Fake location

[hasanain09]

How to avoid purchased an item it is supposed  from USA  but it is from china , especially now a days 

[sew734]

 If you click on the sellers feedback  number it will take you to their profile page.  It shows on that page where they are located.   I read all the time they are in the US but when I go to the profile page find they are located in another country.  Check that page prior to purchasing.

[mudshark61369]

@hasanain09,

This happens often, a seller lists an item with a U.S. location but it is shipped from China. Even checking the seller's feedback profile may show the seller is registered in the U.S.  This can happen for three reasons.

A) ebay helped many chinese sellers register in this country, so they would establish warehousing here.  Many provided ebay with a false business address (private mail box with a street and suite number) but they always shipped from China.

B) The seller is registered in China but uses a product source warehouse usually close to a port city or international airport. Sometimes the item is out of stock in the U.S. and has to come from China.

C) the seller is a drop shipper for chinese products.

There are ways to tell where an item is actually coming from, checking the seller's feedback profile page and clicking on the numbers of negative and neutral feedback received. If they ship from China there will usually be mentions of that or slow shipping comments.  They often have hundreds of negative feedback and a percentage well below 99%, where as U.S. sellers would have restrictions on their accounts. 

Very low priced items with free shipping are another give away. No U.S. seller can sell an item for $.99 with Free shipping, even if they get bulk shipping discounts. The chinese can because their govt. subsidizes shipping costs.

U.S. located items that have an outside estimated delivery date of more than 14 days.

Item location not giving a city, just a state, or U.S. location

Sellers who use American flag symbols in their ID photo and listings, with repeated mentions of being a U.S. seller.  Look for phrasing in the listing that suggests English is not the first language of the person who wrote it.

[eburtonlab]

@hasanain09 

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.

When faced with a long list of search results that you want to narrow down to sellers that can ship quickly, using the "Guaranteed Delivery" filter will often help; very few sellers that ship from overseas qualify.

[eburtonlab]

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.

When faced with a long list of search results that you want to narrow down to sellers that can ship quickly, using the "Guaranteed Delivery" filter will often help; very few sellers that ship from overseas qualify.

[revnd]

I agree with the previous comments as it has recently happened to me.  I do not understand why E-Bay allows a seller to block their feedback. This item showed a considerable discount and indicated that it was in L.A. I am at fault for not looking at their feedback until after I purchased it. "Blocked Feedback"? I never would have bought it. I started a case on this purchase. The second indicated it was in Chino, CA. Chino is not a major port or railhead and the price and item were rather common. I have got a message back from the seller, which gives me hope I might even receive the item at some point.  I have learned my lesson with E-Bay, never having any previous problems, to the point that I will be unlikely to order anything from them until they establish a verification method of product, location, and always allow seller feedback to be shown.