Not to mention the people who've paid $99/month for a service. Surely if they're going to shut it down they need to sunset it properly.
It's always interesting when the hype meets reality, and it seems that the users of flippa are far more astute and deserve more credit than they're often given. They're asking the right questions and getting no answers. Clearly 37signals may price it at $250,000 but doesn't value it as such.
EDIT: Changed to $99/year. Thanks for pointing that out melvinram.