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Buying stolen property unknowingly is innocent. A steam deck can end up on eBay or Facebook marketplace place or even in second hand stores like CEX etc without being tagged as stolen.

If you buy something and a few months later it dies from a recognised fault, it sucks for the person who bought it in good faith. They have no recourse and the only person gaining anything from it is Steam.

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hedgehog@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They have no recourse

They can do all of the following:

Report the seller to the platform for selling stolen goods.

Return the stolen goods to the rightful owner, if they’re able to get their information, or if not, to Valve or even just the police department.

File a suit in small claims court against the seller for damages (the amount they paid + any other expenses they’ve incurred, like the cost to mail it to the rightful owner, including legal fees) or, if the platform won’t provide the seller’s information, against the platform itself.
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