docurley, I had pretty much got this thread rounded off, but then you turn up!
No, your post won't be deleted or you barred, as we're not like that, however, a correction if I may:
"but you got very rude about it and you were not prepared to calm down so you were banned."
I was PM'd about being personal and insulting, as in one of my posts I said "Spoken like a true heathen", which was construed by you or one of the other mods as being gratuitously offensive to another member!
I was and remain calm about the whole situation and have never used foul language or heated language, but as it seemed you were unable to accept that my reasoning and I wouldn't back down in my attempts to offer a speedy method of help to A2 users specifically, I was banned and my posts removed.
Not only that, but a later post from another member was deemed unsuitable for posting, talk about censorship! Your site obviously has a small number of A2 owners amongst the membership and I was and remain appalled and saddened that there were (are?) no positive replies to anyones queries, with most responses coming from mods and being along the lines of "part-ex it" or "why do you want to get one of those, they're cr*p"
As to the A2OC rules, they are mere guidlines and if websites, products or services are deemed to be of benefit to members, then they remain. Take the recent posts by Opie Oils, Steve Russells new garage -
http://www.rac-london.co.uk/, various other independents and the list goes on.
Yes, you may turn round and say, they offer 10% off for members or whatever, but as the A2OC is free, we can't offer anything off to your members if we 'advertise' on your site and we certainly can't pay for advertising, as we are not about making a profit, so don't have funds to give you!
So, can we now let things settle? As you say yourself, it's your loss.
Cheers,
Mike
Sorry Erstens - crossed posts!