mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
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@hioctane62 wrote:So I gather after they get done shuffling the deck this month I can get used to the new order that ebay decided my items should be in?
You are trying to make this seem as if it is an Ebay problem when it is not. Seller's asked for this change and Ebay gave it to them. It works as many sellers suggested that it should. Some wanted listings to renew every 31 days, but others argued that it would put us in the same boat we were in at the time. Some of us argued for a once a month renewal and that is what Ebay went with. Personally I think it was the best and fairest way to go.
As Ebay said in the announcement. They were going back to the ORIGINAL date the listing was posted to pull the posting date to use for future renewals. For those that have had certain GTC listings up for a long time, this will result in some odd date ranges on the renewals like you are seeing on some of yours.
All of these are in FAVOR OF THE SELLER as you can see with yours. It is a one month bonus and next month it will settle into an even flow.
July is the only month sellers will see a benefit of a few extra days on some listings when they renew. After this month it will remain the same day each month that any given listing renews as long as it is active. So for some sellers they are getting a little bonus with the additional days.
@hioctane62 wrote:So I gather after they get done shuffling the deck this month I can get used to the new order that ebay decided my items should be in?
You are trying to make this seem as if it is an Ebay problem when it is not. Seller's asked for this change and Ebay gave it to them. It works as many sellers suggested that it should. Some wanted listings to renew every 31 days, but others argued that it would put us in the same boat we were in at the time. Some of us argued for a once a month renewal and that is what Ebay went with. Personally I think it was the best and fairest way to go.
As Ebay said in the announcement. They were going back to the ORIGINAL date the listing was posted to pull the posting date to use for future renewals. For those that have had certain GTC listings up for a long time, this will result in some odd date ranges on the renewals like you are seeing on some of yours.
All of these are in FAVOR OF THE SELLER as you can see with yours. It is a one month bonus and next month it will settle into an even flow.
OK... I think I understand now. The listing durations they are re-listing at align them to renew on or near the original posting date NEXT month. Sorry, it took me a few minutes and your and others explanations for me to see it. It IS confusing, but most of what ebay does is, so... 
Thanks for enlightening me.
@hioctane62 wrote:OK... I think I understand now. The listing durations they are re-listing at align them to renew on or near the original posting date NEXT month. Sorry, it took me a few minutes and your and others explanations for me to see it. It IS confusing, but most of what ebay does is, so...
Thanks for enlightening me.
Not a problem at all. I completely understand why it wasn't setting in your mind. Sometimes it does just take a bit of time looking at it and sitting with it for awhile for it to start making sense in our minds. I'm very glad I was able to assist you. And now you can relax and take at least one worry off your worry list.
Let me know if I can help with anything else.
@hioctane62 wrote:
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I'd really appreciate some confirmation/clarification on this happening. Ebay seems to have absolutely NO regard for how their actions affect sellers.
Hi @hioctane62, I'm happy to clarify that the information @mam98031 provided is correct. The August renewal date is based off of the original date the item was listed on the site. August will be an odd month as far as renewal dates are concerned. Sorry for the confusion this has caused!
@webwanna wrote:I'm pretty sure the GTC debacle is entirely Ebay's fault.
I don't recall ANY sellers asking Ebay to make THAT change.
They didn't think through the ramifications to sellers , such as paying twice in one month for a listing. Now, they are trying to make a correction.
OMG, just search the threads. IT was everywhere when shortly after Ebay announced the change to FP listings. I don't know how you missed it.
But with that said. It is here now and it will benefit sellers. Just a slight learning curve as it implements, then after that smooth sailing.
