What incentive does he have to lie, though? Going by Ockham's Razor, the most simple explanation is it actually happened and he told us about it because it is true.
Now, we can start positing other assumptions and multiply externalities, but it isn't necessary as we already have the most simple...
To kind of back up the dude, a year ago my room mate ordered a GPS from Amazon (~$400) and it was stolen from our doorstep. He filed a police report and all that stuff, then called Amazon and they shipped him another one (to his work this time) for free. They didn't ask for any of the police...
I got a second XFX 7970 GHz Edition for Christmas, and I don't really need it as all I play is League of Legends - and I'd rather have the money.
I have it in my rig crossfired now - it works fine.
I'm looking for $300. AmazonPay preferred, but I can do Dwolla.
http://i.imgur.com/ndwBx7j.jpg...
The irony being Confirmation Bias goes both ways - and you are certainly taking it the other way. I'm not even sure that you realize it. That Dunning-Kruger effect is a slippery one.
Either way, I am pleased with IB. More performance, less power, better GPU. It's not the second coming of Alan...