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Nonsense.
I received the invitation and enjoyed free listings on both eBay.com and eBay.ca, as specified on the promotional page.
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/2013/1109/Auction300K.html
This Promotion will begin on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 00:00:01 PT (12:00AM plus one second), and will end on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 23:59:59 PT (11:59PM plus 59 seconds), for listings on www.ebay.com. For listings on www.ebay.ca, the Promotion will begin Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 00:00:01 ET (12:00AM plus one second), and will end on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 23:59:59 ET (11:59PM plus 59 seconds) (the “Promotion Period”).
The counter for the "free listings" starts appearing as soon as a listing is used on a site (eBay.ca and/or eBay.com).
Since the link in your post did not work, I possibly misunderstood your question when you referred specifically to eBay.ca. Sorry if I did.
Whoever gets invited to the eBay.com promotion also gets invited to the eBay.ca promotion. They are usually tied to the same promotional page with the difference being time zones (Pacific for .com, Eastern for .ca).
Not all sellers get invited to all "invitational" promotions. It has been that way for nearly two years since eBay started using the "invitational" format. eBay has never explained why some sellers get invited while others do not.
Some sellers have in fact claimed they have never been invited.
Another problem may be communication. Often I will not receive an invitation yet I am eligible to the promotion. One way to test it: list an item (auction format) and see if the promotion appears in the panel at right in your Selling Manager.
At one time, in 2012, some promotions were offered to store owners only and some to sellers without a store.
This year, there appears to be no pattern. Checking the participants on the many threads started to discuss new promotions (every few weeks), we see both sellers with a store and sellers without a store having received the invitation.
On average I am eligible to two invitations out of three - either fixed price or auction format. Often, I do not receive any invitation but I am still eligible. Easy to test as indicated earlier.
