Author:  ToriHada  Posted:  Mar 16, 2014 10:43  Subject:  Re: Glitch? Store closed while items in cart  Viewed:  47 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card ToriHada (8887) Location:  USA, North Carolina Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Feb 12, 2003 Seller  Store: Thorz BrikTopia

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:    In Suggestions, Jilly0722 writes:    Hi, Not sure if this is a system glitch or not, A few months back I had a store close while I was compiling items in it, I lost my complete shopping cart because of this and was not able to recover the list. I had to go through all of my items with the other stores to figure out what items were in this cart. If a seller closes their store, there should be a warning that a buyer has items in their cart and they should contact that buyer prior to store closing. Not sure if this feature exists or not but it would be nice, Jill A warning already exists, you've missed it: If a Seller Closes their Store while a Buyer is Shopping: A buyer has 30 minutes to complete adding items to their shopping cart and checkout. While a store is closed, a banner with the number of minutes left is displayed to a buyer in the detail screen and shopping cart. Here is an example: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=19&q=close Wow! Eleven years here and I am still learning something new about this place. I have never seen that notice before. Thanks for pointing it out. Thor

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Re: Glitch? Store closed while items in cart - Brickwilbo (1534)

[...] A warning already exists, you've missed it: If a Seller Closes their Store while a Buyer is Shopping: A buyer has 30 minutes to complete adding items to their shopping [...] (124 months ago, Mar 16, 2014, to Suggestions)

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Re: Glitch? Store closed while items in cart - therobo (9708)

[...] Maybe BrickLink needs a popup banner for "Random Help Topic Of The Day"... (124 months ago, Mar 16, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Glitch? Store closed while items in cart - Rolf (339)

[...] Indeed. New to me too. It's generally IMPOSSIBLE to know everything about this huge and complex site. (124 months ago, Mar 16, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Glitch? Store closed while items in cart - JulieK (8983)

[...] Never knew about this either! Very cool. It would be very helpful to know if a shopper has items in their cart at my store. I close probably once a month to either get [...] (124 months ago, Mar 17, 2014, to Suggestions)

20 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - theboystoys (1109) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - ToriHada (8887) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - therobo (9708) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - Brickwilbo (1534) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 « - ToriHada (8887) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - therobo (9708) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - Rolf (339) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 12 - JulieK (8983) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 13 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 14 - bb53904 (322) 124 months ago Mar 16, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 15 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 16 - ToriHada (8887) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 17 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 18 - bb53904 (322) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 19 - Jilly0722 (1843) 124 months ago Mar 17, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 20 - Tsitra (167) 124 months ago Mar 18, 2014 to Suggestions