Stealing Cars vs. Running Runs, The age old 'debate' of profitability Options

[Karoline]

Just because I didn't want an innocent request for average pay of a runner to turn into yet another 'debate' about how difficult it is to steal a car (which is what it always seems to come down to)

So, I'll start us off:
I do have to agree about the situation modifiers adjusting the amount you can fence something for. It's fairly obvious that someone is going to buy a stolen vehicle from you for less than they would buy a non-stolen vehicle. And it is equally obvious that if prices currently suck because the market is flooded with vehicles, that you aren't going to get 30% of the 'blue book' value since the fencer won't be able to ever move it.

On the other hand, I don't think that 300ish vehicles a year is that hard to pull off (I mean really, stealing a car takes all of like 30 seconds, then getting it to whereever you are going to store it till you can sell it). Similarly I think the argument that a crime syndicate or KE are going to crack down on you is utter bull because you're risking way more than that doing a run. If the runners are too incompetent to steal some vehicles without getting caught, they're too incompetent to pull off a run.