Only cars for sale adds are payed. It certainly weeded out tons of complete garbage and re-posts of the same exact add every day. It is really much easier to find stuff now and I have much better luck selling my stuff because it ain't 10 pages deep by the end of the day, I am happy they charge for cars for sale, the $5 is very much worth it and yes I was very upset about it at first because I hate being charged for something I am used to getting free but a lot of times you get much better results from something you pay for instead of what your getting for free.