Why should I look up goods on Crime-On-Line? A Because when you're buying goods from a stranger, you do not have any way of knowing if it is stolen merchandise or not. So you look it up and save yourself the trouble of having to hand it over to the rightful owner and loose your hard earned money. Because you own a factory registered item like a car or a bike, and would like to know if there is a factory warning or service message listed for your attention. Because you sold your registered item and are transferring the data to a new owner by changing the e-mail. Because you are the police and are looking for the rightful owner of the item. Because you found the item and would like to return it to the owner if you could. Because you are a service person and are checking to see if this item is legitimate.