Ebay contact details to report stolen goods

[brusellit]

Just spotted my stolen 16mm film that I made (& extremely precious to me) was sold on ebay 2 days ago.

I contacted the seller & explained they sold stolen goods, seller said they bought from a market in good faith as not stolen.

Seller said they were too busy to contact the buyer, I suggested seller gives me buyer contact details so I can inform buyer of situation. However Seller has not supplied details  gone quite.

Buyer is in Repubic of Ireland, goods were sold from London, Uk.

Reading some of threads here, is the best move to report crime to Police or to ebay?

As buyer is not in UK, would reporting to UK police still carrying weight in buyer having to return film to me?

Any advice truely welcome, I can't find relevant contact details or button to select for ebay to report this stolen item.

Many thanks,

B

[ruby*tuesday]

Sorry but what you are describing is nothing to do with Ebay. They only get involved with items Not Received by a Buyer or Items Not As Described.

Contact Citizens Advice bureau on line and get advice from them.

[brusellit]

Thank for your reply ruby*tuesday,
In my searches it appears ebay will only cooperate re stolen goods via police once a crime number is assigned to case?
Are you saying that ebay does not cooperate in retrieving stolen goods via police with crime number?
Many thanks,
B

[ruby*tuesday]

Take the very good advice from @arkwebus  and @red_magpie @Sorry I didn't know that the Film was of such high value. That's an awful lot of money!

Do let us know how you get on.