Oh yes! The massive bogs over the past few weeks since the Commission Vendors went live was horrible (thanks for that fix btw) - imagine all those safes with "pending" auctions on them!
Some people place items on an Auction Safe, and never activate the auction. It seems to be an "always visible" way to display things. There are several of these in Pacific's Luna - uber rares or valuable items that never actually /go/ on auction. Please don't include these in the search criteria, is very misleading and will skew the results. I get rather frustrated when I go by a safe that has something I want only to see "auction pending" for months.
Under equipment add choices for shields and weapons.