Ebay Shipping Question

Misrepresenting item location is a no-no on ebay.
Click on report item.
Choose listing practices.
Then choose other listing practices
Lastly choose item location misrepresentation.

Please.....are we now in essence accusing someone of fraud or misrepresentation because they ticked USPS as a shipping option on an ebay screen when maybe they should have ticked other? Or maybe they take their items for US shipment across the border and use USPS. There are lots of possibilities that are more likely than the harshly negative things that are assumed by a few posts here.

Before jumping to the conclusion that there has been fraud or misrepresentation and before you have made such a major case of all this, wouldn't it have been better to have sent the seller the simple question of whether the coins were coming from outside Canada and, if so, asking for them to cancel the purchase?

@ thrustle It appears if the last two digits of the trackable shipping code is "xxxxxxxUS", then indeed it was shipped through USPS from the States. Otherwise it's likely as Smallcentguy says, just a shipping selection issue.

If you've already been provided with a tracking number, either the USPS or CP website will indicate the shipping location.

Regardless, I'm unclear why this constitutes fraud. At the time an ebay buyer makes a purchase, the shipping arrangements are clearly disclosed, are they not?

Unless it was a "free shipping" arrangement, I suppose.

I am not implying that is what the seller intended to do, defraud, I am simply stating it would be grounds to refuse the package and cancel transaction without punishment through ebay is all.

Correct DBM, it is confirmed by tracking it is coming from the US.

SmallCent - the seller has already been contacted. It was the first thing I did, and all I plan to do until instructed by the seller either not to pick it up, or some other resolution. I am not sure how exactly you would expect me to have cancelled the order, or known about this prior to the package having been sent and tracking being added?

Let's get down to the real issue here. The high dollar amount package was shipped from the US via post. The package almost assuredly will be intercepted by Canada Customs at the Mail processing plant and Taxed up for GST / HST purposes.As it should be. Creating a level playing field for honest Canadian businesses that are duty bound to assess and collect sales tax.
The OP Does not want to pay any ensuing taxes. Pretty sure that covers what's at play here.

Still trying to understand for my own sake and because I've found that the ebay buying experiences which others share here to be extremely valuable.

This is simply a random example:



So Thrustie, in your instance, the seller is not complying whatsoever with the original shipping information that was contained in the listing?

If that's the case, I had no idea that could occur.

Thanks for the info Thrustie, something I will watch out for in the future.

The "worldwide" reminded me of something I'd noticed in the past, wondering why a Canadian ebay seller, item in Canada, would ship Internationally to a Canadian buyer. Obviously then it's possible the item location may not be in Canada, contrary to the listing.

Random example: