Thank you for for telling us about duplicate listings.

Thank you for your interest in our listings and for telling us about a duplicate. Sometimes eBay duplicates listings by mistake, but occasionally, we do this deliberately. We do not mean to create mistrust by offering the same merchandise twice, with different payment options. Just because you see 2 listings for the same item doesn't mean we have 2 of that item. Please check the duplicate listings; they should be different selling formats: an eBay Store listing and a Auction / Fixed Price listing (which is of a much shorter duration than the Store listing). We do this for several reasons.

When buying eBay Store Items, customers must pay immediately and with PayPal; with Auction / Fixed Price listing formats, there is more payment flexibility.
EBay does not advertise store items, so store listed items are very difficult to sell because nobody can find them.
EBay excludes overseas buyers in US eBay Stores by forbidding them the use of Buy It Now when immediate payment is required. Overseas buyers can, however, buy the same items via listings in the Auction / Fixed Price listing formats.
Auction / Fixed Price listings allow us to occasionally offer a special Sale price on an item and to advertise that item for a limited time, without removing that item from the eBay store.

Because EBay restricts buyers, and doesn't advertise store items, we sometimes offer the same item as both an AUCTION / FIXED PRICE LISTING and in our STORE. Just because you see 2 listings for the same item doesn't mean we have 2 of that item.

Again, please forgive this impersonal reply. You wouldn't believe how many people notice "duplicate listings" even when the listing formats are clearly different, and we simply don't have the time to reply to them all. We do hope this information is helpful to you and we thank you again for your interest in our listings.

Thank you for for telling us about duplicate listings.

email: suityou@suityourself.org