Can we go back to the red diagonal bar or something similar on items sold? I go back and check on bookmarked items and have to scroll back to top and see if it is marked item gone in small print.
Another option for consideration. How about only charging for "locked" ads (except dealers). More than once I have felt like there was a "quasi" auction going on and seller was looking/shopping for a better offer. Being evasive and not committing one way or another to a PM'ed offer and...
Just make give-a-way day only open to supporters. No exceptions and make everyone pay to get in the action. This way, if a 1 post person wins, they are least a supporter and helped pay for the site.
2 quick questions, Are you running CrapCleaner? If so, it is deleting the cookies for this site. Second, you do have the say logged in checked when you sign in, correct.