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Originally Posted by HansTWN
In Germany you could got to jail for that (knowingly keeping a stolen item, even if you bought it) --- and I assume in the US, too. He should return it and try to get his money back from the seller, that is the legal way to do it.
How could society function if keeping stolen goods is ok after you know that is what you purchased? He should do the right thing and help to put the thief/seller in jail.
And seriously, if a deal sounds too good to be true it usually is. If someone sells an item way below value, that should make anyone suspicious.
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How is the deal too good to be true? It was slightly below regular price which is what I'd sell a second hand Kindle for. As far as he can tell it wasn't stolen and it really doesn't seem like a fishy deal. He's already done what he can, he tried to contact the seller and even talked to Amazon, I really don't know what you expect, he shouldn't incur extra cost just because he got scammed.
And all of you throwing these laws around, I really have a hard time believing that Germans would throw this guy in jail for what he did. I'm GUESSING how the law works is that he has to KNOW it was stolen BEFORE he buys it and still buys it, which wasn't what happened here.