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As mentioned by others I too find it interesting that everyone assumes that the device was stolen.
Here's a 'some what' reasonable scenario that involves no theft, just stupidity:
The seller receives the Kindle as a gift during a birthday party, at the same party, he receives a corresponding Sony model eReader. Through the celebration the Kindle is misplaced and the next morning, hung over, the seller realizes he can't find the Kindle, assumes it stolen, is too embarrassed to let the giver know, but reports the device as lost/stolen. It gets black listed, and the seller moves on to activating his Sony.
A few days later, hang over gone, the seller finds the Kindle and smacks his forehead with palm, and decides, that all-in-all, he REALLY likes the Sony and decides to sell the Kindle, never bothering to report to Amazon that the device was found.
The seller sells the device not realizing it isn't going to work, and the buyer buys it, not knowing that the device is reported missing/stolen.
Buyer finds the device black listed, tries to contact the original seller, the seller not wanting to deal with any BS, just doesn't bother answering or contacting the buyer. He's got his 120 bucks and he's thinking of the buyer, "Too bad you don't like the Kindle or whatever, save your money and by a Sony, I don't want to deal with your crap..."
A reasonable, though admitedly somewhat unlikely, circumstance.
It involves no real breaks in morality or ethics, just laziness, ignorance, and recalcitrance.
All we know for sure is that the Kindle was reported as lost/stolen.
We really DO NOT NOT FOR A CERTAINTY, that the device was actually lost or stolen.
Amazon isn't interested in helping. The seller isn't interested in helping. All we have is an ambiguous status of the device, and the certainty that it can't be registered.
I don't think the OP needs to contact the police to maintain his "morality", and seeking "revenge" in this case could result in falsely accusing someone of a crime, which is probably just as bad "morally" as knowingly purchasing stolen goods (which I don't think is the case in this instance).
Anyway, in my not so humble opinion there is no moral delimma here, just a lingering cloud of ignorance...
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