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nanniestreasurechest · ‎09-19-2022

I'm not much of a watcher so not exactly sure how the notifications are sent. If I have a BIN item with a couple of watchers and the time limit is up and I relist it, are the watchers notified that it has been relisted? Also, if I lower the price while there are watches, do they get notified of that? I normally will send some offers on watches but have had several occasions where if I didn't offer at least the price ebay was telling me, it wouldn't let me send an offer.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎09-19-2022

If the original item is still on their watch list, then it will show that the item is relisted, and has a link to go to the new listing.

There is a site preference for notifications that a potential buyer can opt into. The default is no notifications about price changes or relisted watched items.

Not sure what you mean by "a BIN item with a couple of watchers and the time limit is up and I relist it" since fixed price listings do not have a time limit.

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nobody*s_perfect · ‎09-19-2022

If the original item is still on their watch list, then it will show that the item is relisted, and has a link to go to the new listing.

There is a site preference for notifications that a potential buyer can opt into. The default is no notifications about price changes or relisted watched items.

Not sure what you mean by "a BIN item with a couple of watchers and the time limit is up and I relist it" since fixed price listings do not have a time limit.

nanniestreasurechest · ‎09-19-2022

Not sure what you mean by "a BIN item with a couple of watchers and the time limit is up and I relist it" since fixed price listings do not have a time limit.

@nobody*s_perfect

On all of my BIN items they are only up for 30 days and then they are renewed. I guess I haven't paid close enough attention but do they keep the same item ID number then?

nobody*s_perfect · ‎09-19-2022

Fixed price listings roll over once per month, on the same date that they began (September 19, October 19, November 19, etc.). This is a continuation of the same listing (not a relist), so the listing number stays the same.

nanniestreasurechest · ‎09-19-2022

@nobody*s_perfect

Thank you! I didn't realize it kept the same number. I was assuming it was treated like a new listing.

jscar59 · ‎09-19-2022

But they get buried in the search for the item as they sit there longer and longer.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎09-19-2022

@jscar59 wrote:
But they get buried in the search for the item as they sit there longer and longer.

Only if the search Results are sorted by "Time: Newly listed." But if a potential buyer sorts by price, then the sort order isn't affected by the listing date.