not an australian seller

[beerendan677]

Is it illegal to state that you are an Australian seller with stock available then send the item from China which will obviously arrive well after the estimated delivery time? Surely this is false advertising and against the law?

[girds53]

I have the same prob, why don't you do something about this e-bay,it false advertising, still waiting for my order, and the reply e-mails are coming from china, not from the so called Australian seller,

[coldrodear · Accepted solution]

I have reported two sellers for pretending to be Australian but in reality are in China. Now, if it even smells Chinese I move to another seller instead. I chatted with Ebay about it and I believe it is against their policy to pretend to be located where one is not! I'm not sure if Ebay ever does anything about it though as there seem to be a lot of them.

[katistrophik · Accepted solution]

Far too many of them for eBay to monitor even if they wanted to - Chinese sellers make a LOT of money for eBay - I shall say no more

[coldrodear · Accepted solution]

I meant "do something" about the ones I have reported. We have no way of knowing if Ebay took actions.

[sandypebbles · Accepted solution]

We do when it comes to sellers registered in China

As has been explained numerous times

eBay AU *might* report it to eBay China

Even *IF* they do, eBay China does nothing

Simple as that

[kopenhagen5]

Sellers do run out of stock locally then send from their main warehouse.

But Chinese sellers are notorious for this and many of course simply don't carry stock here.

Not against the law but to misrepresent item location is against eBay policy.

I don't buy from any seller looking anything like being Chinese.

Check the seller's account registration and feedback before buying.