Not really looking for something particular. I just want to quickly look and see if I can buy a better item now and again without having to use the gear search page and then go through each one seeing if the seller will even respond.
Yeah I'd much prefer either some kind of auction house or player-run "shops" where you could go to a bazaar-like place and browse inventories and buy things for set prices. People would still likely auction off the big ticket items, but things that are worth 1alch-1gcp would likely trade a lot more regularly with a shop system or an AH system.