Seller say item is in UK but it comes from China

[bordonbert]

Yes, here is me moaning about the same old issue that so many posts over the years have groaned on about. When are ebay going to do something about this damned problem of the seller listing the item as "Location: Somewhere in the UK" and claim it will be delivered via "Royal Mail 2nd Class Post".  So you buy it then realise that the delivery date is going to be two or three weeks in the future.  The "Your item has been posted" message may come the same day but the item doesn't appear for a couple of weeks as it traverses the great open wastes of China.  And this after filtering by "UK Only" for item location.

This is absolutely rife on ebay and has been for years yet the powers that be act as though there is nothing wrong with the practice.  It is misrepresentation and as such should be considered illegal and a breach of ebay's own rules.  They should insist that if the listing is just Drop Shipping then that is made clear and not disguised with information which is basically lying.  Many buyers make buying decisions prioritising items local to them and this is a way to con them into making a wrong assumption as to which is the better buy.

Ebay still insist that the seller is responsible for the item arriving in the stated time but they should be responsible for seeing to the the correctness of all information given in the listing.  They should be keen to clean up their act and take steps when this is pointed out.

I deplore the corrupting power of the almighty dollar, and it is sad how honesty and fair dealing always evaporate when people are making enough money.  Do ebay actually give a donkey's dangling dong abut its buyers as well as its sellers?  Certainly doesn't look like it to me.

[ruby*tuesday]

You can Report them to Ebay is against the "Item Location Policy."