Title says it all, this month my accounts have been suffering a slow wave of competitor attacks, and my listings are removed 2 weeks - 1 month after they've ended. Now this is all fine by me, as my buyers usually pay within 3 days, so by 2 weeks they've already received the item. Also my niche (well kinda, but competitors are sneaking in) attracts low feedback buyers, or really casual buyers.
The only real problem I have is the fact that listings that already have ended are being removed, this means that takedowns in my situation will be more unpredictable? That is, I usually list the more risky items one at a time, however over a period of a month at least 2-3 listings of the same item have been made, so it is possible for a sudden small burst or cluster of takedowns to occur?
This is just happening on the eBay Australia site, my listings on other regions are unaffected. So this seems to be either eBay T&S is getting piles of work and responding to takedowns/competitor reports in short bursts, or they're just slow?
And by the way these takedowns are obviously from competition, mostly trademark violations (non-vero member kind - more due to repeated competitior reports).
So in my situation now, I have a few select accounts sitting in the 30-day seller restriction land, so I'm afraid that if they take anymore 'ended listing takedown' hits, they might fall into suspension?
This situation is a first for me in all the years I've been on eBay. I would usually take takedowns lightly and just let the borderline accounts sit, but this situation changes things by reducing my control over giving eBay the opportunity to takedown listings, as in the past I assumed from experience takedowns occurred on active listings, or at the most 1-2 days after they've ended. I've considered closing the borderline accounts, but I would like to keep them alive and kicking, if not the for personal details, and stealth account maintenance effort, then just because I can't be bothered to set them up again.
Thnx guys in advance for your help, much appreciated!