why do sellers not have a notice board to explain long periods of time away

[jmartin4885]

i think that buyers should be able to go to a notice board instead of a holiday setting things can and will happen while sellers are away on holidays as it did to me 2 months turned inti 6 and me having to relocated my biusness

jim

jims fly art

[imastawka]

Sorry, but most buyers can't even find the buying/selling boards, let alone know that

they exist.

How would they know about a notice board?

It's on your shoulders to maintain your store - absent or not.  In the case of an unavoidable

situation arising, then a family member should be taught how to end your listings.

[springyzone]

I'd say that whatever information you want broadcast to customers needs to be in the actual ad, nowhere else.

Customers are probably only interested in that item, they shouldn't need to do a search anywhere else to find out if you are 'away.' And stawka is right, most of them wouldn't. You need to keep it all as simple as possible.

I'd say the holiday settings is all you should need, where it tells buyers when you are expected back.

I take your point that maybe something might happen and you need to be away for months but in that case, you need to pull the ads completely off ebay and deal with the final customers.

Are you worried that repeat customers might wonder where you are? They may, but if they are after something they will just turn to another seller anyway if you have no items listed.

[davewil1964]

I've always thought a seller considering ANY period away (more than a week, anyway) should at least hide their listings. Why should buyers need a notice board that they neither know nor care about to tell them a seller's items for sale aren't REALLY for sale.

If the bloke at the local shop has a holiday and doesn't have staff to run the joint, he doesn't stick a sign on the door "Open for Business - pay at the till and I'll sort your items out when I get back from my around-the-world cruise".

[kopenhagen5]

Dave -  Classic.

I'm with the others, up to individual sellers to maintain their account, store or otherwise.

That is the easiest for buyers.

[*tippy*toes*]

Agree totally Dave.  I ended all my listings 2 weeks before I left home last year, to ensure everything sent was delivered, which they were. Oh except one buyer opened an INR 4 weeks later, which she lost. I was back and forth to the city and had bigger fish to fry than worry about eBay. It's me who would have suffered if I'd left my listings up.

I know unforseen things happen, but most people have access to mobile internet or know someone who does. A bulk ending of all the listings saves a lot of heartbreak. At the very least hide them if you have a store.