Time limit on having things in my shopping cart

[Steve Geddes]

Is there one? In either the regular bit or the 'save for later' bit?

If I file something there for six months or so is there much risk it will suddenly disappear?

[Nikosandros]

I'm not sure about the "regular" cart, but there are books in my "saved for later" cart that have been there for years.

[Steve Geddes]

Great. Thanks. :)

[GinoA]

I'll add the caveat that occasionally my saved list will disappear for a day or two. But this has always happened in the midst of other "website troubles".

I think the last time was during the Humble Bundle.

[Cpt_kirstov]

Also, I think if something is in your sidecart, and goes out of stock completely (IE not backorder) it may be removed from your sidecart.

[Steve Geddes]

Thankyou both. I'll keep an eye out for that.

[Vic Wertz]

We try really hard not to do things that empty people's carts. In fact, we try so hard to keep your carts that you may actually have multiple carts.

Let's say that you have Old Stuff in your Old Cart. Now, you access paizo.com from another computer, and you are not logged in, so you have a fresh cart to fill. You put some New Stuff in your New Cart, and then you log in. Most people wouldn't expect the Old Stuff to suddenly appear alongside the New Stuff—and if you're checking out and not paying super close attention, you might be really annoyed if we did that, so the New Cart is the only one we show you. But once you check out, we assume that you might still be interested in the Old Stuff, so now we return you to your Old Cart. Some people actually have dozens of carts they've accumulated over time—especially if you've been here for a decade or so, because years ago, we used to generate new carts (but not take away the old ones) a lot more than we do now.

[Anguish]

Vic Wertz wrote:

We try really hard not to do things that empty people's carts. In fact, we try so hard to keep your carts that you may actually have multiple carts.

Let's say that you have Old Stuff in your Old Cart. Now, you access paizo.com from another computer, and you are not logged in, so you have a fresh cart to fill. You put some New Stuff in your New Cart, and then you log in. Most people wouldn't expect the Old Stuff to suddenly appear alongside the New Stuff—and if you're checking out and not paying super close attention, you might be really annoyed if we did that, so the New Cart is the only one we show you. But once you check out, we assume that you might still be interested in the Old Stuff, so now we return you to your Old Cart. Some people actually have dozens of carts they've accumulated over time—especially if you've been here for a decade or so, because years ago, we used to generate new carts (but not take away the old ones) a lot more than we do now.

Cool.