@rocketscollectibles
Hi.
Thank you for your explanation. What I'm hearing is you removed your active selling acount from the community forum so you could gain privacy and anonymity. We all have our objectives.
My objective is to sell and learn to sell products. My view is what makes Seller Central great is you can get direct instant feedback from sellers with more experience with an eBay issue, a shipping question or a product they may be more familiar with.
For a seller to provide quality assistance it helps if they can look at your current listings. It's also educational for other sellers selling similar items to be able to see your sales performance. I'd be surprised if you don't occasionally look at what others in the forum sell.
When anyone including buyers click on your dead end link it takes them to a seller who has no listings and only 1 positive feedback in the last year. I thought your shop was closed, on vacation, or suspended. There is no message of explanation you can leave for your visitors. This is the price of "privacy and anonymity".
In the 1980's one night I closed my music store at the end of the day. While in my office cashing out a guy started knocking on the front door. I didn't feel like letting him in. He probably just wanted some picks or strings. I wanted my privacy. Eventually I let him in. The guy bought all of the equipment he needed to outfit an entire 4 piece band from Viet Namm. Drum set, guitars, amps, pa system, keyboards.. etc etc . The works. It was the biggest sale I ever made in 30 years of brick and mortar.
This is just my point of view. I mean no disrespect. Privacy and anonymity in a community forum requires the kind of "blocking" you have done to other sellers and buyers. It amounts to the about same thing as wandering around on a nude beach fully dressed . Not that I've ever done that, or that I've ever been to a nude beach or, well... you know what I mean. ;>}
