Re-lists and Timing

[twyngwyn]

Has this happened to anyone else?

Just bizarre.....this is one of my ended items yesterday (just before midday)

ACS&P Vol 17 #9~Cards~Stamping~Xmas~Gift Tags~Nativity~Advent Calendar~Baubles | eBay

This is my automatic re-list (now ending at 3.14am)

ACS&P Vol 17 #9~Cards~Stamping~Xmas~Gift Tags~Nativity~Advent Calendar~Baubles | eBay

I woke up this morning to 90 odd relists....anything from items ending at 3am to 5.30 am

WTH?

[twyngwyn]

I asked CS "what is the point of automatic re-lists if you can't guarantee the new start time"

She couldn't answer me....I think our only hope is when USA wake up on Mon 08/07, there will be a meltdown for all Auction sellers.

Planned? Sabotage?

When I said to her 'I think I will wait another 24 hours, before attempting to fix myself', she told me about the piece of paper she had in front of her with new rules????????

Then I said "before anything changes eBay needs to make an announcement & change their policy"....this is rubbish! She is passing on to R&D....

[wide-world-of-stamps]

I guess that means I'll untick the automatic relist box & manually relist my auctions - luckily I don't have hundreds every day, but it's still a nuisance.

I'll give it a little while first, though, to see if the backlash causes a backflip!

[twyngwyn]

yes, Power to the People....😓

[countessalmirena]

There are plenty of things that are broken on eBay. Those could be fixed rather than the things that AREN’T broken.

[wide-world-of-stamps]

Ours relisted almost immediately tonight.

Fingers crossed .....

[davewil1964]

Hardly an eBay thing. They rarely fix broken, even when they constantly increase inventory.

[countessalmirena]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Hardly an eBay thing. They rarely fix broken, even when they constantly increase inventory.

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Sadly true. They’ll repaint the dining room while ignoring the smashed windows.

[springyzone]

I find it all very odd.

I would have thought the system would be fully automated and any unsold item in a 'relist' category would be pretty much instantly relisted when the first ad period expired. I could understand maybe a few seconds of lag but not hours.

I wonder what their reasoning is for changing things.

There must have been a perceived problem.

[twyngwyn]

I've been running auctions for 14 years.....re-lists have always been 'to the minute'.....15 hours is outrageous!

[wide-world-of-stamps]

We've had the odd one relist at a later time, but very rarely.  It's generally within a minute or two, which is fine for us.