Reply #8: If you go to the police, it's not just your word against him. They will look for facts. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

A police investigator can check the friend's ebay account with more impartiality than you. If your concern is that you'll cause the friend's family harm, think again. If he stole from you, he is responsible. Period.

If he robbed you (stuck a gun or knife in your face and demanded it) you'd know for certain. Because you only suspect him of stealing, rather than knowing, your choices are 1)do nothing, 2)confront him without proof, 3)confront him with proof (via ebay sales, for example) or 4) report it to the police and let them use their experience and greater access to ebay data to either implicate him or remove him from suspicion.