VIP Mobile Numbers

[businesstelecoms]

Does anyone know why eBay now ban the sale of VIP Mobile Numbers?

I have had an eBay shop for 20 years with 100% feedback and 5 stars across the board - recently I've been having increasing success selling sim cards which just happen to have memorable numbers (again with 100% customer satisfaction).

Sadly this weekend every single listing of mine was removed by eBay and a major source of income for me has vanished in one fell swoop, forcing me to now search for alternative routes to market.

I was a very happy eBay seller and eBay evangelist until now & would welcome any suggestions as to exactly why eBay have done this?

[plpmr]

how odd, I've just Googled - VIP Mobile Numbers - and the first result is an eBay seller with quite a stock for sale and they are registered as a private seller.

[businesstelecoms]

They're probably mine as well!

I sold the less good ones there for £9.99.

Unfortunately eBay are busy removing those also - they just haven't removed them all yet!

I had between 1000 and 2000 listed altogether and was turning over over £1000 per month.

Would be good to know exactly why this is happening?