sleng, if you have full details of the watches stolen i would do this

what i would do is buy them on ebay, pay for them using paypal and credit card, get the watches and then make a paypal complaint that you purchased watches that turned out to be stolen giving them all the details of the stolen watches. as long as it was reported to the police and you declared all the details to the police then Paypal will support you 100% and will also do their own co operation with whatever legal authority is required. the problem is that you will have to prove they are stolen. if you have the boxes and papers its simple.

if they were stolen from far east and are now in US then they are probably not in the hands of the original thief so the most they'll get is 'handling stolen goods'. your main aim is to get the watches back and then get your money refunded. dont worry too much about the offender.

if you want anymore advice feel free to pm me

Graham

Need your kind advice............

By: Sleng : February 11th, 2011-21:57

I lost some watches due to house burglary late last year and I managed to located some of my stolen watches in eBay. However, I am located outside of US and I want to find out if any purists can advice what is the procedure to recover the stolen watches f...

Sorry to hear that

By: Hororgasm : February 11th, 2011-22:06

I would do some detective work before seeking help from any legal agencies. Better still if they surface in your home country. But I will pretend to wanna buy, make some enquiries and get emails and bank account numbers. If Ebay, their pay pal could be li...

However, I am not located in USA.....

By: Sleng : February 11th, 2011-22:25

Hi Horo thanks for the reply. However, I am located out of USA. How can I proceed with recovery then? Might need a\kind assistance of purists to help out. Thank you.

Get their pay pal account details first.

By: Hororgasm : February 11th, 2011-22:35

At least you can help the authorities with some identification. To be frank, I don't know how tom proceed from there. Think better await other purists with experience. By the way, do not discount the possibilities that those that are up for sale are alrea...

Try to get as much information about them as possible

By: sidneyc : February 12th, 2011-02:07

As Horo suggested, pretend to be a potential buyer, and ask them lots of questions. Try to compile as much information about them as possible. Information that may be helpful should a certain authority decide to investigate your case may include: - where ...

sleng, if you have full details of the watches stolen i would do this

By: G99 : February 12th, 2011-10:40

i wouldnt tell ebay fraud debt yet as they may just remove listings

By: G99 : February 12th, 2011-10:43

its been known to happen before and thats the worst thing that could happen. G

Good point with potential removal of listing

By: sidneyc : February 12th, 2011-12:11

Only worry I have about paying first is that what if the seller is a stolen account and the thief could have the time to transfer sleng's money to his own bank account while sleng wait for his parcel to arrive. Timing is very important. I guess at least P...

yep, a difficult situation, but...

By: G99 : February 12th, 2011-12:15

yep, a difficult situation, but paypal and credit card should give all the protection required. G

I wouldnt rely on Paypal

By: andrewluff : February 12th, 2011-12:24

Personally I wouldnt rely on Paypal to give you your money back, they will find any way possible not to give you your money back! (from a costly experience!) As everyone has said... I wouldnt report it to Ebay until you get as much information as you can ...

I agree that this is the best solution

By: mrsnak : February 13th, 2011-08:12

It guarantees that you get the watches back in your hands. Pay by credit card through Paypal, and you will be protected.