Someone in General had an idea for tokens or something like that. However for the main system I think that would do more harm than good since would you really want to wait to see if you won a bid on a piece of equipment you'll replace 5 ranks or so later?

Also maybe I should have posted this in General, it would have been nothing but a wave of complaining for the most part however this place seems about as active as Gridania (Oh snap!).