Drop Shipping Douches

[computer_dilo]

Anyone else sick to death of all the drop shipping clowns on eBay lately? Pretending to be in Australia but just buying cheapo Chinese stuff and getting it shipped from China to Australia! Then waiting weeks to not get it delivered and looking at fake tracking notices that tell you a pick up has been requested that goes nowhere for weeks.

I've had it with this garbage. I pay straight away. I expect reasonable service (why would you expect great service these days unless you are ordering from Australian companies like Central Coast Coffee which have my delivery packed and shipped to me in 2 days).

Really don't want to be bothered even looking at things on here anymore!!

[sandypebbles]

I don't support these sellers, so I don't have the issue

The estimated delivery date is shown before buying

The feedback says to avoid the seller, and feedback is usually in the toilet 

The photos are almost always blatantly obvious they are drop shipping (often lifted from Amazon)

Can't see you having left any negs on this account recently 

What are some of the item numbers in question?

[padi*0409]

The 3 sellers that you've bought from in the past year have feedback in the gutter (one is registered in China) and all the negs showed mostly late/no arrivals or cheaply made goods, and yet you still bought from them.

Did you actually read their feedback before using them ?

[springyzone]

I don't buy a lot on ebay but haven't had that trouble, although I often read of others who have.

I've found what works for me is to check out the details about a seller before I buy. 

Their feedback plus the details about where they are registered.

But probably one of the big things is to look carefully at what is being sold. A lot of the obviously mass produced, cheap stuff is going to be Chinese made no matter where the seller is located.

I often do best with small to medium sized Australian sellers where the photos look to be taken by the seller.

And these days, I expect my goods at or close to the expected arrival date as advertised. If an item didn't arrive in time, there is no way I'd be waiting weeks. A few extra days is fine, but you need to open a claim for an item not received within 30 days of the expected arrival and that's what I'd be doing.

I think you're right in that I have read that customers these days expect very fast service, wherever they buy from.  On the whole, I would expect something bought in Australia to arrive in metro areas within 7-10 days.

I doubt most people use ebay any more for most of their online shopping but when you do use ebay, the key toa  good experience is to really check over the seller carefully first and re-read the ad, try to get a feel for the type of selelr and product.