At least they are getting creative.

[Scout26]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/29/nashville-thieves-rent-a-car-and-then-sell-it-at-mcdonald-s.html?ref=yfp

The best part is that they are Louis and Lewis....

And it just goes to show once again, that if it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true...

[BobR]

I wonder if the IRS will let him claim that as a casualty loss or just tell him to chalk it up as a "stupid tax"?  :)

bob 

[never_retreat]

Other than not having a title why would you consider buying it?
Oh and the grossly below market value.
Who could write it off on his taxes though.

[Scout26]

I wonder if the IRS will let him claim that as a casualty loss or just tell him to chalk it up as a "stupid tax"?  :)

bob 

Thefts are "causalities"  (along with fires, floods, hurricanes, and any other of G-d's wraths...)   and can be deducted on Schedule A. 

[230RN]

I always had to laugh at that "acts of G-d" exception.  

Insurance companies are not in the business of paying claims.  They are in the business of collecting premiums.

Terry

[K Frame]

Sympathy meter is pegged FIRMLY in the negative range.