I bought this under false pretense and wish to have it canceled

Question

They lied about being in the US am I not in the right to ask to cancel and than isnâ€™t that illegal?

eburtonlab · Answer

@retro_gnome

Buyers cannot unilaterally cancel; that requires the cooperation of the seller.

You can return the item as "not as described" if the seller misrepresents the shipping location, but you would still need to wait for the item to arrive.

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.