At 2:30 am this morning I purchased an item in China in a carton 2' x 4' x 6" and 30-min. later I received an email from the seller that it was shipped. The seller further explained that it was now completely out of their hands and explained the whole process and 30-minutes later eBay sends me the purchase confirmed message and the item shipped message. I checked eBay tracking earlier and it is in GA and telling me delivery is Sunday.

The BBQ I bought in the UK, will be at my door Monday. It appears,eBay took over with that gig since my previous estimated arrival was in the third week of January.

All any seller has to do is get the item to any warehouse in their country where eBay takes it from there,