China Seller lists ships USA

[Kajunrook]

I buy a lot of stuff from China and a lot of it is custom made. I was looking at some other items with a nice mark up and saw whereas a "USA" listed seller was selling for free shipping whereas the shipping and cost of goods would leave his profit at zero. Buried in the description was a statement the goods would arrive from Hong Kong in 15-30 days. Hmmm. So I see how he makes money. I went on his store and ALL of his listings state ships from USA (L A) but all are coming from Hong Kong. But when you try to hit Report this Item a pop up comes up that states to please enter an item number that has not ended. ALL OF HIS ITEMS are current. Is that eBay's way of turning a blind eye to his deceptive practices? He has 92K feedback.

[agent006140]

many Chinese sellers ship from a warehouse in CA,they could be dropshipping from there.
I doubt he is making zero,the exchange rate is such he is making some money

[Kajunrook]

Originally Posted by agent006140

many Chinese sellers ship from a warehouse in CA,they could be dropshipping from there.
I doubt he is making zero,the exchange rate is such he is making some money

Nope, his listing states Epacket from Hong Kong down at the bottom although listing says shipped from USA. Pretty sure he cannot drop that in the USPS mailbox in LA and USPS would mail it.

[agent006140]

so he is shipping from HK,and you want to report him???

[Kajunrook]

Originally Posted by agent006140

so he is shipping from HK,and you want to report him???

I want him to disclose he is shipping from HK, I messaged him but then saw he had 92K feedback and his hundreds of ads all say shipped from USA? He is selling some less than what a tracked item cost sent across town in LA? Should not be able to falsify shipping location. I thought that was a no no with eBay?
But to answer your question. YES!

[agent006140]

if you can't report him on his listing,then call Ebay.

[phaz0rz]

Just call eBay and point it out. Or open a support ticket or whatever they're called on eBay.

Sounds like a glitch is preventing you from reporting listings that seriously need to be reported. This is eBay.. not wish.

[agent006140]

If he has 92K feedback,and you dont see anyone complaining,I doubt if anyone cares where he shipped from,Ebay buyers care more about how much they pay for the item.
Chinese sellers can sell for 99 cents,with free shipping from China and make money.

[Kajunrook]

Originally Posted by agent006140

If he has 92K feedback,and you dont see anyone complaining,I doubt if anyone cares where he shipped from,Ebay buyers care more about how much they pay for the item.
Chinese sellers can sell for 99 cents,with free shipping from China and make money.

His negative feedback is mostly about "where is my item" Slow Shipping, etc. All of his items when you report says (please put in a current listed item) so how does he do that?

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by Kajunrook

His negative feedback is mostly about "where is my item" Slow Shipping, etc. All of his items when you report says (please put in a current listed item) so how does he do that?

I have no idea how he's doing it and neither does agent.

You could try reporting from a different country eBay site, like .ca or .co.uk, and see if the results are any different.

[agent006140]

I dont think he can report him from another ebay site.as they are both registered in USA.
But if he has many negs,then either buyers dont care or he will have lower visibility or one day get suspended?

[dano]

Chinese sellers should be banned from eBay or Amazon...these marketplaces are ruin their and our business

[walkingupwards]

There is one fact that most people are not aware of, the communist Chinese government organizes e-commerce sellers and makes forums for them where they meet up and plan what they want to do.

China is waging an economic war against the west (to put it mildly). These Chinese sellers are simply exporting the inflation of the Chinese economy while at the same time destroying businesses in the west.

So when you see a China-based seller selling stuff for 1$, they are not really after that 1 penny in profit, there is hidden agenda behind that practice as well.

I know it sounds crazy, but that's actually 100% true. The Chinese have created Aliexpress for exactly that purpose, they are exporting the excess of Chinese factories to other western nations.

I see sellers on Aliexpress with hundreds of thousands of feedback points, imagine if these sellers were not allowed to ship their items to the US or Europe... local western businesses would have made millions if not billions in profits.


In my estimation, the west has shot itself in the head by allowing the manufacturing to move offshore to Asian countries. The loss is in the trillions of dollars and it is not just monetary by the way. The Chinese genie is out of the bottle now and is destined to keep growing thanks to American tax payers' money that helped the genie come out of the bottle in the first place.


Anyway, I think nations as well as people do get what they deserve at the end of the day and when a nation is so hypnotized that it can't see who its real enemy really is, that nations is destined to fail.

[unkown5454]

the problem is that it is like dr.ugs. except, the garbage they sell is le.gal making the situation infinitely worse. americans fiend for it now.

our own marketplaces cater to the chinese over their own domestic sellers. it is fxcking sickening

[rsot]

Originally Posted by dano

Chinese sellers should be banned from eBay or Amazon...these marketplaces are ruin their and our business

Very tough to implement

[JamesNorth101]

Originally Posted by dano

Chinese sellers should be banned from eBay or Amazon...these marketplaces are ruin their and our business

Basically impossible to enforce.

The Chinese are very very good at circumnavigating any sort of geographical location limitations. It would be impossible to enforce. and wouldn't be good from a consumer POV

[yangleizxm]

it's impossible, even you banned we can use other country's account to go on sell ：）

[agent006140]

most of what we sell come from China anyway,except the Chinese sell for less.
Thats why Trump wants to do something with this 99 cents free shipping from China,

[rsot]

Originally Posted by yangleizxm

it's impossible, even you banned we can use other country's account to go on sell ：）

Exactly - work around

[agent006140]

They dont have to lie about where they are or where their merchandise is,many buyers know they will wait up to 30 days to get their goods,some dropship from an outift in CALIFORNIA.

[Kajunrook]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Basically impossible to enforce.

The Chinese are very very good at circumnavigating any sort of geographical location limitations. It would be impossible to enforce. and wouldn't be good from a consumer POV

That is fine but how can they "TURN OFF" report this item? On hundreds of items.

[Pandoras_box]

Originally Posted by Kajunrook

I want him to disclose he is shipping from HK, I messaged him but then saw he had 92K feedback and his hundreds of ads all say shipped from USA? He is selling some less than what a tracked item cost sent across town in LA? Should not be able to falsify shipping location. I thought that was a no no with eBay?
But to answer your question. YES!

You have no transaction with this seller yet you're doing your best to report their listings even contacting him/her.

You're not doing this because you want eBay to be a better place - as you're here breaking eBay's rule with your stealth accounts. Hypocrisy

So why don't we call this what it really is: a little something inside you just dies that this seller's shop is a massive success right?

Envy, especially one borne of resentful contemplation of a more fortunate person, is a terrible thing.

Perhaps you should think positively how to grow your own business - and succeed as he has.