My listing doesn't show on search on ebay

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[potter]

Evening All, I listed my ipod on ebay this afternoon at 5pm and it doesn't show on ebay.co.uk when you click on buy and type in ipod nano 8gb black, here is a link to my listing

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=1738318&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26sspagename%3DSTRK%253AMESE%253AIT%26viewitem%3D%26item%3D150110825054%26rd%3D1%26rd%3D1

please help!

[Roz]

Hiya

I've had a look and I've searched through ebay and I really can't see it. Sometimes it takes a while for more expensive items to show up, but in a 24 hour item, 4 hours in is too long. I'll keep looking.

I'd like it though . It's a lovely bit of kit.

[Bryanjs14]

Ebay is really weird about items priced over $200 (usually) especially very popular electronics like iPods, PS3's, Wii's ect ect...
It will show up...if you see the item in your "my ebay" then it will eventually show up. I have gone through the same problem before numerous times.

[potter]

I have had a look this morning and it does show up  so your probably right that more expensive items do take longer to show.

[Galea]

so your probably right that more expensive items do take longer to show.

I think so too, I've had cards over $200 showing up 24 hours later, it's ridiculous, that's not a 7-day listing .

[kbmum]

I received an eBay Announcements email last night that might explain what happened:

Proactive Fraud Reduction
Today I want to let buyers and sellers know about another security
measure we're taking. For safety reasons, items reportedly most favored by
fraudsters may not be viewable for several hours before the listings
are indexed into Search results. These new listings are still viewable on
the site through My eBay or if you search for the specific item number;
however, they are not immediately visible through a keyword search or
Browse.

To maximize exposure for these listings and ensure that buyers who
browse by category see these items, we've made an important change. Any
listings impacted by this review process will appear in the "Newly Listed"
sort based on when they are made visible in Search (as opposed to when
they are listed.) This ensures they will appear at the top of default
Browse results - as well as within the "Newly Listed" sort option for
Search - where they belong.

What kinds of listings will be impacted?
Unfortunately, it's not possible for us to give you criteria, because
that information could be used by scammers to work around our Trust and
Safety efforts. Overall, however, we expect this security measure to
impact only a fraction of listings.

Let me say that I understand that this has some impact for our sellers,
but with the change to how we sort listings, and the fact that most
bidding occurs in the final 12 hours of a listing, we believe it's the
right step to take. I know we share the same goal – to keep eBay a
welcoming, safe marketplace for both our buyers and our sellers.

To learn more about these changes, please read our Frequently Asked
Questions.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/announcement/26.html

[Bryanjs14]

yep...that is exactly what I thought. I am glad Ebay is doing this.

My little brother was selling his Nintendo DS last year to have some money for christmas time and I had to relist it 7 times before it actually sold. Every time I listed it, someone with (0) feedback would purchase it within an hour, and then within 3 or 4 hours after purchase that person would be kicked off ebay and I would have to file a claim with Ebay to get my listing and selling fees back. It really sucked for my brother especially who would always see that it sold and be really happy that is sold so quickly only for me to tell him it was a fraudulent bidder and we would have to relist it.

A step in the right direction for ebay for sure.

[potter]

I am alittle bit suspicious I had a 0 bidder who won my ipod it ended at 5pm and he bidded at 4.40 and i've emailed him to ask if he could confirm checkout and I have had no response from him since after 5pm, he also registered on ebay the 8th April  , so its made me think his he genuine or not. I was sitting there thinking oh god a 0 bidder please get outbid which didn't happen 

[Bryanjs14]

I hope everything works out but I have a feeling you might be relisting the iPod. Sounds like exactly what happened to me. You should check his feedback to see if he is even still registered

[potter]

I hope everything works out but I have a feeling you might be relisting the iPod. Sounds like exactly what happened to me. You should check his feedback to see if he is even still registered

I have had alook at his feedback and he is still registered, I'm not too sure what to do because i state that payment is due within 5 days so do i wait til sunday or offer it has a second chance offer.

[potter]

Now im even more worried I've had alook on his bidding history and he has bidded on a few different things.

Item 1 Video Games > Games > Sony PlayStation/ PS1 1 Seller 1 1d 1h 8m 36s
Item 2 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Peugeot 1 Seller 2 3d 20h 20m 30s
Item 3 Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players 1 Seller 3 19m 9s
Item 4 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Subaru 4 Seller 4 4d 22h 12m 23s
Item 5 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Honda 1 Seller 5 4d 1h 18m 53s
Item 6 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Vauxhall & Opel 1 Seller 6 9m 48s
 
 looks like he hasn't paid for them either

[Roz]

Oh! JUST what you need

I think you might have to wait and see

[kbmum]

What's the gain for a bidder to never pay for auction wins?  It isn't as if a seller would be stupid enough to ship before receiving payment.

[potter]

I've had enough now, I now its only been 6 hours since its ended, but his activity seems abit strange to me, because why would you want to bid on car parts for different makes of cars  and I've offered it has a second chance offer now.

[kbmum]

What are you going to do if the winning bidder pays you tonight?  A lot of people don't pay right away and your auction terms do state that the buyer has five days to pay.

[potter]

I don't think he is going to do, I have emailed him to let him know about the situation. In all my future listing I am not going to accept anyone with 0 feedback, I have had too many problems with them in the past.

[Nienna]

Sounds like they're bidding on expensive stuff with somebody else's money to me.
Good luck with offering it as a second chance Steve, hopefully you'll get your money with no further problems.
Just be sure to use fully insured signed-for postage like Special Delivery too when you come to post it - you don't want a chargeback against your account if they decide they want the iPod and not pay for it and 'claim' they haven't received it. 

[blackcat20]

I had this same problem last year trying to sell a mobile (cell) phone. A newly registered zero feedback bidder; they sent me by email a "money order" (quite obviously a fake) then insisted I post the item, send them the tracking number and then they would send me my money. Im not that stupid, so I filed with a complaint with ebay.... hopefully you get this one sorted

[potter]

Just to let you all know that the person who I offered the second chance offer to as gone for it and paid aswel, so I only lost out on £1  so I am quite happy about that. 

[Nienna]

YAY!! That's excellent news Steve!!