Actually, I am tempted to recommend that you pay him for the player. Use a service like BidPay to generate the money order. This way, you get Visa and Western Union on his case as well. Also, by accepting the money for the player, the seller (thief?) will have officially sold stolen goods. Technically, because money has not changed hands yet, he / his lawyers might argue that it was not a sale. One less loophole...