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I knew there was a reason why I don't buy things from a pawn shop or eBay, and this thread has confirmed that. I can't really put my finger on that reason, other than to attribute it to general distrust of places I believe could be sketchy. Those places include pawn shops and eBay, and things purchased directly from China. I have bought one or two items direct from China, but they were so cheap that I could easily ignore any loss (they turned out to be good purchases however).
As far as me ending up with lost or stolen property, what I would go through to get it back to it's owner depends on the value of the item. If I found an unknown laptop in my driveway, I would make a few calls and inquiries to find where it should go. But I wouldn't do much to find the previous owner of a Bic pen found out there laying next to my newspaper. A used Kindle is not worth a whole lot more than that Bic pen, so I'd probably do just what rcentos did, and call it good. Face it folks, if Amazon disavows that lost or stolen Kindle, it will never be getting back to its original owner. So there is no better new owner of it than the person who innocently paid money to the pawn shop to obtain it. Amazon blacklisted it, but they also disavowed it (declined to help get it back to its original owner). Given that, I would have no qualms about using it with sideloaded books. If the original owner was identified, I'd give it back to them. But the chances of that happening are, well, realistically it just isn't going to happen. We all know that.
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