Just imagine if Walmart had to compete with Sears, Montgomery Ward, WT Grant, Woolworths, and so on who had open stores with merchandise but no employees. As a prefab builder, it seems that everyone wants to build houses. There are over 37,000 homes on the MP. Many of these homes and MP stores are, no doubt, left behind with no active avatar to run and manage them. We've all TPed to a store using "see this item in Second Life" and found ourselves in someone's back yard or plunging to the earth from a now nonexistent skybox. As a retired RL businessman, I know that the most effective way to build any business is customer service. This obviously can't happen with a long defunct SL membership. I understand that LL makes a profit from every MP sale, but it is hardly fair to the rest of us merchants working hard to make our businesses cost efficient. We have tier and marketing to pay for. I would like to see the MP store removed if the account of the owner has left SL, or hasn't logged on for an extended period of time such as one year. If the Lindens wonder why so many have left SL for greener pastures, not being able to maintain a profitable business is one reason.