Aw dang, I must have missed it.
Yeah, I can say I never saw a truly helpful reply and if it’s to point something out to the OP or ask a question the PM feature works just fine, so there’s really no need. I’m glad it’s back to the way it was.
I was initially a proponent to allowing the replies. My main thinking was along the lines of if one person had a question about an item, there's a chance there would be others with that question. Some people will ask via PM while others will just not worry about the item. Allowing the question to be public makes it easier for the OP to provide more information on his item, increasing the chance of selling the item. That's not how things panned out.