I know from reading the forums several of you have used the "away on vacation" option

[youmeus]

What I am wondering is if you put your shops on Holiday will the items continue to run until their time is up then be in the unsold or do they just continue to be in the shops until you uncheck the holiday setting?

[craig7501]

YES, the items will still run their course but buyers/bidders won't be able to bid or buy

[Tropical_Trish]

Good old Craig,
always ready to help.
Now you know why he is a forum saint.

[raindropsies]

What I am wondering is if you put your shops on Holiday will the items continue to run until their time is up then be in the unsold or do they just continue to be in the shops until you uncheck the holiday setting?

You cannot put your shops on holiday / vacation. You can only do this to your listings on holiday / vacation via a notice and check box.
You can put your shop/s on or off line which will not effect your listings status

[youmeus]

Okay, I am planning to have hip replacement surgery on Monday and will probably not be able to much on here for a couple of months so what is the best way to handle this?

I don't plan to be down that long but my "stuff" is on a different level and the steps may be a problem for awhile.

[raindropsies]

Okay, I am planning to have hip replacement surgery on Monday and will probably not be able to much on here for a couple of months so what is the best way to handle this?

I don't plan to be down that long but my "stuff" is on a different level and the steps may be a problem for awhile.

If you think / know that you will not be able to give customers the usual standards that you set, then I would simply put the auctions on vacation with a short note / notice saying you are off due to reason x y or z
If a store or more than 1 of your stores becomes empty of listings they might go "off-line" but you can get them back "on-line" in just 2 or 3 clicks by going to the effected stores. You should do this before re-listing the unsold items

[youmeus]

Thanks, I will let them run until Thurs then put them on vacation.

[raindropsies]

Thanks, I will let them run until Thurs then put them on vacation.

I hope the op goes well for you.

[youmeus]

Thanks for you concern and good wishes, Sarah.

[astral276]

Okay, I am planning to have hip replacement surgery on Monday and will probably not be able to much on here for a couple of months so what is the best way to handle this?

You could export all your listings and then close (or even delete) them. Then when you are ready to go again just upload the exported file back to eBid to start them all again.

That will save you having to worry about which ones have closed and which ones have auto-reposted.