You mention, "Mike was out of town from 11/3-11/9, so there's your week."
Huh?
10/30: A post was entered (not by me) complaining about a perceived bad rejectiuon of a trade.
11/4: I posted my question as to what was going on with Unmanaged trades and, since mine hadn't been rejected, were they then entered into what amounted to a blind auction.
11/5: I get an unmanaged trade approved
11/5: Mike answers a post on the bulletin board.

My point in all this is that Mike answeredf a question on the board AFTER I ask the question. A trade was approves AFTER I asked the