The Legal Drama of Bumblemus

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:34 pm

So, I bought a laptop on eBay.

Said laptop arrived already different from description. No bootup CDs. It was a Mac, but had none of the pre-loaded iLife software, although Office was on there. The wife looked it over, remarked on the utter lack of anything resembling new registration, and said, "Probably stolen."

So just in case, I called the Aurora Colorado PD to run the serial number. Yep, stolen. Stolen from another city in Colorado.

Anyway, this is a rather interesting process, for those of you who run into the problem. Call one cop in city where it came from, file a case there, and he looks into the merchant. Call cop in city where it was stolen from, and have him update the case, and, thankfully, he was willing to talk to eBay and fill out the form eBay apparently has just for police officers.

I have a good friend who is a cop where I live, so the handover to the locals was painless. Now the only question is whether or not the merchant will try to dispute anything about the case. Stolen property is covered under all of eBay's buyer protection stuff, so I have a good chance of seeing the money again. Not counting it yet, though...

In the meantime, I've decided to take Emvee's lead and sell nude shots of myself with my Transformers. Let the bidding begin!

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:13 pm

I'll take them if you give me $5. Any advance?

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:39 pm

Just don't run the serial numbers on the Headmasters.