Where do listings go when eBay removes them

[birdsflowersanddogs]

I realize I violated the policy so please don’t  comment on that. Several weeks ago I listed several lots of flatware and one listing was removed for a policy violation since I called it similar to another pattern. I read the policy and tried to find the ended listing to redo it. I never could find it and read on eBay or the community that when a listed is ended by eBay it is gone and you have to start over. I figured I would get back to it one day. Last night I relisted a bunch of stuff including several lots of flatware that ended. I never thought to see if the ended listing was in my unsold listings. So now I have relisted the listing eBay removed and I have a policy violation.    When eBay ends a listing where does it go? I am not sure how I couldn’t find it before and then it was in my unsold folder.

[smileytown18]

I once had similiar story (I used the wod ONESIE in a listing and it belongs to Gerber, who knew?!?) The listing was nowhere to be found.

You can call up eBay CS and they will email you the text of the old listing for you to copy.

Been there done that. Good luck

[birdsflowersanddogs]

I ran into that too, but it wouldnt let me list it-I had no idea until then. Thanks, I may call and plead my case.

[smileytown18]

I simply said it was an honest mistake, and they sent me text but said I have to correct.

[daveroo]

Your listing went into what they used to call the "null bucket".

It probably violated eBay's VeRO policy.

Calling eBay is VERY unlikely to help.

Those that answer are close to clueless.

And if you relist as you originally did you won't have to worry about it being removed.

You will be removed -- permanently.

Your best bet is to create a new listing and don't include any references to other items.

Makes it difficult to get buyers, but ....

Include some VERY good pictures.

[birdsflowersanddogs]

I didn’t intend to relist as it was, I didn’t even realize it had shown up in my unsold. It it strange that I looked and never could find the ended listing and then it was in my unsold. eBay seems to take policy violations very seriously. I have been selling for a few years without major problems and I don’t want to have something like this happen again. 

[chrysylys]

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@birdsflowersanddogs wrote:

eBay seems to take <SOME> policy violations very seriously. 

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Others they completely ignore.

[d-k_treasures]

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wrote:

Your listing went into what they used to call the "null bucket".

It probably violated eBay's VeRO policy.

Calling eBay is VERY unlikely to help.

Those that answer are close to clueless.

And if you relist as you originally did you won't have to worry about it being removed.

You will be removed -- permanently.

Your best bet is to create a new listing and don't include any references to other items.

Makes it difficult to get buyers, but ....

Include some VERY good pictures.

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It's called the 'bit bucket'.

And very much still around, collecting those errant bits.