"Forces at work"...."things I don't know about" - please. You have no idea what I do and do not know, but this situation looks very straightforward. If it is stolen property, you wouldn't be selling it because M/A-COM would have contacted the authorities to file a report and those authorities would be in contact with you in order to recover the stolen property AND get the contact information for the person(s) from which you purchased the stolen property. You wouldn't be selling this on eBay if this was the case. Again, you have no idea what my background is in either of these matters, so don't try to discredit me.
So I suggest you just sit back, relax, and let me handle it, OK? I'll say this...I'm in direct contact with M/A-Com about this issue. THEY will be totally satisfied with how I handle this, as my role in the affair is exactly what they choose to ask of me.
You brought this information into a public forum, so expect your decisions to be scrutinized. Don't bring something public if you don't want the scrutiny that comes along with it. YOUR decisions are questionable here, too, and you're not giving yourself much credibility with trying to have it both ways (sell the radio AND call the seller out).
Either the radio isn't considered stolen, or you provided M/A-COM with the contact information for the person(s) from which you purchased the item and they elected to let you keep the radio for giving them that information. Not too hard to figure out, really.
You are still coming off as a hypocrite for calling the radios stolen and then trying to sell that radio you call stolen yourself. The auction makes it sound like you are really trying to sell it because you're offering incentives to potential buyers (express shipping at no cost) and your price really isn't too outrageous for a brand new radio.
Did you stop for a moment and think about ANY of these possibilities?
Yes, I did, and these are the conclusions I came to when reading your posts and auction description. Amazing, eh?
So quit being a hypocrite and figure out which way you want it.