04-15-2024 08:27 PM
Is there anyway that I can filter out overseas sellers so that I can ensure that I am only buying items that are being shipped within the United States or at least North America? I am getting tired of waiting sometimes 6 to 8 weeks to receive an item, that’s if I even receive it at all. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
04-16-2024 06:29 AM
There is a filter in the left hand column of search results pages to block sellers not located in the U.S.. However, because ebay helped many foreign (mostly chinese) seller to register in the U.S. their items still show up in searches. Many of those ship from warehouses located in the U.S. but some items may not be in stock in the U.S..
You should know how to check a seller's feedback profile page by now. If you go to your own page and click on the feedback numbers of the last 5 sellers you bought from, you will find they are all registered in China, and some of them have terrible feedback percentages for high volume sellers. Most use 98.6% as the cut off point.
Because some foreign seller's are registered in the U.S. you have to check listings and feedback pages carefully to weed them out. Below is a list of things I look for.
On Listing pages:
On a Feedback profile page:
It may take a little time to use the above lists, but in the long run can save time and possibly money.
04-16-2024 01:37 PM
< I am getting tired of waiting sometimes 6 to 8 weeks to receive an item >
You can specify distance from you &/or origin of product when you use Advanced Search. But there's a way around that. The easiest way to weed out items coming from China is right there in the listing, i.e., the Estimated Delivery date. When it says to expect delivery in, to use your words, "6 to 8 weeks" you know it isn't coming from anywhere close by. If the ED says a shorter duration, then, when that time has elapsed, you open the Item Not Received dispute and get a refund ... enough of those and the seller either goes broke, or he racks up enough Defects that eBay shows him the gate.