You do actually get items sold on eBay by people with no idea what they are or what they do. And many will source their items in the same way as this seller suggests.

Reporting it to eBay is an option, but will they follow it through? Probably not.

(My current eBay 'liability' is a 14 year old kid who has bought items off me, pesters me with emails about where I source my goods and sends the sort of messages to me that I would probably have thought of as childish at 14, but now are just plain annoying.

To trade on eBay you must be 18+ and the same with PayPal. He has an eBay business account and a PayPal business account. Reported him numerous times after blocking him and eBay have..................well, done nothing. And that is someone breaking THEIR rules.)

In this instance the only way is to buy the thing then try and run as many checks on it as you can. If he is a business seller he MUST list his address on the listing or his About Me page, so you could inform their local police, but what if he did get it legit?

If it is a private seller (which if he is buying stuff to sell he ISN'T) then you are stuck with going to eBay. Try it. Express your concerns and see if they bother to do anything.

All the clamping down they have done on legitimate sellers recently will not stamp out someone selling stolen goods.