Duplicate Listings

[purplespoilz_au*]

Hi, just wondering, listing an item multiple times is against ebay policy? Yes. Yet one of our competitors lists the same item multiple times, yet ebay don't do anything about it, They also put on out of stock picture when they run out of stock on a particular item to keep their place in the queue, it that allowed? Why don't ebay provide a level playing field?

[carls*world]

Not sure if it's policed any differently, or the same policy doesn't apply on Ebay UK.

But I recently searched for an item, a generic automotive accessory, doesn't suit any specific brand or model of vehicle whatsoever, and gave up after the sixth page (50 items per page - or in excess of 300 duplications) of one UK seller's identical item, each title only differing by changing the specific car model at the end. (Keyword spamming also)

As the item doesn't suit any particular car, reporting for both multiple listings, and keyword spamming produced a zero result, and their items remain as is.

Since I got tired of trawling through, I gave up and just bought one from the local auto accessory retailer, for maybe a few bucks more.

Ebay...... lost sale!

[digital*ghost]

@carls*world - just a handy hint for future reference, you can remove specific seller's listings from your search results if you find there's one or two spamming them. 

When you conduct a search, click the Specify sellers link under the Seller heading in the left-hand menu, then tick the "Only show Items from..", set it to Exclude and type or paste the seller's ID in the box. (You can type more than one seller, just separate each one with a comma). 

ebay aren't doing much to uphold some of their policies when it comes to very high-volume sellers, unfortunately.