This is the crux of the matter. I'm here again with 200+ sMerit to give away while I listen to Joan Baez. I'm listening to Diamonds and Rust at the moment, and all I am finding is rust. Come on guys give me some diamonds.
I feel your "pain"... I have like 100+ sMerit waiting for a good home. Sadly, all I see are people posting on dead threads, posting on megathreads, posting reworded answers given by the 10 people posting before them and posting questions about merit 
Maybe I am just looking at the wrong boards?
There is always hope on Christmas. Merit is as hard to find as Santa. Hopefully everyone is out spreading good cheer and enjoying time with the people they care about. It has been one of the better Christmas Holidays for me. No drama and time to do the things I love. Can't ask for much more.