Personally if I had to pay to list anything that was for sale as well as paying the gold member fee I simply wouldnt bother to be a gold member anymore, as free adverts are the only meaningful perk of doing so IMHO

Would be a load of admin hassle too, as there would have to be major software changes to the board to take payment each time someone starts a thread in the for sale section, I also think it would massively increase the number of peopel doing the old "not a for sale post" trick in general which would also be more hassle.

I cant see the point in all that aggro and admin expense just to shut up literally a handful at most of whinging ex traders like yourself TBH