"LIKE NEW" In Titles Is "Keyword Spamming!" Who Would Have Guessed.

This is rather funny.  We listed an old Waltham wrist watch on eBay that has never been used and shows no signs of wear.  It is old stock and in all reality was probably never worn.  This item remained on eBay for the last 4 days.  It reached about $30.00 in bidding.

Later today we noticed that the listing had been removed.  The reason from eBay was Key Word Spamming because we used the term "Like New" in the title of the auction.  WHAT?

Here is what we were told:

Using phrases such as “like new” in the title of your listing to describe the condition of the item you are selling leads to a poor finding experience for members looking for “new” items on the site. If your item is not brand new, please use terms such as “refurbished” or “slightly used” to describe the condition of the item you wish to sell.

Describing the condition of your item as “like new” in the title of the listing is considered a violation of the Keyword Spam policy. eBay doesn’t permit sellers to use unrelated keywords, because they may confuse and mislead buyers

Please go back and revise your listing to comply with the Keyword Spam policy.

So we called eBay.  Customer service was very nice in giving an explanation.  So we revised our title and relisted the Waltham watch.  So now we were wondering, how many other items are listed on eBay with the same Key Word Spamming.  There are 6497 other items using the same keywords.  And yes, they are still active eBay listings.  What a joke!

So we asked eBay if we reported those items if they too would be removed.  The answer was YES.  But who has the time to report all those items.  Which brings me to another point.  The petty babies who have nothing better to do than look around eBay for some listing violation and report it.

These people are losers and really need to get a life.  So whatever you do, don't list anything and say that it is "LIKE NEW" or some jealous simpleton might come along and report your listing to make himself feel better about his worthless life.