The author's story is unfortunate. But this is not the tip of the iceberg. It is not a tragedy, either.
A kindle costs about $100. The FBI won't get involved - even if you live in the United States. A person is lucky if local law enforcement cares. The expectation that a corporation should devote significant resources to international law enforcement over each petty theft is absurd.
saying that this is not a tragedy is a bit insensitive.
Compared to being robbed, raped, beaten, abused, starved, or murdered, I think that losing a luxury device to a non-violent theft is most definitely not a tragedy.
Wednesday, I received an email saying that David and Joanna had taken their son off life support. There was a car crash. He was a passenger in the other vehicle. Eric was twenty. It is beyond unfortunate. It wasn't particularly fair either.
[edit] And downvoting this comment wasn't insensitive.
A kindle costs about $100. The FBI won't get involved - even if you live in the United States. A person is lucky if local law enforcement cares. The expectation that a corporation should devote significant resources to international law enforcement over each petty theft is absurd.