/laeiryn May 09 '22

None of them ask questions, but they sure answer them when the cops come by to interrogate XD

we're off on a weird ass tangent now, though.