tim was gone about a week for surgery(just 2 weeks ago) and it didn't cause any issues. I doubt this will either. he was gone the same amount of time last year for the exact same reason and no problems either.
DRMO at ft. jackson is closed anyway due to a rodent/pest issues anyway. maybe all of it will get fixed while he is gone.
For hobby buyers, I doubt it will cause any major issues.
For those who do this for a living, going several weeks with no ability to preview or pickup us extremely piss poor customer service from Government Liquidation. A hobby buyer can wait a few extra weeks with no loss. A small business buyer has cash tied up in merchandise that he now cannot take possession of because Governmnet Liquidation can't meet its obligation to facilitate the pickup.
****, there are sales events that now nobody will be able to preview. That is pure marketing genius! Yeah, I am kind of pissed myself because I had intented to preview said sales.
Once again, this is nothing bad about Tim, employees in any business will be gone for periods. This is all about Government Liquidation having inept management that is running things on a huge shoestring with one person trying to save money, and then not sending anyone to cover for him when he is away.
From the point of view of Government Liquidations obligations to the DOD, they also fail. An entity charged with selling government property has an obligation to get as much money for that property as they can, and running events where you can't preview or making it hard to recover purchases impacts sales.
They either need to hire him some help to cover when he is gone, or send someone from another location to cover he is gone if he is the only person who can do these things.