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

[arkwebus · Accepted solution]

Although the seller may have bought the item in good faith the fact that it was - in fact - stolen does not give him any legal title to sell it.

Have a look at this link

https://www.netlawman.co.uk/ia/selling-goods-non-owner

Go to the police!   Physically walk into a station with all you documents statrting with the crime report when it was stolen and so on ...

Whether - of course - they will do anything let alone try to recover the goods may well be doubtful

@brusellit 

[brusellit · Accepted solution]

Thank you arkwebus for your reply. I read the link you gave with interest, it appears my situation is covered by law.
I understand by law I am the rightful owner & the seller sold stolen goods, therefore the police should take steps to have the goods returned to me.
I'm interested to know why you question if police '...will do anything let alone try to recover the goods...'
These goods, a film print, costs thousands to print one film, would the sizeable amount of money involved, not make the police to decide this 'theft' is serious?
My other concern it appears buyer received goods in the Republic of Ireland. The seller sold from UK. If UK police do take the case on, do they have the power to recover goods from Republic of Ireland?
Many, Many thanks,
B