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The women said they asked employees if they had seen the bike and were shocked to hear it had been sold.
"I asked them; 'Do you sell locked bikes?' I didn't get what they were saying," Oderyd said.
Goran Lofjard, manager of the store, said he mistakenly sold the bike because it had been on a rack filled with for-sale bicycles. He said bikes sold at the store often have locks on them because they frequently come from the estates of deceased people. The bike, which Olsson purchased for $758, was sold for about $50.
Oderyd said she was relieved when the person who purchased the bike read about the incident in a newspaper and returned the item.
"Thank goodness," she said.
Lofjard said the store also sent flowers to Oderyd and issued her a voucher for $75.
"We should have marked the stand with a sign saying those were bikes for sale," he said.