How about a Forum Yard Sale
This issue about opening the market place to other items has come up before and
I have always thought that the compromise would be a spring and fall cleaning week that could be called the “Forum Yard Sale”.

If it goes well maybe even have it four time a year or more.
Basically what we would do is have a forum folder separate from the “Market Place” for those items that forum users would want to advertise for sale that are not Harbour Lights. This forum could be open for a week or two and then after that time the folder would be locked until another Yard sale.

We could do massive email advertising to all Forum members about the Forum Yard Sale. I believe we have on hand a massive list of email address that was used to sell the Forum exclusive. We could stir up some excitement and possibility brings back some old members.

During the time of the Yard Sale we could focus on making the forum more interesting. Each of us could commit to some topic and diligently follow all the forum topics and keep them moving. This would be a group effort and could be fun.

This would also bring in more buyers for our Market place.