Ebay has to make actual shipping location not be input by the user

Question

Every seller is just slapping American flag on products and even says US seller and just countless from China. Bad look

eburtonlab · Answer

@cus-9695

An American flag imposed on a photo does not signify the item ships from the US; in fact it often signifies the exact opposite. Anyone can paste a flag on a photo or copy someone else's photo, and many sellers do just that. A flag on a photo should make you more suspicious about where the item actually ships from; not less suspicious.

Probably the best way to deal with sellers that misrepresent item location is to avoid them whenever possible. The "US only" item location filter selects items that are listed as being in the United States; however, as you have seen, not every seller that lists items in the US ships from the US 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 US warehouses to ship their items (and some registered US-sellers may employ drop-shippers), if a seller is registered overseas, that raises the likelihood of an item shipping from outside the US, particularly for multiple quantity commodity items. Checking seller feedback closely will often reveal if there are problems with long shipping times, canceled orders or other supply chain warning signs, particularly if buyers that encounter problems with drop-shippers leave feedback indicating that.