Man gets stolen laptop back, now raising money to buy laptop for kid who had it

And he said the person who sold it to the family had bought it from someone else. So it changed hands a few times. I'd give them the benefit of the doubt, too.

Let's stop and think about what parents who bought stolen equipment might do if their son is gifted a shiny new laptop.

Sell it. And buy the kid a piece of shit. And pocket the money.

I love how the parents said "the guy we got it from said he got it from someone else" and everyone just took them on their word on the whole thing.

the parents paid $900 for the laptop, so that explains him wanting to raise $900.

$900 isn't really so low for a used Mac that it would indicate it was stolen. I've sold my used Mac laptops for much less than that and they were not stolen.

I noted when the deadline was. Just because it was weeks away makes no guarantee it would be reached. I was really just curious if the campaign could have been set so that whatever was pledged would be donated mode instead. That seems like it would have made much more sense.

But still a moot point. As the poster just before you noted, very correctly I might add, a decent laptop can be had for well less than $900. Unless he's going for some kind of graphic design or 3D modelling program, there is not much he would need a laptop for than web-surfing, note-taking, and paper-writing.