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SCAM - Chinese sellers misrepresenting item location - Equick

bikeden — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 02:40:04 GMT

So here is the latest 'SCAM' many Chinese sellers are now using in their listings to convince you to buy from them as their stock is supposedly located in Australia and you will get the goods quicker.

'AU STOCK' is big and bold in their listing heading.

In fact the item is in China and they use a re-fullfilment service called Equick.cn who consolidate many sellers parcels on a daily basis and ship them to Sydney. Equick then despatch them using Australia Post from their warehouse in Botany.

Around 4-5 days after you make your purchase you finally receive the tracking advice from Australia Post, which makes you think the items are in Australia, but in fact they have not even left China. Around 10-14 days later you finally receive the goods.

This activity is clearly misleading and a breach of eBay's 'misrepresenting item location' rules and needs to be stopped.

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2106greencat — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 03:01:54 GMT

While not exactly a "SCAM" if you beleive the seller is indeed misrepresenting the loscation, report them to eBay.

With millions of listings worldwide, eBay can not possibly police all of them, so reporting is the way to go to bring thier attention to these sellers.

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ajarnjenny — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 07:38:31 GMT

How many life saving things do you buy on Ebay? I don't get the 'I have to have it quickly" mentality.

Go down the road and buy it from a store if it is that time sensitive. (But then you would have to pay more, wouldn't you?)

And it is not a scam if you are receiving what you pay for, albeit, a little later than you expected it.

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robinsonmarineparts — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:17:52 GMT

If there lying about there location then there scaming, is there any other way to look at it?

Simply there trying to fool you / us.

Maybe that'a aceptable to you it's certainly not to me.

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thecatspjs — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:46:47 GMT

It is fraud and not acceptable at all.

If the item is faulty or breaks you have no recourse under Oz law. Paypal buyer protection is limited.

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ausgeoff1946 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:16:43 GMT

@2106greencat wrote:
While not exactly a "SCAM" if you believe the seller is indeed misrepresenting the location, report them to eBay.

With millions of listings worldwide, eBay can not possibly police all of them, so reporting is the way to go to bring their attention to these sellers.

It's an extremely common practice for Asian sellers to claim the item is "located in Australia". And which ever way you look at it, it IS a scam, and a breach of eBay's seller terms and conditions. I've seen this scenario repeated literally thousands of time on eBay Australia.

But don't waste your time reporting it to eBay. Firstly, they don't really care—why should they—they don't wanna turn away any sales, regardless of seller breaches. And let's face it; contrary to what you suggest, eBay doesn't "police" any seller advertisements. That's obvious from the massive amount of breaches you'll see each and every day in the listings.

—G.

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the_pooze — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:31:43 GMT

@2106greencat wrote:

With millions of listings worldwide, eBay can not possibly police all of them,

Nor do they probably want to Cat, particularly if the Seller/s involved are those big overseas mobs that eBay actually want as Sellers instead of those filthy, despicable small Australian Sellers that make eBay Senior Management want to wash in Domestos whenever they are forced to remember they exist

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cq_tech — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:04:03 GMT

Unfortunately, many a true word has been spoken in jest.

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2106greencat — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:34:38 GMT

@ausgeoff1946 wrote:
@2106greencat wrote:
While not exactly a "SCAM" if you believe the seller is indeed misrepresenting the location, report them to eBay.

With millions of listings worldwide, eBay can not possibly police all of them, so reporting is the way to go to bring their attention to these sellers.
It's an extremely common practice for Asian sellers to claim the item is "located in Australia". And which ever way you look at it, it IS a scam, and a breach of eBay's seller terms and conditions. I've seen this scenario repeated literally thousands of time on eBay Australia.

But don't waste your time reporting it to eBay. Firstly, they don't really care—why should they—they don't wanna turn away any sales, regardless of seller breaches. And let's face it; contrary to what you suggest, eBay doesn't "police" any seller advertisements. That's obvious from the massive amount of breaches you'll see each and every day in the listings.

—G.

Thank you for clearing that up.......but I must have missed the part where you offered advice?

