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Wow, unexpected ending. Kudos to the person that returned it. I'd be curious to see some follow-up on this. If the buyer could describe the seller to the TSA, maybe they could identify him; after all there are only so many people working at one airport. This is, of course, assuming that the seller was the thief and not an accomplice.

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TSA tends to protect it's employees allowing them to get away with almost anything.

They are really on a power trip. And they are in a position where if you resist you will loose lots of money. Its brilliant and fucking evil.

It's unusual in that anyone who actually gave up $650 to buy it, would just hand it over so easily. It sounds more like that person was in on it and knew that it was stolen, and was scared. Thus the prompt return.

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