I fully support the idea of dual-speccing inside of the same AC. I don't even care if they made it completely free as soon as you hit level 10.
I just hope that the devs do not go and make Dual-AC's.
Didn't EA throw a hissy-fit and take down a bunch of games from Steam earlier in the year due to them getting Origin set up as their version of Steam? I think this may be why TOR doesn't work with them.
Your problem is thinking it is an auction house. It is not. That is why there is no bidding.
As far as the drop downs, apparently there were issues when you could just search for items.
As far as the rest, I have nothing to say.