Are Winning Items "Newly Listed?"

[shorebetz]

This may have been discussed already - Sorry to waste time if it was, but are we sure the winning items are listed that day? I mean, I haven't looked at items listed on Feb. 18 if the clue came out Feb. 20, but eBay could show the listing date as anything they want, couldn't they?

[dipschnit]

ive been hearing.well reading that alot were posted as 11,15,&17. I sure ebay is mixing it up a little so it actually being a new listing for today wouldnt suprise me