Originally Posted by Gungadin

My friend just got FUCKED buying a high-end computer on ebay... ($7k video editing workhorse). I told him to buy it from a real reseller not just "some dude" but he didn't listen. The package was shipped promptly, and arrived. Except it was filled with bags of sand, no computer. Neither ebay, paypal, his bank, the police or the fbi are doing anything to help him get his $7k back. He's fucked.