What is the process when you find a listed for sale item that is my stolen property?

[indplumb]

I have completely by accident found an item listed for sale that was stolen some 9 years ago it is one unit of an identical pair of amplifiers, I have spoken with the police about the issue and also emailed the seller with a response to buy the item first before he will allow inspection. There is no doubt this is my property as it has unique modifications and the serial number matches, who and how do i contact within Ebay to action this return of my property.

Any advise trying to navigate the correect process would be greatly appreciated thank you. 

Luxman 30kg Class-A M-300 power amplifier #174294051312

[tazzieterror]

eBay are unlikely to act without something offical from the police, even then I don't know what they could or would do. They're certainly not going to order the return of the amp to you, though.

Do you have a police report of the original theft you can refer the police to? Any action will have to start with them.

Consider, too, that the seller has probably purchased it legitimately - it could have changed hands a number of times in nine years.

If you check Gumtree, you can find it listed there along with a contact number for the seller.

[imastawka]

Was there an insurance claim by you at the time?

If so, the stolen property now belongs to the insurance company, not you.

[kopenhagen5]

Getting his address is a good idea then go to the police again.

eBay cannot do anything other than provide details of the account holder to the police and remove the listing.

But keep in mind, this seller may have purchased it from someone else.

And as stawks said, if you got an insurance payout, the insurance company owns it.

You could pass any details to them.

[lyndal1838]

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@imastawka wrote:

Was there an insurance claim by you at the time?

If so, the stolen property now belongs to the insurance company, not you.

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If there was an insurance payout involved the items become the property of the insurane company as said.  Most insurance companies auction off goods acquired through finalised insurance claims.

A case in point is written off cars....insurace companies often come out of claims very much ahead.