I don't know if anyone has noticed there's been an enormous change in the volume of Ebay's wristwatch listings. For the last few years, the number of wristwatch items available for auction at any given time was approx 60,000 - 80,000. Normally at Christmas this went up to around 100,000. For the last few days the number of items has jumped to around 170,000 !! Does anyone know what has caused this tremednous change ??

Dave,
I also noticed the incressed numbers this morning while doing my daily searches.Actually the numbers have not really increased,what you are seeing is the addition of the stores listings,they are included at the bottom of the search pages or after ther regular listings.Many people have already noiced an increase in the number of store items sold.I rarely ever looked in the stores anyway but now that they are right there I may as well,I think that is one of the reasons for it,to drive traffic.

Thanks Paul, your answer makes a lot of sense.