Should discontinued products and their reviews be removed from the site?

I've actually wanted to search for discontinued items before. I think having a section for discontinued products would be nice.

I like readying the reviews and yes I get pissed when it has been discontinued but I have also figured out that I can buy that item locally but then I don't get points for it. It should be marked better that it is discontinued

Would it be possible to make a notation on your search results that an item is discontinued? Like, how the cart icon is gray if it's out of stock? Or, like the check box is there to exclude out of stock items, also exclude discontinued items?

The reviews should stay. They can help readers get a sense of the company that makes the product. The reviews may also lead readers to review and purchase other items companies have to offer.

If not they should be marked as discontinued instead of out of stock

Have them still listed like others have mentioned above, and also describe how the item is discontinued by either EF or the manufacturer.

I think that they should be labeled discontinued, and not out of stock; like so many are. I have alot of items in my wish list that have been out of stock for a while now, and it looks like they are not coming back in stock. Change the status to discontinued so I can look for other items to replace them.

Nah, I like pining over them.

They may get the product again. I think it's nice to be able to read the review even if you can't buy it from the site. It's nice to have that information available. You can purchase it somewhere else.

Also, some items labeled "Discontinued&quo t; are not yet being carried by Eden. Most, well, many of the DRs I've done are labeled "Discontinued&quo t; simply because that's what the system does when an item is not in stock yet. Many of these will eventually be in stock.

Some items are temporarily labeled "Discontinued&quo t; as changes are being made in the product. This just happened to the Wahl. Sadly, Wahl eliminated three of the seven original heads for the toy. One was the one I use about 95% of the time! But, the toy was back on the site in a matter of a week or two. I'd never return a toy because it was discontinued. I buy or request toys because I want them. I see no reason to do that.

I also have a number of toys and items that were discontinued, yet I LOVE them, continue to use them and sometimes they are picked up by Eden again. If not, often they are available from an other source.

Add to that the fact that as many have said, we work hard on our reviews and would hate to see them disappear, and I see no reason to destroy the work of hard working people. It takes 2 seconds to see that a toy is discontinued, go 'Aw, crap' and then an other few minutes to see if it's carried somewhere else. It can takes HOURS or days to write a review. Plus, our reviews are part of our body of work and our rating. Those reviews mean a lot of many of us.

I say leave them.

keep em

If the product isnt coming back, dont see why keep the review when its no longer ganna be sold

I think discontinued items should be moved to a separate section of the website, and perhaps their product picture should have a big red "DISCONTINUED" on it, that way no one is initially misled into thinking it is something that can still be purchased. I have had that problem too.

They might bring them back, or you might find them from another website and I like to read reviews of different toys. Perhaps being able to admit discontinued products from the search would help. Does the 'omit out of stock items' not cover this?

EF makes it very difficult to find the product page for discontinued items, so it doesn't really come up. That said, if I really want an honest opinion on a product, this is where I expect to find it.

I totally agree with you. I find it incredibly annoying that the product page and reviews are still up, when the item has been discontinued. I ALWAYS by my lingerie, toys, etc. from EF, so the existing reviews are pointless if I can't order it from Eden.

Yes but they should make it where they are filtered out of the search results like out of stock items.

yea i agree that would irritate me too

yea they should be deleted. i would be irritated if i found something i really liked and had an awesome review only to find out i couldn't purchase it