I have recently listed an item, and eBay has filled my listing with alternatives from other sellers!

[jimbob036]

Hello, I havn't listed any items for about a month, but listed an item today.  To my surprise, when I looked at my own listing, I noticed that eBay had populated it with alternative suggestions of similar items from other sellers, some of which are cheaper than mine!  I don't remember this ever happening before?  Whenever I have looked at my own listings, they have always been clean, and free of adverts about other items competing with my own for-sale items!  What's going on?  How can I remove these unwanted apparitions from my listings?  

[magpiecorner1]

No, directing people to sponsored listings 

Appease those who are paying, get more sales for those who promote and increase sales for those who promote.

And look after the approximately 20% of EBay sellers who deliver approximately 80% of eBay's business.  Coincidental, these will almost certainly all be business sellers.

Tis the way if the world.  And certainly the way of commerce, and pointless even worrying about it .