But he didn't technically pay for it yet. He cancelled his order and basically stole the PlayBooks until he has a chance to pay for them on the 19th. The Staples system won't allow purchases of the PlayBook until that date. If he did pay money, it was to his friend who helped take the device out of storage which I'm sure will be paid for eventually, but at this point, he hasn't paid for crap.
For the record, I have no problem with how this went down, I'm just explaining why RIM should not be bending backwards for this dude.