I know that people pay extra to have their auctions featured. I also know that with so many 90 day and Run Until Sold auctions in the Featured Section (therefore at the top of the page) I stopped browsing eBid when I got to anything that was ending more than 2 days away, not realizing that there is a whole host of auctions just 4 pages down.
I assume most of us browse auctions the same way, by listing results based on which auctions are ending soonest. With so many featured listings, I have to go through many pages of auctions that wont end for a long time just to get to the good stuff! THis of course will also benefit sellers, as their items might be seen by those of us who tend to just browse (without using search results).
My suggestion is for a line of text at the top of search results and category results that reads, "Click [ Here ] to Skip Featured Listings." This way we can browse your items that are ending soon, much easier.