In case people are wondering what happens when you buy stolen stuff on EBay: Three weeks ago I bought a macbook pro on EBay, from a seller with 60 sales and a

In case people are wondering what happens when you buy stolen stuff on EBay: Three weeks ago I bought a macbook pro on EBay, from a seller with 60 sales and a 100% positive feedback, who claimed she'd owned the macbook for a year. The macbook arrived on, with photoshop still running, a dvd in the drive, and a different name on the user account than the sellers. I called Apple, and they confirmed it was stolen by the serial number. So I got in touch with the laptop's owner via some googling, and found out it had been stolen just two weeks ago. I filed a dispute with PayPal, and the seller immediately offered me a $100 rebate, which I declined. Then PayPal resolved the case, saying that I should send the laptop back to the seller, and my money would be refunded, with a 10 day time limit. This seemed crazy, and then for 8 days they ignored my emails, and to my first two phone calls just said they'd update the dispute with the information I'd provided on the phone, but never did. Then I reached someone reasonable at PayPal, and they credited me back the full amount and told me to send the laptop to its owner. So it worked out, but it was a huge pain, and for a long time I thought I was going to have to choose between doing the right thing and getting my money back. Also, the owner of the laptop contacted his police department the day I emailed him with the name, address and phone number of the seller. It took a week to get a phone call with the detective, who then refsued to contact PayPal. Now he's been waiting a week to get an address from the detective that I can send the laptop to.