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Thread #151107 Message #3524202
Posted By: DMcG
08-Jun-13 - 12:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is it really worth it?
Subject: BS: Is it really worth it?
"Six men who carried out a raid on London's Selfridges department store stole watches worth an estimated £1m, police say"
These stories often baffle me. I suppose it is true that these watches would retail as £1m, but I'd be pretty surprised if they could then sell them for that. It's hardly my area of expertise, but I guess if they use a fence they will be lucky to get one tenth of that. Then it has to be split 6 ways at least, maybe more if there were others involved who were not at the shop. So it's looking like in the order of £15,000 each.
It doesn't seem very much, really, considering the risks of the raid and the consequences if they get caught ...