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I agree.

It seems to me that a solution might be to give the benefit of the doubt, and add a time limit into the system. If an image doesn't sell at least once in a given period of time (one year? six months?), then give it the boot. I know we've all read stories of someone who had an image that sat for 2 years without a sale and then out of the blue got an EL. But in most cases, if an image doesn't sell at least once in a year, it probably isn't worth keep around.

I'd rather have the marketplace determine that than a reviewer, who may or may not be right.

One final comment on this "overabundant / too specific" issue, and then I think it's time for me to move on! 

Try this: Do a search for: cheeseburger fries and sort by most recent (upload date - descending).

Of the first 80, look how many images are so similar as to be almost indistinguishable from one another.

The worst offender (more than 40 of the 80!) isn't even a cheeseburger, and many of them don't even have a single french fry! (I realize this last part is a keywording issue, and not related to the overabundant / too specific problem.)

If it's not well covered, then your photo is too specific. You can't win.