Buying seed from ebay

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  1. gks

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    A quick search of the above address and it come's up as residential property, the company has two directors both Polish and are registered at, Beechwood Grove, Convoy, Ireland, F93 N772

    No8 Queen Street BT48 7EF is, Just Vapour Ltd.

    This would suggest to me that both the above are operating as, Drop shippers.

    The likes of eBay and Amazon allow drop shoppers to be present on their platfroms. However, even though they will be registered to be in the UK, the inventory they are selling might not be.

    On eBay, Amazon as well, I think, on the left had side it allows you tick boxes like UK, EU and Worldwide. If you tick UK your chance of dealing with a UK supplier increase but that still does not mean your goods will not come from China. A good reputable business will state the origin of where the goods are manufactured or come from. So, when I am selling bamboo canes, I will state, China as country of origin.
     
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      Interesting Pete. The guy's name is Alex Paul so I guess that is his home address. Maybe that blue stamp is foreign? They are the best I have ever dealt with and you always get a free pack of surprise seeds and a plastic label.

      On neither do I get boxes to tick where I am. but I do get messages saying they can't ship to my location so guess they geo-globally pick that up.
       
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        @Purple Streaks. I've used eBay for buying seeds on several occasions, in fact my tomato seeds came from an eBay seller this year! In the past I've used Premier Seeds & had a good service from them.
         
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        Thank you every one you've all been informative
         
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