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"Today I want to let buyers and sellers know about another security measure we’re taking. For safety reasons in categories with the highest levels of fraud-related complaints, certain listings may not be viewable for several hours before they’re indexed into Search results. These new listings are still viewable on the site through My eBay or if you search for the specific item number; however, they are not immediately visible through a keyword search or Browse.
To maximize exposure for these listings and ensure that buyers who browse by category see these items, we’ve made an important change. As previously announced, listings affected by the review process appear in the search results when they are sorted by the ‘Newly Listed’ sort option based on the time they were made visible in Search (as opposed to when they are listed). This ensures that they appear at the top of default Browse results, as well as within the ‘Newly Listed’ sort option for Search, where they belong."
Between the lines it looks like some pro-active monitoring of listings may be taking place - if somebody lists a BIN for 50 top-end Nokias at a cheap price for example.
I'll beleive it when I see it - or see less scams!
