I may be misunderstanding this thing but, it was pointed out to me that to remove the content, I had to open each listing individually, switch the description window, search the HTML for the offense, remove it manually as part of the revision.
The listings would then become inactive (hidden from viewer sight) if content remained after June... not that eBay would remove the content for you - just hide the listings (while still being paid for I might add) until the seller removed the content.
Since I had almost 1000 listings, this has been a tedious task. After throwing a tantrum, I managed to get about 600 done before the deadline, I ended many others that remained which still needed work. I have noticed that a few I left up as an experiment, were indeed removed from search views (hence not selling). Afterward, I edited a few of those, gave it 2 hours to re-index and they appeared in the search when I looked for them again.
Shipscript generously posted a free program that she wrote to assist sellers in finding the naughty listings as to pinpoint the errors, but she is way smarter than I, and I got lost trying to use it - although I am sure some folks had no problems. Later, there was a tool added in the last few days of May that helped to find the content - but it was too little too late as I had already done hundreds of them, plus it was not available in bulk - still had to open and edit each individual listing. Now for those like me still working on this task, the tool has been removed, so back to square one.
What has aggravated me the most about this situation I reckon is that eBay placed the currency converter into my listings on their own accord years ago - I removed the permission several times and it kept coming back, so I eventually gave up and let it be. This is the culprit that I had to waste my time on - manually removing this code. Just not right. I did not ask for it, did not want it, did not need it (no foreign sales), did not approve it, but I had the honor to become cross-eyed to search the code, find it and manually remove it to be compliant with their mandate. UGGGGGG!
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