Slow shipping from China is done on purpose

[electronics101az]

The issue that has been with shipping from Chine which in some cases take more then three months is done on purpose. I usually order items from China and most arrive in about three weeks, but other have taken up to 4 months. This is done on purpose by the seller because the item is not as described and they don't want the negative feedback. The seller will wait until the feedback window is closed then ship the item.

In cases where folks ask for a refund, and I do think that a lot of north Americans rarely do ask for the money back, the seller will refund because it is not a significant loss to them but they had two or so months to use the cash flow and had already made the money back. In this way they avoid negative feedback and they account seem flawless. They print the label as soon as the item is sold but they don't actually ship it out so when the buyer receives the package two months later just assumes it got lost in the shipping and finally turned up.

I hope eBay extends the feedback window which will close this loop hole.

[femmefan1946]

Most Chinese sellers are honest.

They ship Surface because it is cheap and they really don't have much room for profit in their low prices.

International Return Shipping is expensive no matter where the Seller is

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/far/business/findARate?execution=e1s1

It is slightly cheaper to return an item with Confirmation of Delivery to the USA than to China, but about the same price for returns to China and India or Germany or Britain.

That being said, if your item is slow to arrive, you do not have to depend on eBay for a refund.

Paypal will allow a Claim for a full six months after payment.

[ypdc_dennis]

Not done on purpose -- lots of other threads in the forums about the slow shipping from China for the last year -- caused by tighter screening for toxic drug shipments (that were legal to make in China until last month) and low priority by Canada Post for handling of untracked surface shipments.

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