Ebay selling my missing amplifier


8 months ago I sent an amplifier to europe for upgrades. The amp went missing and there were investigations that went unresolved. I happened to be searching on ebay and noticed the amp and when I magnified it Bingo the serial number was same. It is an ebay seller store that is listing it. Ebay has not yet responded after several attempts. What next?

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@wesheadley "As far as contacting the local police goes, good luck with that. I would be amazed if they got involved at all. BTW, it sounds like an interstate situation, so that would involve the FBI -- speaking from my own experience, there is absolutely no chance those guys will lift a finger to get involved in a situation this. They'll tell you they're understaffed and can't devote the resources."

+1 Some of the other posters are in a fantasy land thinking that the police are going to make this a priority of any kind. And, yes the Feds wouldn't even waste time taking a report on this, much bigger fish to fry.

@audioquest4life "I know USPS has an investigation team that deep dives this stuff in coordination with the FBI due to the criminal elements being involved."

That may well be but the FBI isn't going to focus on some potential one off maybe theft of an amplifier.

BTW Ebay isn't selling your amp, someone with an Ebay account is selling it

Nothing that they said to you, at least how you laid it, out makes sense, or is otherwise suspect. "Will pull the ads down". " ads were pulled down a few days ago". It’s one or the other. " Dozen reasons why it’s there" What are they wouldseemlikeit shouldonly be one? "Came from a freight carrier however they don’t have the documentation at this time" Seriously, you’re buying that?

@dobnbav - What makes you think the FBI would be remotely interested in this ? A $50K amp is not grand larceny in their world. Unless they were presented with evidence of a criminal ring moving high volumes of allegedly stolen goods across state lines ;  some big dollar wire transfer crime, etc. they have better things to do. Having had experience working fraud cases impacting a Fortune 100 company you really have to have something that wets their appetite, and is fully laid out with documentation and evidence for them to even sit down to listen about it.

@dobnbav - The only thing idiotic is you thinking that the FBI has nothing better to do than assign an agent to find someone’s amplifier. Have you actually sat down with FBI agents? I have. How about a US Attorney? I have.  I had 2 retired FBI agents in our corporate security department reporting to me for 9 years.  Have you worked directly with any?  Whether you think otherwise or not they are not going to get involved in a situation like this unless it is far more consequential in the aggregate.. And ,for something like this you’re going to have to provide them with evidence that it is more than an isolated instance to get them maybe interested. So unless you've had direct experience dealing with them I'd suggest that you keep your comments to yourself