[rini17]

You imply that if you were the victim, watching such byzantine process to recover mere hundreds of dollars would feel satisfying to you?

[giantg2]

No, but the idea that there are disincentives for others to make me a repeat victim is nice.

"mere hundreds of dollars"

This is incredibly insensitive. That's a lot of money to lose to many people.

[rini17]

It also results in a disincentives for all parties involved to invest all the time and effort. You could either convince everyone that "don't be insensitive it's a lot of money for them", or you could try to make the process easier.

[giantg2]

That's not what was suggested. The suggestion was to simply not prosecute a theft of about $900.

[rini17]

Yes the disincentive, right here in plain view.