topic Re: Is it common practice in Buying

Is it common practice

bella_again — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:29:03 GMT

For sellers to say the location is Australia for an item when in fact they are in the US? or do they only have to list where the item is?

Item location: NSW, Australia
Posts to: Australia

I only discovered they were in fact in the US upon recieving the email. Not that that is a huge problem as long as the item comes from where it claims to be.

Re: Is it common practice

the3coopers — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:47:14 GMT

What email do you mean? How can an email tell you it's being delivered from the USA?

Item Location means where the item is.

The other locations are:

- Sellers Registration country

- Sellers current location

- Site where the item was listed (eg: eBay.com)

- Site where buyer was logged into when they purchased

- Item Location stipulated in the listing.

Re: Is it common practice

digital*ghost — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:49:11 GMT

It depends - where the seller is located is not necessarily where the item is located, and that's what the listing has to state (otherwise it's misrepresentation and a policy breach).So it's poossible that while the seller is based in the US, their products ship from Australia.

It is actually common practice to misrepresent item location, though, but it seems action is rarely - if ever - taken against sellers who do it.

Re: Is it common practice

bella_again — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:51:32 GMT

I just wondered copps the email from ebay says they are from Davis in CA. It's no biggie maybe they have a warehouse here?

The only reason I asked was that in the past the same thing has happened and the item has ended up coming from overseas. As long as it works its not a bother but it will be interesting to see.

Re: Is it common practice

bella_again — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:52:58 GMT

It depends - where the seller is located is not necessarily where the item is located, and that's what the listing has to state (otherwise it's misrepresentation and a policy breach).So it's poossible that while the seller is based in the US, their products ship from Australia.

It is actually common practice to misrepresent item location, though, but it seems action is rarely - if ever - taken against sellers who do it.

Thank you for that!! 🙂 I just wondered how it all worked.

Re: Is it common practice

decoretrocollectables — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:10:27 GMT

I take issue with this, why supply false information for starters, what are they hiding..

Are the items they are selling fake?

I prefer complete honesty

Re: Is it common practice

cq_tech — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:07:24 GMT

I prefer complete honesty

As, I'm sure, do most of us. Sadly however, you're unlikely to find too much honesty on eBay. 😐

Re: Is it common practice

digital*ghost — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:26:57 GMT

I take issue with this, why supply false information for starters, what are they hiding..

Are the items they are selling fake?

I prefer complete honesty

They may or may not be selling fakes, but the primary intention is not to hide but be seen, by manipulating search results so that the listings still appear to people looking for items located in Australia.

Re: Is it common practice

the3coopers — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:03:28 GMT

I just wondered copps the email from ebay says they are from Davis in CA. It's no biggie maybe they have a warehouse here?

The only reason I asked was that in the past the same thing has happened and the item has ended up coming from overseas. As long as it works its not a bother but it will be interesting to see.

You are confusing Seller Registration Address and Item Location. Maybe the seller used to live in the USA and now lives here? Who knows... you'll find out soon enough, after which you can choose what action to take if they've lied.

For the record - I hate people who lie about Item Location.

Re: Is it common practice

zanadoo_56 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:44:10 GMT

I'd say it is more common for the seller to say the item is in Australia...but it's actually in China or Hong Kong. X-(

Re: Is it common practice

phorum_junkie* — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:59:40 GMT

I have ids registered in both the UK and Aus, I don't sell most of the time using the UK id but if and when I do the item location will reflect which country the item is in.

Of course if I used an old template and forgot to change the item location it would be a listing policy violation but it would in no way mean you were going to receive a fake item.

It is usually done to increase visibiity and/or to disguise the fact that a return may be more expensive so not worth disputing. For those reasons you should certainly trash the description star (mine included if I have made a mistake lol) even if everything else is OK.

Re: Is it common practice

corgidogz06 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:12:46 GMT

In all my listings I show the item location as China. Then in the body of the listing I say that I design the items in Australia and they are manufactured in China and sent direct. I don't think I can be any clearer than this. However, I have received emails from people asking how long delivery from Australia would take.