When I list items I give an auction price and a buy now price to give buyers a choice. When I go on holiday I put a notice on all my items, starting more than a week before, giving the dates I will be away. Just before I go away, I put on a holiday notice so that no one can place a bid or make a buy now purchase while I am away.
I think it would be a good idea if I could put a holiday notice on auctions only seven days before I go away and a second holiday notice on buy now the day before I go away.
At present, I can only put a holiday notice on both auctions and buy now together not separately.
(Yes. You've guessed. Someone has made a bid on an auction which finishes while I am away.)