China

[richardt3350]

Ebay needs to stop the China sales companies from taking our money and not sending products. This is a scam to collect interest on our money, while they hold it from a month or more. Please add an option to avoid international sellers and help make America great again.

[emerald40]

Next time you want to buy something, click US only.

And as an added measure, check to see how long it will take to get to you.  If over 2 weeks, probably international so hit the back button.

[jason_incognito]

One way to Make America Great Again would be to teach people to read.

What you're asking eBay to do is already available. You can search USA only.

[ryanrobyn]

Message said: Next time you want to buy something, click US only.ot
My response: Will not weed them all out as there are gigantic Chinese warehouses in the USA and often the USA address is a fake middleman tactic.

[ersatz_sobriquet]

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@jason_incognito wrote:

One way to Make America Great Again would be to teach people to read.

What you're asking eBay to do is already available. You can search USA only.

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Some international sellers lie and say the item is in the US and it's not, so yes best to check delivery times also. 

thing is, US buyers have no MBG with the Chinese products, they don't have to supply a return label and often mail substandard product which the US buyer then thinks it is too much of a hassle to mail it back, can cost $25 for a simple small item in return postage, no way to know for sure that their tracking system on the return is going to work and the buyer will just be out more money. Maybe the buyer spent only $5 in the first place. US buyer gives up on the return process and Chinese seller keeps the money. To us $5 may not be a lot, but to those sellers it can add up real quickly and $5 goes a lot further in their economy. 

So yes, ebay should crack down on them and force them to pay for return label shipping on SNADS! 

They mail millions of them to the US through ebay everyday is my understanding. 

[sockmonkeydave]

@emerald40 @jason_incognito

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@emerald40 wrote:

Next time you want to buy something, click US only.

And as an added measure, check to see how long it will take to get to you.  If over 2 weeks, probably international so hit the back button.

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good on paper not so much here.

There are plenty of US based sellers who drop ship from other countries.

Some are easy to spot, some not, Long delivery time, stock photos, there are clues.

So while clicking USA is a start, it is not fool proof.

[buyselljack2016]

I have never had something shipped from China without knowing that it was coming from there before making the purchase.

I do not buy much, but when I do, I am able to determine where it is coming from.

Avoiding international sellers will not make America great again.  Many, many, many, products sold by USA based sellers came from other countries.

[slippinjimmy]

I've made about 200 purchases from China based sellers over the past 5 or 6 years. A few shipped from the US and were delivered within a few days. The rest were shipped from China and took anywhere from 2 - 5 weeks (as indicated in the listings).

I have NEVER not received my orders! I did have one order for 2pcs where I received only 1 pcs (in a box that was supposed to contain 2 pcs). The seller issued me a refund for the missing item instantly without any pushback whatsoever.

If it wasn't for China sellers my purchases on eBay would be almost nothing.

FYI - I sold more to China that I bought from China in 2017 so I am helping our trade imbalance and assisting in MAGA.

[gramophone-georg]

America never was not great. The problem here is eBay.

[slippinjimmy]

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@gramophone-georg wrote:

America never was not great. The problem here is eBay.

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What "problem"?

[rixstuff]

Sure Ebay should stop China sellers from taking money and not sending anything but more more importantly WE should stop BUYING from them.  Think globally but act locally.

[nawlinsron2]

To put a fine point on it...it's ebay management's stock price fixation

[duggmills]

It's interesting to think some how eBay would be able to stop China sellers from failing to ship - assuming that's the case for not receiving goods.

Considering  that Interest is directionally proportional to incentive, can you think of any incentive for eBay to do as you suggest.

eBay gets paid by Chinese sellers as does Paypal  and Chinese sellers may contribute more to eBay's bottom line more than many here.

You just have to pay your money and take your chances with China like we all do who take that gamble.