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Originally Posted by John F
The time to do it was four or five years ago, or when you didn't live 1700 miles away, or when you bought it from the pawn shop. If a pawn shop is selling stolen merchandise, the police may be interested in knowing. Heck you didn't even need to go to the police station; a phone call would have probably determined if they were interested.
It is always easier to stick your head in the sand and say not my problem, or I'm to busy. If everyone did this...
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Oh, give me a break. I did do what I thought was the right thing to do at the time. I called Amazon, they weren't interested. We're talking about a $10 eReader here. I'm not going to spend hours at several police departments over this. If you don't think police departments regularly check out pawn shops, then you're not living in reality.
Here's some other possibilities for you to ponder...
1. The eReader may have been reported lost (not stolen).
2. The owner of the eReader may have pawned the eReader and several other items and then reported them all stolen for insurance purposes.
3. The owner may have pawned the eReader to the pawn shop, was peeved at the price he/she got for it and reported it stolen to be vindictive.
Who knows? So many possibilities. Amazon could have solved the issue. They chose not to do so. I realized the real chances of this reader getting back to its original owner was about zilch. There are five cities within a two mile radius of that pawn shop — again WHICH police department? Do I go to all of them in a quixotic quest for justice? Since I paid for eReader, I used it. Get over it. Or don't. I don't care.