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]

Thank you for the reply.  The police have - sadly - only limited resources and in practice do not resolve everything reported to them.  You also raise the point that the good may be physically in the Republic of Ireland.  We are currently "in" the EU [at least in practical terms] and again I doubt whether their resources are sufficient to get any co-operation for such a matter

Please let us know how you get on ultimately.  I hope that I am being gloomy.  

@brusellit 

[brusellit]

Thanks arkwebus, understand what you're saying, not gloomy but reality....forgot we're still in EU!
You want to know how I get on, thankfully looks like I won't have to go down this nightmare legal route....
Just heard back from the seller, who has confirmed they have contacted courier to intercept delivery to buyer, fingers crossed package is successfully redirected to seller & that we can agree 'costs' for the return of goods.