Thanks Bob.
I guess I only have a couple of other things to mention.
AWPCP has the option of enabling HTML in the user's post - any chance you could you do this so that we can
underline,
bolden and
embed links without showing the URL ?
And, secondly - bumping. I don't think AWPCP has this functionality - which is a shame - especially once you start charging for ad's. There's not much worse than coming back to your ad 4hrs later and finding it on Page x (where x>1), with no way to get it back up the ranking. It does have a 'Featured Ads' module which might be useful for sellers of big ticket items, who are prepared to pay a bit extra to keep the ad on the front page...
Obviously no one like's excessive bumping, but something like the FM or APUG B&S forums (fora?) where you can bump after a set time (24hr, 48hr etc.) would be great.
Maybe if the user dropped the price AWPCP could bump the ad - that would be a great way to entice buyers as well - two birds with one stone, so to speak.
Jim