Mike Barnes wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Theo Markettos wrote:
Yes. If it's a long running listing (and meet other criteria), the
listing does better in search results. If they pull the listing they
lose the history and the listing isn't as easily found. Hence the
incentive to not de-list items that are out of stock.

Ah. Wondered why they did this. Thanks.

You'd think that Amazon would have noticed this and provided a "suspend"
facility.

My comment refers to eBay not Amazon.

There's a whole host of unexpected ways that eBay's seller
fees/discounts/placement policies impact sellers. For example, if you give
a seller less than 5 stars on the 'detailed seller ratings' they get
penalised. And if you message a seller to say thanks after a purchase, that
automatically opens a dispute case. This can cause sellers to do unusual
things to work around the strangeness of eBay's policies.

Theo