there is zero consumer protection for lost and stolen coins.
There's as much as there is for physical cash. Give a guy on a street corner $2000 in used bills for a "Rolex" and see what comeback you've got when you inevitably find it's fake or stolen.
comparing bitcoin to dealing with a street thug? = good analogy
~> purrty much the only way you would get your money back is with muscle!!!!

~ u a tuff guy ?..lols