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Nope - I've had stereo equipment stolen out of my car. It was parked out side of my apartment window, with the window to the apartment open. I was asleep when they popped the hatch latch to my car. How do I know? Because my hatch latch made a particular sound and it woke me up. Since I had just woke up, I didn't realize what that noise was until 2 hours later..... Had I only looked outside those dudes would have been in for a RUDE shock....
For starters, I don't put myself in those situations. If I'm going somewhere that I know is sketchy, I take the beater car, make sure nothings in site when I park it, and don't carry around expensive hardware - except for my .45 (but I digress)
Ok, so the current possessor purchased it from some guy on craigslist, not knowing it was stolen. What crime has that person commited - Receiving stolen property? IANAL but if the person who bought it doesn't know that it's stolen, then as far as I know they have not committed that crime.
So Amazon should take on it's face that this is "Deputy Dan" on the other end of the line?
No one puts themselves under someone else's gun. You have control over yourself, but you do not have control over others, including people who might seek to assault you.
Interesting. Do you believe that just because someone didn't know it was stolen, that they should be allowed to keep it? Bearing in mind I didn't say the police should arrest them, only that Amazon could tell them who has the kindle now. And as you pointed out later, even if the person in possession isn't the thief, they might know who that person is or how to contact him. If you're arguing against dispatching the police here and having the current possessor help the police with their inquiries later, then you are arguing contradictory positions.
You've made an awful lot of assumptions in this discussion, but this trumps them all: the assumption that it would be impossible for a police officer to verify his or her identity to someone they are not face-to-face with. As long as we're on the subject, why assume the subpoena received is real? Like a police officer validating his or her identity, there are ways to validate the authenticity of a subpoena.
First, maybe now you have a glimmer why those of us who have had our kindles stolen are so upset over the whole situation. Amazon has, repeatedly and at a very basic level, failed to adequately secure their devices, with some of those insecurities being more or less obvious than others. As incredulous as it should be, under the circumstances it doesn't seem a stretch to believe Amazon wants stolen kindles to remain active to bolster their sales and market share. I hope that I ascribe to malice that which is merely incompetence, but it is such gross incompetence that it beggers belief.
And as I already stated, I have retained the services of an attorney to do these things for me. "Officialdom" tends to respond better to its peers than its subjects.
If what it takes is a lawsuit, then so be it. Like I said, I'm a crusader.
That only covers the replacement of the device, but does nothing about someone gaining value from the device stolen from me. Call me old fashioned, but I don't believe others should illegally profit from my loss, not when it is technologically feasible to disable the device.If you are that concerned about small gadgets being stolen, insure them. Either get a standalone personal article policy or get a rider on your homeowners or renters insurance. It's cheap as hell and covers theft and damage. Best of all, no police or court orders required!
While you don't explicitly register your iPod, connecting it to iTunes causes it's serial number to be sent to Apple, so essentially: yes, you must register your iPod to download songs from iTunes.
Can you also hack into the police department's records system and implant your phony report? Or at least get a valid case number to attach to it?