It looks like the boys in black and white at a Best Buy retail store D.C. have allegedly messed with the wrong woman. According to the timeline give by Raeyln Campbell, she brought a broken laptop to a Best Buy store to be repaired back in May of ‘07, which was stolen shortly after. As a result, Campbell is suing Best Buy for a total of over $54 million. Campbell knows full well that neither the laptop nor its contents are were worth quite $54 million, in fact the laptop was originally purchased for just $1110.35. What she wants, in her own words is “to bring attention to the reprehensible state of consumer property and privacy protection practices at America’s largest consumer electronics retailer”, and try to spare future consumers from the same fate she has experienced.

After corresponding in some manner with Best Buy for 5 months, the retail giant did offer her $900 gift card for the loss of the machine, but Campbell’s not buying. The lawsuit being filed is for $54,592,146.54 to be exact, which makes me think she must have some details behind this number, down to the penny.

You can take a look at Raeyln Campbell’s blog to see her accounts with this issue and a breakdown of how she came up with this monetary figure.

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