tracking a medal group sold on ebay

[kay36audrey]

Saw the following on another website. (WorthPoint) The medals belonged to my husband and went missing approx 30 years ago, Would like to contact the buyer with a view to purchasing them back. 

• OURCEeBay UK

This is a Grenadier Guards CSM, with bar Northern Ireland and UN Cyprus medal pair, to Gdsm 24428518 M.R. Smith Gren Gds. Along with this medal comes a researched service history from his enlistment in 1977 to his termination in 1987, he served all his Battalion life in the Inkerman Company (the incremental company of the Third Battalion) with the 2 nd Battalion, including tours of Northern Ireland. Was posted to Munster Germany in February 1979, and he undertook an Emergency tour of Northern Ireland from March to July 1980 The Battalion Left Munster and returned to Chelsea Barracks in Feb 198, and from November 1982 to June 1983 they formed part of the UN Peace keeping force in Cyprus. From October 1983 until 1987, Smith was a member of the Staff at the guards Depot. The groups comes with the Following Jpeg Images, in which he is present: 1. The Inkerman Company “ box Factory” Cyprus Photo (named) 2. Caterham Company Guards Depot 1985, Photo (circled) the Medals are in excellent condition and are mounted for wear. Please allow three working days for shipping after receipt of payment Paypal only payment please

[andysgray68 · Accepted solution]

I used to work as a database administrator and I would say that you have enough unique data to be able to search through historical sales and find it IF it was sold on ebay!  If you can identify a rough time frame so much the better.  This is not something which would be available on the public interface.

But, you're not going to get ebay to spend staff time and processing to undertake such a search without perhaps a little leverage;-

They 'would' be required to do so if requested by the police as part of an active investigation, but 30 years on is unlikely to cut it, however if the request came from, for example your MP, or a senior army officer that might add sufficient gravitas to get the ball rolling.

And while it is true that they cannot give you the details of the buyer, the usual procedure is to pass on a a letter with your details and the circumstances and an offer to buy them back at fair market value.

[kay36audrey · Accepted solution]

thankyou for your help

[john1297576]

If you have seen on another website, surely there is a means of contacting the Seller there.

Only if they were listed on Ebay would there be any point in asking on here, even then this is not the place, you contact the seller.

[ruby*tuesday]

EBay won't be able to help unfortunately. Data Protection Act.