THIS FORUM > Unanswered Questions VERY OLD

[the3coopers]

Hi all, and hopefully read by a MOD

I was just typed some replies on the other boards, and noticed that there were other "Unanswered Questions" in the pane on the right side of the page.

So I clicked on the first Unanswered Question, and wrote up a helpful response. Then I noticed that the question was asked way back in 2022.

Looking further into it, I notice that the last edit was by a MOD who might have deleted any replies, but had not locked the thread. Hence its status remains "unanswered", and perhaps that pushed the question to the top.

That is silly, because it would make it appear that I was "necro-ing" (bringing up a dead thread). 🤔

Is there a way to stop doing that ??

[sandypebbles]

That thread in question was only edited by the the OP (the member who posted it)

And it's now locked

I don't know how many posts mods 'just happen' to read, but you can always self report your own thread and request they read your request

Many of us have asked numerous times for old threads to be locked, but that has not happened

Or

You can look at the date the post was posted

Or sort by date in general

[a-llama]

Hi sandypebbles - you couldn't possibly know what Question I was referring to. I had wasted my time typing a reply, then noticed the OP date, then deleted before I posted it. To all - OF COURSE I know now that I have to check the date. I know that eBay won't read or do anything, but at least I have added another "complaint" into the "system". PS: I have posted on these eBay boards for as long as they have existed, as well as the previous eBay boards too. Cheers, Coops.

[sandypebbles]

There was indeed a comment posted on an old thread from you, as the only reply on that thread.

Apologies if you had gone to post on other old threads too and didn't.

Yes, I have been on the forum a long long time too, I had to open a new account to post with, as I used to use my selling account for posting and had numerous abusive messages and fake purchases from a member who did not like my replies, so revenge bought items 'to teach me a lesson' and then bragged about it

There is no complaint system for old old threads though, given how many of us over how many years have asked  and asked (even with companies before this one) but the mods are happy to leave them open 

[domino-710]

Yep - stop - take a look at the date of the thread.

Then ignore.

[countessalmirena]

Even more frustratingly, many (perhaps all) of those “unanswered” questions were at one point answered.

There was a purge - possibly unintended - during a forum clean-up, and it had the effect of deleting replies to questions, as well as deleting saved tags and probably a few other things.

Because the pace on these boards is so slow, you can bet your boots that there aren’t any genuinely unanswered questions.