I don't really remember what it was like to not have the GE, but from what I've heard, it sounded pretty bad. I mean, standing in a bank saying "Selling blahblahblah 70k" gets really boring. With the GE, you just put it in and go do something else. If GE was taken off, Runescape would change a lot, and I like the way it is right now. But I still dislike merchanters.