I realize setting up a new way for players to wheel and deal between themselves has to be really hard.

I also understand Galaxy Legion also wants people to buy GP with real cash so that they can then use the GP to buy artifacts. In the end its about money.

Until they get it straightened out how about we start our own informal Flea Market / Bizarre / Trading Post

Just start a new thread titled "MARKETPLACE" and followed by what you are buying or selling. Don't Buy and sell in the same thread, create separate threads for separate purposes.

An Example

MARKETPLACE: Buying energy cubes, traps, scanner enhancements

I agree, I suggested a separate marketplace forum for player deals (instead of cluttering up the existing threads) but it was pretty much shot down. Maybe we could create a facebook group for it.