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I listed something this is a little different from my usual inventory and the following popped up:
Free Second Category Promotion
Occasionally, eBay may choose to automatically promote listings in a certain category by adding a second category for free. If this is the case, there will be no additional fee for the second category. If you voluntarily list in two categories that are currently being promoted, you will see a refund for the second category charge in your billing invoice.
Please note: revising your listing with an alternate category may disqualify your listing from this promotion.
The item is in fact listed in two categories, but it's not an option I selected.
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sure and then when you go to relist it, you are not aware of the second category and voila, you get sucked into paying for two categories the second time around
Pretty ingenius marketting plan on ebays part.
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They didn't say that all the ramifications of using a second catagory are free, ie, gallery charged only once, etc.
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Its something they added awhile back - bascially you list the item in category X and eBay on their own adds a second category for free - its been awhile since they started doing it.
Never ran into it in my categories so I've not experienced it first hand.