posted on June 8, 2002 05:39:35 PM
Could you please tell me how long items are kept in the closed auctions before they are archived? I will need to relist before you take them away. I tried using inventory awhile back and it was a pain. You know we don't want to spend hours trying to relist. You seem to take away the easy way to do things and replace with complicated ways.
posted on June 8, 2002 06:02:34 PM
Yes, and has this changed recently? Found that after the great crash, a number of closed auctions I was moving into inventory were in archive.
How can I move auctions from archive to inventory?
posted on June 8, 2002 06:08:44 PM
I try to relist 2 or 3 weeks after the item ends. Since E-bay allows relisting(refundable) up to a month. It seems to me we should have easy access to auctions up to a month old. I also just discovered that if an item has been relisted before it is gone. So if this is the second or third time for relisting you won't be able to see the actal auction to decide whether to relist. I am so upset. I have just spent all evening trying to see the actual auctions. If you relist them you can see them on the Relist page but then if you decide not to relist there is no way to delete them. Really messy.
posted on June 8, 2002 06:39:23 PM
Yep, this really sucks. Part of the reason I stayed with Auction Watch when they started charging was because of all the info. I had on. Now I might as well look for a new host because I'm going to have to rewrite everything again. I know there's more reasonable ones out there. I have the excuse now to leave.
Note that we will be implementing an archive retrieval tool that will allow you to recover items that have been accidentally archived. This will be available shortly (within the next few weeks.)
As far as relisting goes, if an item is not available as an actual relist (ie. eligible for refund from eBay), you will still have the option to relaunch it as long as the last auction remains in eBay's database. Please let us know which items you are having trouble with, so that we can test it from here.
