This is a really good article Andrew, and admittedly something that I'd not thought of re: people rolling up to stores to buy chargers. One issue I foresee is with the prevalence of online ordering these days, the discerning stolen bike buying jerk can just buy one online after a bit of research? Maybe not, many of the e-bike buyers I've met would be hopeless in selecting the correct charger for their bike on their own. They'll research to the far ends of the earth on weird little numbers that aren't actually comparable between brands/makes, but something as simple as the correct charger may be lost on them.
I've managed to steer clear of buying stuff on the used market (courtesy shop life), but like many of your articles on the blog suggest, I too know the shop life isn't forever. I'll have to be ultra-diligent in the quest to avoid buying stolen goods but also being bittersweet over shop worker goodness.
March 24, 2021, midnight - Lu Kz
This is a really good article Andrew, and admittedly something that I'd not thought of re: people rolling up to stores to buy chargers. One issue I foresee is with the prevalence of online ordering these days, the discerning stolen bike buying jerk can just buy one online after a bit of research? Maybe not, many of the e-bike buyers I've met would be hopeless in selecting the correct charger for their bike on their own. They'll research to the far ends of the earth on weird little numbers that aren't actually comparable between brands/makes, but something as simple as the correct charger may be lost on them. I've managed to steer clear of buying stuff on the used market (courtesy shop life), but like many of your articles on the blog suggest, I too know the shop life isn't forever. I'll have to be ultra-diligent in the quest to avoid buying stolen goods but also being bittersweet over shop worker goodness.