posted on November 23, 2002 09:20:43 PM
I am confused on how to retrieve deleted (due to 'time' not viewed)images.
There was a lot of effort to scan/photo these items and would prefer not to do all of this again.
I try to remember to scan my stored images and ''hit' on the image if it is slated for deletions. But my regular job has me sometimes away from an internet connection for 2-4 weeks sometimes...And then a bunch of images go down the tubes!
posted on November 24, 2002 05:23:34 AM
Don't you store them on your computer and upload them to AuctionWatch from there? If you do, then they can be re-uploaded from your computer (we always save our pictures for a while "just in case". Otherwise, I'm about 99.9% sure that there's no way to get them back from AuctionWatch ....
posted on November 24, 2002 06:39:47 AM
I just deleted some accidentally and I remember being told how to get them back, but in my case, the deletion was the same day as the recovery of images. I cannot remember what they told me to do. I hope they answer you, as I agree with you. I find it very time consuming to have my images deleted and/or have to "hit" on images to keep them from disappearing. If they are in your storefront and are not hit on, then you might forget about them and no sale when a customer does finally want to see the item. AW should remedy this situation. I use a floppy disk and will use it over and over, deleting images, once uploaded to AW, and do not store on my computer. That is what I use AW for...to store my images until it is sold!
[ edited by ramabele on Nov 24, 2002 06:45 AM ]
posted on November 24, 2002 10:22:46 AM
Thank you both sunnyjo and ramabele:
I guess I want my cake and eat it too!
When I am home in Texas I make up maybe 2-300 images and a brief general text in a notebook pad. When I am w/i 2 weeks of rotating back stateside I load up many auctions; say 100-150...but not all of the images I have uploaded. Timed to finish about the time I am back home and time to receive payments and ship, discounting any slow=-pays, in time to rotate back overseas.
Time slips by, say another 6 weeks and I take a look at my image database on AW and there can be 2-5 pages with that nasty red text-"This image ...deleted...soon"!
I guess, if there is no work around, I will have to rely on my own database. It breaks the loading-sync though. You have to stop loading up your auctions on AMPRO and go to AW and upload the image(s) and re-sync.
Unfortuantely there is no way to retrieve deleted images. The image deletion policy is that if they aren't viewed or used in auctions within a 90 day period, they are subject to deletion.
. Otherwise, I'm about 99.9% sure that there's no way to get them back from AuctionWatch ....