Policy violation

Question

WHAT THE HELL DO THEY DO THEY CANCELLED A LISTING FOR POLICY VIOLATION AGAIN FOR NO REASON (Buy It Now · 227302139982)I TYPE TO DISPUTE AND NEVER HEAR ANYTHING. THE LAST TIME IS WAS A BOX A F'N BOX.

gosimus · Answer

@w1-088 < CANCELLED A LISTING FOR POLICY VIOLATION AGAIN FOR NO REASON ( Buy It Now · 227302139982) > I tried the item number you provided, and got the pacifier page . . . the one that says We looked everywhere! There's some reason, it might not be a good reason, but there's something. Maybe, if you copied and pasted something into the listing, the pasted material could have brought along some coding, html or whatnot, that doesn't show up to the eye, but the bots can detect it. Another common reason, could be a number in the listing, say a serial number or product number, especially if it consists of ten or seven digits, that the bot could mistake for a phone number. Also, the circled "a" @ symbol, bots don't like them. Maybe a prohibited word, accidentally formed by the ending of one word and the beginning of the following word; bots ignore the space so you could get possibly dinged for "find a rab bìt ch ewing a carrot" or similar. That word is a real life example that got bleeped in a message I sent to another member.

eburtonlab · Answer

@w1-088

If a listing is removed for a policy violation, do not relist it. If a listing was caught once it will likely be caught again, with higher penalties each time. Sell that item elsewhere.

Here is what eBay says about removed listings:

"Why was my listing removed/hidden when similar listings are still active?

If your listing is removed or hidden by eBay, you may see similar listings still active on the site. This could be for several reasons:

There may be differences between the two listings that are not obvious
The other seller may be a rights owner or an authorized retailer of the item
A participant in the VeRO program may have asked us to remove your listing but hasn't requested the other listing's removal. These types of removals are only done at the request of the VeRO participant; they are not eBay's decision. Read more about the VeRO Program
Your listing was reported to us, but the other listing was not

If you think another listing isn't following our policies, please let us know and we'll investigate."