Why so adamant on keeping the Market Place?

[Mack]

I know I'm in for a lashing here, but can I turn around the original topic for a second?

Why so adamant on replacing the Market Wards with an Auction House? Is it that much of a hassle? Is an AH so much better? Like it or not, they're on pretty equal footing. They both have advantages over the other. Some people will always prefer one over the other. What's the point in this continued argument?

No lashing, I would hope we can all have a normal conversation. To answer your question, I'll say it again, I'm not here trying to get an AH implemented, I want to know why they're so adamant to sticking to MW. There are no benefits for a MW over an AH, atleast not anything that can't itself be coded into an AH (and the convenience of not having to run all over the place with the AH gives it the edge) unless I'm missing something here?