How long do unsold items stay on ebay?

[headfairy]

I was thinking of relisting some of them, but might wait until the next free listing weekend. Don't know when that will be, so how long will the unsold items stay on my ebay account?

60 days

Oh lovely thanks. I don't suppose there's some magic way of saving them for longer just in case the next free listing weekend isn't until after that 60 days? It's such a faff doing it all from scratch.

I always save a copy of my listings as a pdf file after they finish. This means that I don't have to start completely from scratch if I relist after 60 days. I can copy and paste the description for example, and I have an accurate note of starting price, postage etc..

I use a mac. I click the print button on the listing page. This is found on the RHS just above the description. This brings up another page - ensure "Listing summary", "Seller's description" and "Listing images" are all checked. I then click on the print button at the top of that page and print to a PDF file. If I open the file with Acrobat Reader rather than Preview I can copy text.