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@dirk12955 wrote:How is eBay involved in this situation?
It's not an eBay issue.
Sure it is, the stolen items are on their site. eBay has protocols in place to deal with stolen items, they've even helped in large police stings for theft rings. This isn't that (if it's even true) but IIRC eBay even has a form to fill out. I would def call both the PD where they filed the report & eBay if I were the owner so that they could take action to have the listing taken down or whatever they & LE decide to do. IDK if they'll take any action until LE gets involved, but I would def let them know. IDK if they take any independent action without LE contact, but what harm is there in letting them know.
However in this case, who knows if they're even telling the truth, which is why its not a good idea to get into a convo about it with the person.
Here we go. I knew I remembered a form, but it looks like the form is only for the state of CA & the text says to contact LE, but there's also a link to the form to fill out.
ETA: Upon further inspection that form goes to the State of CA Attorney General, so yeah, maybe you don't have to contact eBay. I still would, I would want to alert them. IDK if they take the item down while it's being figured out, but I would let them know.
You had started two threads on this subject, probably without realizing it. I actually reported the other one to the moderators, not to get you in trouble, but so that there would not be two discussions going that might confuse you and others. I don’t think you get any type of consequence or penalty for that, just a notification that your other thread was removed.
@itsjustasprain wrote:
@powell-collectibles wrote:Reason to ask for the police report is because the accuser states that he has one. If he doesn't, that is a quick way to get the conversation to stop, and a quick way for the OP to stop worrying about this issue.
Right but what I am saying is that even if he is an honest person who really did get robbed and filed a police report I really doubt that there would be anything in it to conclusively prove that the binder shown in the listing is really the one that got stolen. He could also have filed a report intended to match what he saw in the listing back when it first appeared in mid-February.
Yes - you can call his bluff and ask to see the police report although making fake claims about that seems like an awful lot of trouble to try to get a postcard collection without simply buying it.
@terrlloy-0 : Keep us updated!
I was thinking the exact same thing @itsjustasprain , the police report, if in fact there is one, is not going to have something like postcards each ID's in a line item. It's going to have 'binder or box of vtg postcards'. So, I came to the same conclusion, even if you had the report, it's unlikely each item is going to be line itemed.
@jonathanbrightlight wrote:You had started two threads on this subject, probably without realizing it. I actually reported the other one to the moderators, not to get you in trouble, but so that there would not be two discussions going that might confuse you and others. I don’t think you get any type of consequence or penalty for that, just a notification that your other thread was removed.
@terrlloy-0 @jonathanbrightlight You are correct, there are no consequences. It happens a bit with new posters, not a big deal at all.
