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Is there a way to choose where I buy?
The product I just bought said that the product was in New Jersey. Looking at update info posted, the seller is in China. How can I determine where a product is coming from. There is no way a product in china will make it here by the delivery date. So now my money is tied up and I am stranded for a month or more.
How can I verify where a product is before I buy?
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eburtonlab
Mentor8 months ago@jkm1394
Probably the best way to deal with sellers that misrepresent item location is to avoid them. 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 overseas 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 will often reveal if there are problems with long shipping times, canceled orders or other supply chain warning signs.