@lupo-store wrote:
Basically there are vast warehouses and many thousands of sellers get orders, they are all collated by the system, postage is bought from RM (pre-advice), but not manifested until a couple of days later. The orders from the central warehouse are sent via plane to the UK and arrive on day 3, then sent via RM to arrive on day 5. This is how they are managing to still get items to UK customers in 5 working days. If eBay found these sellers using economy 3 day service when actually its RM48 and they can see the postage has been bought but then the item doesn’t move for several days this is what’s happening. I am at the forefront as my products are fast selling low value items, but as this service grows then it will severely hamper all UK sellers to the detriment of eBay
That ia just conjecture which suits your commercial interest. Wed know there are vast warehouses, and also that there are vast fufilment centres in the UK. Dropshipping is allowed on eBay, as long as the location is accurately declared
We also know that they pack the items in bins or pallets in China, and remove them for one of two reasonsL individually to fulfil an order for a Chinese-located item is fine, as is removing a consignment to stock up the fulfilment centre, as long as it is done before the listing opens, or to top up stock there before it runs out. Only dispatching it to the UK fulfilment centre after the customer buys is against eBay policy. That is what you describe, and you have no idea how often it happens.
I;ve received items with the full Chinese customs declaration, from that bin, in SW Scotlsnf twenty hours from buying. But if a seller offers five working day delivery to cover any emergency, an uses a 48 hour frlibrty drtbivr, why sshouldn't he wait two or three days before dispatch? You'd defend a British seller who did.
@lupo-store wrote:
I am at the forefront as my products are fast selling low value items, but as this service grows then it will severely hamper all UK sellers to the detriment of eBay
A good many people on threads like this are at that forefront,admitted or not, and suffering competition for the buyers who give such massive feedback for Chinese sellers; UK-located items.
Buyers having to look at the business seller address to see where he is registered? How awful for them! But that address makes it extremely difficult to fool anybody of normal inteligence about his nationality. We had to learn things when we went out to spend our first few pennies in cash, and why shouldn't we have to pay a bit of attention to get what we want on eBay?
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