Other than reporting to eBay, what else would you suggest ( all due respect and all that)

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audistarelectronics — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:37:03 GMT

Yes, we recently got burnt with a faulty item, supposedly shipped from Sydney, then when we won a Paypal dispute, found that we could only get compensated by returning the item to China at our cost, which would have eaten 75% of the refund. No said Paypal, it must be sent over to China as that is the registered address they have for the seller. Yes, FRAUD, FRAUD and more FRAUD, and is anything being done about it.....of course not. We binned the item and wore the $140 purchase price, but last time they will catch us.

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brambles-burnett — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 02:34:21 GMT

My experience with these scammers is simple. If you see an item you wish to bid on, or have the option of useing the "buy it now" button, the easiest way is as follows.

Look at the item location, if it say's China, then there's a fair bet, that's where it is. If it say's Australia, or a location in Australia, then the next step is simple.

Click on the sellers feedback and look at where he/she/it is located. If it say's Australia, then you have a 50/50 chance, he/she/it may be legit. If it says they are in China, Hong-Kong (or any other country) and have been a member since xx/xx/xxxx then smell a rat.

Report them and let Ebay sort them out.

They may well be operating as a legit enterprise as some have mentioned by using drop methods, buy-in-bulk or what ever else they can dream of, but is it worth it.???

Don't waste your time and money, purchasing anything, plus burning your brains out arguing with them, it's not worth your health.

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davewil1964 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:30:21 GMT

This thread has only been dormant for EIGHTEEN months.

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brambles-burnett — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:09:43 GMT

I don't think it matter's how old it is. If it helps someone new, then it's served it's purpose.

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davewil1964 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:29:27 GMT

Does it?

As a general rule, the older the thread the more likely the information is no longer current/relevant.

I am prepared to bow to your vast experience, however.

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brambles-burnett — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 01:31:40 GMT

Good idea, you might learn something.

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imastawka — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 01:36:00 GMT

There's nothing new in anything you've posted.

Nothing to learn that hasn't been said recently on the boards

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davidc4430 — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 04:40:35 GMT

he said it will affect my health, next time i get a cold i can blame the chinese sellers on ebay.

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imastawka — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 05:49:04 GMT

Well, then, he was right.

Someone learned something - albeit useless

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newnuseddvdbookscds — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:43:44 GMT

I must admit about 2 months ago I was looking for an item I paid more than what I could have got the same item from a asian country for however I did wish to buy Australian. After 4 days they marked it posted (handling time of 1 day when I looked) along with an email saying not to rush in poor english looking for the item justt wait a week or 2 and it will definatly turn up **bleep**? yes coming from CHINA. The seller was listed as being in Alice Springs I guess the furthest they could think they could get away from anyone in OZ.

I informed the seller if the item was coming from china that they could take it back I didnt want it. Sure enough we will give u a discount and 10 emails trying to convince me to take the item at a better price. I stood my ground and insisted the seller take the item back ... Sure enough keep it we dont want it back. (postage to China via Aus post was more than the item was worth HOWEVER had they been in Alice Springs it would have been worth getting the item back.

end result gave it to the kids to use (aka break in 10 mins) and jut bought another one from an oz seller

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woodduck*2012 — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:18:46 GMT

Well its still going on but worse, a lot of the Chinese companies are claiming they are BASED in Australia when in fact they are in china, for example REMOVED are suposedly in darwin as the seller location is listed as Darwin, yet if you live in Darwin it takes 6 weeks to get your item ? Because they are in china.

People really need to start looking at the feedback and when you see 50+ negs in one month well that should say it all, but read it and you will see that the penny has dropped and alot of the comment state NOT IN AUSTRALIA BEWARE and things of that nature.

Look at the prices, any item over 2cm thick is $7.60 to send by Australia post, when an item is selling for example $9.60 free postage its hardly in Australia.

Here a mathamatical way to work it out.

Selling at $9.60 free post now minus ebay & paypal fees at around 13.6% then minus the $7.60 postage =$0.69

Now take the cost of the product away and you are in the RED, WHO SELLS FOR A LOSS ?