All Users: Read this before you post

[72targa]

And as a reminder, no commercial ads, please.

[911SWB]

and yes no commercial ads, please!!!!

[72targa]

Update to acknowledge PARTS & LITERATURE

[advtracing]

could i have a clarification on commercial posts and who and what it pertains to please .

[72targa]

John:

Thanks for asking.

In general, a commercial post would be from someone representing an established "brick & mortar"/online business.

We have a standing practice to allow ads from small, specialty manufacturers that support our specialized group with limited runs of obsolete parts.

Peter

There are sometimes grey areas but if you believe a post is of a commercial nature and you wish to challenge it, please let me know so I can investigate.

[72targa]

Word of warning to buyers. There has been a rash of "sellers" trying to get Want-to-buy (WTB) buyers on this board to pay them by wire because "their PayPal account wasn't working" or some other excuse. Beware of any transaction requiring the wiring of funds IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE SELLER. Sending funds by wire to an unknown seller is NOT recommended.

[72targa]

For your planning purposes, beginning on December 1, 2013, all parts ads will be closed following their fifth (5th) "bump".

[Jim Breazeale]

John:

Thanks for asking.

In general, a commercial post would be from someone representing an established "brick & mortar"/online business.

We have a standing practice to allow ads from small, specialty manufacturers that support our specialized group with limited runs of obsolete parts.

Peter

There are sometimes grey areas but if you believe a post is of a commercial nature and you wish to challenge it, please let me know so I can investigate.

Peter

So, a person that has no license and operates underground over the internet has carte blanche to post as many ads as he or she wants, while people operating "above ground" as a "brick and mortar" business are banned from posting "for sale" ads in the classifieds? Makes perfect sense to me!

Ciao

Jim

[72targa]

Hi Jim:

As mentioned via PM earlier, I am working with the Registry board to rectify this issue. Thanks again for your patience.

Peter

[Per Schroeder]

Yes, I asked to be allowed to post as we are both members and advertisers--and I pointed out that some folks were posting boutique pieces and although they were "smaller" —they too were actual brick and mortar shops. I was just asking the rule to be fairly applied.

That said, I have only posted a few things here and there as they apply to the Early 911 market.

What's funny is that there's also some members (non advertisers) on here that post, "Hey, I was just at XYZ shop and I noticed that they have a bottle of blinker fluid. You should check it out." Turns out those people actually work there. Now *that's* funny.

Per