Have you ever ordered anything from Lazada Philippines lazada.com.ph and was informed days later:

Dear John ,

We regret to inform you that the item(s) listed below from your order #444545u473625 has been canceled because the seller ran out of stock. The seller tried to source items to fulfill your order but was not able to replenish their inventory.

As the seller cannot guarantee when they will restock, we had to cancel your order.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused you. Order cancellations initiated by sellers have impact on their Seller Ratings.What’s Next?

• In case you have made prepaid payment for this purchase, the refund should reflect in your account within 5 – 15 working days and may take up to 45 working days for international credit cards or debit cards, depending on your bank policy. Refund for Lazada Wallet should reflect in your account within 24 hours.
• We will update you via email once refund has been completed.
• If you used a Voucher and the entire order is cancelled (all items within the order), you may use the same Voucher Code in your next purchase.

Cancellation Details

How s this possible when the item appears in stock at the time of the order being placed, and only after a few days later (after having your money interest free for a period of days (could be as long as 45 days in some cases)?

How is this possible when Lazada appears to have a system of when there is out of stock item listed on their website, the buy link becomes inactive while the item is out of stock, but has the option to add it to a Wish List.

It appears that Lazada host independent sellers on their site. Could some of these sellers be nothing more than Drop Shipping which is nothing more than supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead transfers the customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer, another retailer, or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer. If this is the case in some iof these cancellation after the fact, shouldn’t inform their perspective clients / buyers of this so the buyer is not being mislead by such practices?

Is Drop Shipping a scam:

Is Dropshipping a Scam?

By Ronnie McKenzie01168

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You’re not the only one questioning is drop shipping a scam. It’s become far to easy for people to get started. No barrier to entry, nothing to stop the unscrupulous from getting in and making a quick buck.

These new uneducated marketers come in and leave after ripping off their customers. Making it much harder for legitimate businesses to operate a sustainable, long-term enterprise.

There needs to be much more time spent learning the best practices and ways to build trust. Bringing traffic to a site (if they get visitors that far) with poor ads to a website that lacks authenticity and trustworthiness does nothing for building a great industry.

Due to the low barrier to entry anyone that thinks they’re an entrepreneur has decided it’s a good idea to head to AliExpress. Find a “great” product and decide to start selling without doing their due diligence.

But what does this have to do with you?

In this article you are going to learn;

• What is Dropshipping
• Why I hate dropshipping…(I don’t really, I hate the way some people run their businesses)
• Bad Advertising Adds to the Problem
• What we can do to fix it
• Finding quality products to sell

Dropshipping Sucks and You’re the Reason Why.

I could guarantee that everyone that started in dropshipping has done so with the same intent. To make money. Now, to be fair, we didn’t get into it to rip the customer off (well at least I didn’t, and I know there is a lot of you in the same boat) however it’s quite often what happens.

With the lure of easy money and a lack of education too many people have flooded the market. Flooding that market with bad products, highly inflated prices, absurd shipping times and a whole lot of other rubbish.