Burlington, WI
Quoted from playernumber4:The police cannot help you. Items put out to the curb are considered to be "abandoned property" by the courts. Thats how the cops bust so many people for marihuana...by grabbing their trash bags at night after getting anonymous phone tips and then going thru them for evidence which results in a search warrant. I'm a retired cop and know it to be true.
You might have to look at some type of civil action unless all of our pinball sites can be alerted to this issue and some type of marking (manufacturing date, color coding of board etc) to steer buyers away. Its hard to believe that Ebay will not block these sales. Maybe the police would consider it a "fraud" which might result in Ebay banning him. Talk to an investigator at the cop shop instead of the guy at the front desk? At least fraud would be considered a felony and then possibliy taken more seriously by Ebay.
yup, I was just going to say this. Once it's on your curb it's fair game for everyone.
