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MikeK:
I'm calling this fraud.  It's definitely a deceptive practice.  Items listed as shipping from a US state, but are actually coming from China and then re-shipped.  This isn't the same as vendors who buy stock from China and then resell it from the US.  This is fraud in my book, because the item doesn't actually exist in the US.  This is really annoying, because what should only be a couple days after purchase takes weeks or never arrives.  *And*  they're getting the higher price for a US-shipped item.  That is, I could pay far less money by ordering from sellers who say it ships from China.  I'm assuming others in the US have experienced this?

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: MikeK on December 13, 2022, 02:30:46 pm ---I'm calling this fraud.  It's definitely a deceptive practice.  Items listed as shipping from a US state, but are actually coming from China and then re-shipped.  This isn't the same as vendors who buy stock from China and then resell it from the US.  This is fraud in my book, because the item doesn't actually exist in the US.  This is really annoying, because what should only be a couple days after purchase takes weeks or never arrives.  *And*  they're getting the higher price for a US-shipped item.  That is, I could pay far less money by ordering from sellers who say it ships from China.  I'm assuming others in the US have experienced this?

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The same thing happens in Australia.
They say they "have them in stock", but the delivery time is exactly the same as the next ad down which admits the thing is in China.
The only advantage they have is there is someone to complain to in this country, rather than someone unknown in the PRC.

jmelson:
Yup, I've been caught by this one, too.  Very clever and deceptive.
Jon

MikeK:
What compounds it is that eBay doesn't immediately issue a refund when the item doesn't arrive by the expected delivery date.  No, they give the seller almost a week to respond...and *then* eBay will get involved.  Which means an even longer delivery window, so no real punishment for failing to meet the delivery expectation.

pcprogrammer:
This is called dropshipping on Aliexpress.

Quite a while back there was something in the Dutch TV news about this. Local website shops selling the exact same stuff as you can get on Aliexpress for tripple the price or even more, and then still have to wait for it to arrive from China.

The middle men being almost useless in the whole process and earning but loads of money of naive suckers that don't find Aliexpress them selves or are scared to buy from China directly.

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