@Hot Water posted:True. However, it would also be very nice if most of those "new people" would make use of the SEARCH feature.
That's most likely what lead them to the closed thread. Have no problem with making an idle thread alive again, no different than new posts which we have no interest in.
Probably way more of a hassle is guys not deleting old wanted and for sale posts after an item is purchased or sold. Or just adding a new for sale post containing the same item a week later.