"Located in London, UK"....but really located in China. Why does ebay allow this?

[iss504]

"Located in London, UK"....but really located in China. Why does Ebay allow this? You can find numerous examples out there in your searches. Marking Item Location "UK only" does nothing,.. neither does Ebay.

[lucy_farmer]

'Why does Ebay allow this?'

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Because ebay are very very good at ignoring rules they don't want to follow -even if they wrote those rules themselves!

And ebay have some really big seller customers in China and probably make loads of money out of them. So they're pretty good at turning a blind eye to it.....

[plpmr]

location misrepresentation can be reported  -   https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Announcements/IMPORTANT-ACTION-FOR-ITEM-LOCATION-MISREPRESENTATION-P...   

however this is much more serious than it seems, because a buyer can get hit with import duty.

[iss504]

"location misrepresentation can be reported:"   yes it can be,.. and I have done so but to no avail. I have also in the past given neutral or negative feedback to the seller about  location misrepresentation. The feedback was promptly removed the next day.

[lucy_farmer]

'location misrepresentation can be reported:"   yes it can be,.. and I have done so but to no avail...'

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Yep, that's what I mean about a 'blind eye' to high profit-making customers.....

[m25jet]

Why does eBay allow it?  Two words explain the reason perfectly -  Corporate Greed.

[eburtonlab]

Probably the best way to deal with sellers that misrepresent item location is to avoid them. The "UK only" item location filter selects items that are listed as being in the United Kingdom; however, as you have seen, not every seller that lists items in the UK ships from the UK as they should.

Before ordering you should check the estimated delivery dates -- that is a good indication of how far away items actually ship from. Also, going to a seller's profile page or feedback page will tell you where the seller's account was registered. Although some overseas sellers do use UK warehouses to ship their items (and some registered UK-sellers may employ overseas drop-shippers), if a seller is registered overseas, that raises the likelihood of an item shipping from outside the UK, particularly for multiple quantity commodity items. Checking seller feedback will often reveal if there are problems with long shipping times, canceled orders or other supply chain warning signs.