Yeah, that’s what we figured as well. I had no reason to think that anything positive could come out of giving them $300. Even if they did give me my phone ba

Yeah, that’s what we figured as well. I had no reason to think that anything positive could come out of giving them $300. Even if they did give me my phone back for $300, I don’t want to reward extorting me. I doubt they got any money for it, so it’s probably resting at the bottom of the Hudson River now. It was especially frustrating for me because I was unemployed at the time, and really didn't want to be spending $700 of dollars on a new phone, so for a brief moment I will admit that I did consider paying the $300 if I had a way to guarantee that they'd actually give it back, but it didn't last long.