Understood that custom work is not easy, but for the wish list: an arhchive of past sales is *essential*. Just think how useful it is go back and see old threads and not have to reinvent the wheel every time? But having a few days or even weeks of Sold ads around isnt enough to provide a usable reference source for past sale data, it really does just get in the way more than anything. The only benefit I see in the current system is that you can get a sense of the volume of traffic moving through the classifieds, kinds of things that sell, etc, calibrating your hopes for future things coming through.

Also, lets not exaggerate on how fast things sell - it's true, most things sell within a couple of days, but not usually a matter of minutes or hours. OVer on Badger & Blade good things sell in 2-10 minutes! Similar situation on another collecting forum I've been on. I think the current scene is actually good - great for sellers, as things are usually going to sell within a few days or a week, but also buyers have a good chance at getting things. But you do need to check the listings every day or two....which isnt that hard because there arent that many things listed each day, lik 0-4.

Just my 2 cents, having been a bit of a Classifieds Hound the last few weeks.