Hiring Context 3 (Source)
Ok, here's the official word on how things SHOULD be happening:
Important Facts when managing your Vendor
- Vendors who go too long without being used will get deleted from the game. The only events that constitute use are placing a new item for sale on the vendor, or a customer buying an item from the vendor.
- If a vendor is “un-used” for a period of time, it becomes in danger of getting deleted. When this happens, the player will be sent an email warning. If the vendor continues to be unused after this warning, the vendor gets deleted. The only events that constitute use are placing a new item for sale or a customer purchasing an item.
o If a vendor WITH ITEMS FOR SALE goes un-accessed for 100 days it will become endangered. If the vendor WITH ITEMS goes another 100 days, it will be removed. o If a vendor WITHOUT ITEMS FOR SALE goes un-accessed for 14 days it will become endangered. If the vendor WITHOUT ITEMS goes another 14 days, it will be removed.
- Stockroom: The stockroom holds items purchased through the offers screen, and items withdrawn from sale (either by your manually or expired by the 30 day timer) The stockroom has a 30 day timer. Anything in the stockroom beyond 30 days is subject to deletion. Be very careful about storing items in your stockroom.
- Caution: Be careful when deleting a vendor. You cannot withdraw items into the stockroom and delete the vendor and still retain those items. Any item for sale, in the stockroom, or waiting to be purchased (offers) or picked up will be deleted when you remove the vendor.
Are your vendors behaving by these rules? If not, please post info about your vendor (galaxy and location) so the proper people can be pointed toward it.
EDIT: Added some new information for the sake of clarification. Any other behavior would be a bug. It would need to be reported (including ALL relevant information: vendor name and location, vendor owner, last known time an item was placed for sale, last known time an item was purchased, etc.) so that it can be investigated.
Message Edited by Elyssa on 08-06-2005 11:41 AM
