Because I sell one of a kind items. Unique one of a kind items.
We came from a service that didn't just copy listings from status to status the way Auctiva does but actually moved them. There was just one copy of a listing. This kept things so simple.
We currently carry over 400 items in our store. I suspect we will get up to over 800 in the next few months. If I kept a copy in the saved I could have over 1400 saved to sort through. I already have a copy in Active until it sells or closes, why do I need to save a copy?
We ended over 600 unique items from our store to relist through Auctiva. I had to import to saved to edit the HTML out. After almost finishing these I still don't see a need to keep a copy on saved. That is too labor intensive. It is easier to just import the unsold from closed. Now, if the best offer and shipping fields could be edited from the closed page I wouldn't need to import to saved.
If we sold similar items I could see how you would keep some for ease of listing but we don't.
Thanks for asking-
Annette