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Originally Posted by Robert Minneman
I'm entertained by all the "moral high roaders" here that are willing to pontificate endlessly about doing the right thing, but are unwilling to donate to the cause of getting that "right thing done".
We've established that Amazon doesn't care about the device.
It's been established that the crime is actually ambiguous: He goods a device from another private party. He received the goods more or less as advertised. How do we know that the device was stolen by the person it was purchased from, etc., etc.?
Yet the "insufferably [language edited by moderation team]" on the board still insist he get law enforcement involved. At this point just the inconvenience of doing so, regardless of "rightness/wrongness" factor of the situation should warrant them putting some cash towards that effort:
He's going to have to spend time (and time = money) reporting it to the police.
He's going to have to drive (and driving costs gas and time, and both = money) to file this report, and deliver the device.
He's ALREADY out 120 bucks, how much more in the hole do you want this poor bastard to go?
C'mon, advice and preaching being as free as they are, sure seems a cheap investment in proving how moral you are.
Again, put up or shut up, or are your morals only worth the bits they're displayed with?
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B.S. It was his choice, his loss. Just because we "moral [language edited by moderation team]" tell him what he should, morally, do, doesn't mean we have to make up his loss. It's an opinion, no less valid because we don't pay money to reimburse him for his mistake. Unless, of course, he's willing to pay ME for the money I lost buying a hot canoe back when I was his age, which the police tracked down and took away from me. (I'm betting our OP is under 30!
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MY morals cost me money. I'm not paying for somebody else's morality, or lack thereof!
And, as I've said twice, for me it isn't even about morality, it's about revenge. Put some time and effort into screwing the guy who screwed you. Read
The Count of Monte Cristo for an example. If you aren't willing to go to some trouble, you aren't pissed off enough!
"Lost" or "stolen" makes no difference, BTW. The guy who sold it, didn't own it. He knew it. He sold something that wasn't his, and our OP bought it, saving a whopping twenty bucks.
So, lesson learned.
The only thing that surprises me is that the seller still got within twenty bucks of the price of a new, legit Kindle! When you buy stolen goods, you should pay AT MOST 50%. The fence is paying AT MOST 20% and probably closer to 5-10%, so there's a lot of wiggle room.