Hi Riap,
You know as much as we do. We do not know yet what day it will happen. The developers will give us ample notice so you can plan your crops accordingly.

In the past when a notice of impending shut down is posted it has been done after 10 p.m. (my time) to inform me of a shut down to begin at 5 or 6 a.m. (my time). Problem with this is that I go to bed at 9 pm and get up at 5 a.m. so all my advance notice is during the time I am asleep.

Hi leighwj1960 :)

We asked the developers and they will post a notice banner over the farms 1 or 2 days before this happens.

I am wondering... why can I sometimes create offers over and over when I am in the trading marketplace. (Regular products). I am there now and have posted all 5 categories at least 3 times each in approx. 10 minutes?

Hi Gail,
All the information we have on the regular products in the trading warehouse is in the Game Guide chapter 10 about the Trading Warehouse:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=641534

Yes, thank you Taz. Guess I am lucky? Not complaining, just wondering why my experience is not matching what the guide says. I have had this happen 4-5 times in the past 7 days, usually around 2100 - 2359 CST. I cleared memcache last night as you suggested and that fixed the popup message from constantly "popping up".

Hi Gail,

I am not sure though you did say it was over a 3 hour period, so you may have created te first close to the end of a trading period and the next at the beginning of the next trading period. Not sure how you got the third one that quick though.

Thank you so much for the new stuff, extensions and the added levels. It sure helps us on fixed incomes enjoy our game! I hope you will let us know in plenty of time about the dates for the downtime. I don't know what I will do. I guess I'll have to clean house or something..ugh! Will our crops spoil??

Hi Debhurst,
The developers have told us they will give us 1 or 2 days notice before the transfer happens, so you can plant accordingly.