Some Variation photos disappearing

[pct-ephemera]

I am uploading listings and then editing to add variation photos.  The photos for the 1st and last variation are there, but the middle ones are getting deleted after I save and it's like they were never there.  The listing doesn't even show the default listing photo, just the "polaroid film drawing" for the variation.  The photos are in the system somewhere though because they show as thumbnails and you can click on them to bring them up, but they are not in the main listing or the variation photos when you edit.  This happened with listings added yesterday and today.

[Anonymous]

1. Buyer clicks on multi-variation listing

2. After the click, eBay is not displaying the main images of the listing first, instead the images of a randomly picked variation are shown (Super confusing and irritating from a buyer's viewpoint)

What you will see in the GIF photo below is a deliberate change, not a glitch. It harmed the sales of all sellers who use multi-variation. Buyers need to see the "main" images of the listing first, not the 30th picture of the listing as soon as they click!!!