Hi nith_wave,
I don't disagree. However, I've NEVER seen this much delay in over 18 months of listing. It was almost 6 hours to the minute until the item was "visible" on ebay. If it's not searchable and not techncially listed by not being categorized, it's not really availabe to buyers.
I should add that the rep at Live Help suggested that using the ebay scheduler would preprocess the listing and I'd have little or NO DELAYS. They'd also suggested I was lucky if I've not experience significant delays in the past. No wonder there are so many class actions flying around on their anti-competitive tactics including a couple of Sherman class.
Danno