Because e bay don't do contact I will put this on here and see if anyone agrees

[detekc_57]

1- make a change to the profile settings so you can set your country as default , I'm tired of seeing items only to find they are in America or such 

2- identify drop shippers as such 

3- make buyer protection optional not a tariff 

[jckl1957]

This is:

Member To Member Support

The place for eBay buyers and sellers to ask Community Mentors questions about buying and selling on eBay.

 

It's not really a discussion forum. If you post in one of the discussion forums I am sure you will find people who agree with you but equally certain that nothing will change.

[*vyolla*]

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@detekc_57 wrote:

1- make a change to the profile settings so you can set your country as default , I'm tired of seeing items only to find they are in America or such 

2- identify drop shippers as such 

3- make buyer protection optional not a tariff 

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1. Once you've called up a search for the item you're looking for, select UK only from the menu to the left of the screen.

2. Not sure what you mean here. Drop shipping is allowed, but the seller must be registered as a business and the item should be coming from whatever location is showing at the top of the listing underneath the postage.

3. Buyer Protection cannot be optional else nobody would select it. 

[detekc_57]

1- yes but it's inconvenient but on the app it doesn't allow for
that and you have to go to the bottom of the page to change it
A simple twerk would make it simpler

Also the items of drop shippers do NOT come from their addresses or
location they are middle men for Chinese businesses and as such you are
being conned and you should be notified

[tobiasd4]

A lot of sellers use drop shippers, Amazon is full of them.

Ebay allow it if done properly by business sellers. 

A lot of Chinese sellers have UK warehouse.

[detekc_57]

but they do NOT have ware houses they have drop shippers thats British based go between the times come from china not some ware house 

[red_magpie]

To answer your question (?) it may help to separate the practice of drop shipping from the issue of item location.

Drop shipping isn't the problem here. It's an entirely legitimate means by which business sellers can fulfil orders by having items dispatched to the buyer direct from their trade wholesalers. This saves on both transportation and storage costs. What gave drop shipping a bad name on eBay was private sellers listing new items for sale on eBay, then simply buying them on Amazon for a lower price and giving their buyer's address for delivery. Drop shipping from online retailers is now specifically prohibited on eBay.

Item location is a never-ending source of questions. The root cause is that whereas the item location is stated as in the UK, eBay doesn't make it clear enough that the seller is in China. There isn't even a search option to exclude items from sellers not in the UK. Sometimes this can only be discovered by viewing the seller's feedback page in "classic view" - and even this is more difficult to access now.

If an item is listed as UK stock but is actually sent from China this is reportable to eBay as location misrepresentation. But it isn't just late delivery that is the problem. Buyers need to know when the seller is outside the UK. A buyer's statutory consumer protection rights are liable to be non-existent or unenforceable, as will be any warranty. Worse, direct imports from unknown sellers in China often don't comply with UK safety standards. Not to mention that buyers can find themselves with an unexpected charge for VAT.