seller claims UK based but it’s China

[pandagenerator]

I’m sick and tired of this, ebay should not allow sellers to falsely state they are uk based when they are clearly from China! This should be illegal and regulated by the government it annoys me so much that I’m probably not going to buy on ebay anymore! 

[1902elder]

Many Chinese sellers have distribution addresses in the UK, As long as they ship items from that address, there is nothing wrong with it. If the goods come from China, when the address is in the UK, then that is not allowed and can be reported to Ebay. You only need to look at delivery times to know from where the goods will be sent.

Hardly a reason not to buy on Ebay, there ar plenty of non Chinese sellers.f

[corred]

@pandagenerator 

Why don't you scroll to the bottom of the adverts ??

Each listing will show the registered BUSINESS ADDRESS of the company you are buying from !!

• You cannot search for sellers located in the UK......you can only search based on where the item is listed as being located...
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• With overseas registered sellers this is quite possible as many have UK warehousing or distribution points....
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• Business sellers must display their registration details at the bottom of each listing......
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• Where an item is being sold by an overseas registered business seller then ALWAYS CHECK THE DELIVERY ESTIMATE (this is actually true even with UK registered sellers as an increasing number drop ship from overseas locations) .....if more than 5 days then there is a pretty good chance it is being shipped from overseas
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• The only issue is where a seller misrepresents the location of an item......which may in some cases result in import charges/duty & VAT being charged.......in that case you can report it to eBay......the other possibility is an item being delivered after the specified delivery window.....in these cases you must open a not received case immediately......escalate after 8 days & if not delivered you will be refunded. You may end up with the item for free in this case as if delivered after refund it is unlikely the overseas seller will want to pay the shipping charges to return the item to them
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• If ultimately the item comes from overseas then you may find this useful : https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-policies/item-location-misrepresentation-policy?id=4244

[pandagenerator]

I did checked the registered address!! I’ve got 500 feedbacks on eBay I’m not a newbie! It says U.K. but i’m Pretty sure with 10 days as expected delivery time (told by the seller, eBay actually says 2 to 5 days) the item is coming from China and there was no way for me to know before I bought it. There’s a tracking number which refers to Royal Mail, although quite a long number and not the typical number you get when shipping from U.K. when I enter it into a universal tracking site it also comes out as being handled by a Chinese courier as well.

[corred]

@pandagenerator

Then you could actually be complaining about a UK seller who is drop shipping from a Chinese company like Alibaba or Wish rather than a Chinese company claiming to be in the UK