...while leaving all early site donators without their benefits? (As it can probably be seen) I'm fairly upset that, being one of those said users that donated, the benefits that came along with giving towards the development of the site where removed, and instead replaced with a "subscription-based premium service which provides exclusive access to extra features." I donated partly for those benefits (the old auto-bump every 30 minutes was great), but I also gave several keys as a thank-you token since I frequently used the site and enjoyed being able to post my trades up that easily.

To be honest, I really don't care about the whole "awesome colored nickname," "25 extra trades," or even the removal of adds from your site. But at least give old donators (who previously already had the auto-bump every 30 minutes) the courtesy of having auto-bump every hour - the benefit given to the lowest-tier donators (heck, maybe even 2 hours if you're feeling headstrong about the whole subscriptions idea).

I realize (and understand perfectly) that many "item trades are very problematic and a legal grey area in terms of income," and that you "can't continue to be taking them in such volumes." But then why don't you at least keep treating old donators as such and simply discontinue that form of donations?

/mini rant