Sorry to hear. Been ripped off myself for about 2000 EURs a couple of years back (but not in the Amiga context). Feels bad, but still I try to trust ppl.
It's always strange that the police is a) not too interested (or to put it better, they are *interested* but just have not the resorces to care about) in such 'minor' things and b) that it still becomes terribly difficult whenever more than one country is involved.