Our poll said that our current membership preferred classifieds to auctions. Therefore it is no surprise that our members would use classifieds over auctions. However some said they did like classifieds and we know by simply looking at ebay that many modelers also like tha auction format. That is why we gave the choice to our current members and future members of BOTH formats.

The auctions are still not nearly as high as volume because the bulk of buyers and sellers on ebay don't even know they can come to RCU and sell for 1/2 of ebay's prices and get in front of serious modelers. I think once the word gets out that section will fill up with members who prefer auction format.

We have been busy working on fixing up the forums to bring back the remaining features from the old site so all marketing efforts have been virtually non-existent to push the auction marketplace. My strategy is to make sure the current tools work perfectly for the current membership before worrying about the auction.