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That may help! I think part of the issue as well is that the smarter people(I'm using smarter very very loosely) see that the other thread gets more traffic. So the logic would be if it sees more traffic then maybe someone will respond to my deal faster.

Interestingly enough, those most likely to see the deal the quickest are going to do so through the activity feed which automatically updates every 2 minutes: http://dailyfunder.com/activity.php

The activity feed is actually where most users access posts from. They don't typically click through individual subforums looking for new deals.