not that i give a fuck or this involves me, but i'm bored and i'll post motherfuckerssss:

I work in computer sales,

500 bux would be a fair price for a i3 500gb system...

I think George handled it well, and is justified in making this thread bc seller reputation = $ IRL

twas dumb to give the laptop without backing up data, if it was really worth anything to you, you wouldn't have left it up to a chance that you may not see it again- what if the drive went kaput the next day? or the laptop got stolen?... You risked it, and baaam... your shits gone.... chalk it up to the game.... If you can find who bought it, you can possibly get some data recovery progs to get it... (if it hasn't been too long)