GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
I was robbed on Christmas Eve a few years ago, while I was out of town spending Christmas with my daughter's family. The detective that was handling the case said that it was likely drug related. They steal what they can, then turn it over to a drug supplier for their fix, that supplier moves the stolen property up the supply chain in exchange for product, and very quickly the stuff is out of state and is extremely hard to trace. That's why, it rarely shows up in local pawn shops, Craigslist, or eBay - the drug dealers know better than to post anything, or try to pawn it locally. Those things are watched by the police.
Of course, then there are the complete knuckleheads that are just looking for a quick buck, and make it easy for the police. Mine situation didn't turn out to be connect to knuckleheads, unfortunately (they got a diamond ring that had belonged to my father, and my mother still doesn't know that it wa stolen).
That blows.