Why are some photos not showing in Terapeak?

[anasazirose]

When I look things up on Terapeak, some photos are gone and show only a grayed out photo silhouette.  I am just wondering why.  I'm not interested in any of the examples specifically, just in general.  Anyone know?

[lacemaker3 · Accepted solution]

The gray polaroid picture icon, means that the picture is no longer in eBay's database.

That means that:

• It was the seller's photo, not a stock photo from the eBay catalog,
• AND the listing has been removed from the site, most often because it is more than 90 days old, and the photos were removed with the listing.

If the picture is still visible, even on older listings, it means that the picture is still in eBay's database for some reason.

• It could be a stock photo from the eBay catalog,
• OR the listing might be a multi-quantity listing that is still active (with available quantity or out-of-stock),
• OR the seller could have relisted it and reused the same photographs.

[anasazirose]

Thank you.  Any idea why some older than 90 days that are not are not stock photos but the seller's photos stay in the database? 

[lacemaker3]

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@anasazirose wrote:

Thank you.  Any idea why some older than 90 days that are not are not stock photos but the seller's photos stay in the database? 

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Not really, sorry. Mostly they disappear, but not always. It's helpful when they don't.