Just sucks.

I'd have another go on the grounds of "disproportionate amount" of negative or neutral feedback left.  Even though you can't see their feedback now, you got a glimpse at it before and it wasn't a great track record.

Might not fly, but always reckon its worth taking another shot from a different angle, as there are a few eBay reps in their that look at feedback removal a bit different than most of the others. You might just strike the one in a thousand lol.