Actually, Daz don't run it. It's run pretty much solely by Guarie these days, and as he's got some personal issues, sometimes things aren't done in an instant.

As for the human having to complete your registration, that's a spam precaution. Poser Pros got hit with a lot of spam buyers, which in turn affected the whole site, so now you have to wait a little bit to be registered.

Poser Pros hasn't lost it's 'spark', just the controversy that used to surround it all the time ;P