In the past we have always expired listings from our site that hadn't been changed or sold after four months -- the goal was to expire listings from those sellers who were no longer actively maintaining their listings, while providing an easy mechanism for the seller to re-list and potentially update his item by clicking on a link in the email. Apparently this functionality has been malfunctioning without detection for a long period of time, and upon correction of this glitch, a large number of very old listings were immediately removed.
We understand that this has proved an inconvenience to some sellers with large a large inventory. Please contact us directly if you'd like assistance in restoring your prior listings.
Regards,
CJ
Customer Service Manager

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