77 Sceptre being sold this week...

[MikeP]

Thank you for the informative replies. Fortunately, it isn't often that a stranger tries to tell me what I "care about", which is actually less informative than off-putting. I appreciate the passion when it is directed courteously in a constructive manner and do recognize the value of a site like this as I have been an active contributor to similar forums. I have made a donation to the site, yet the policy of "pay to play" for posting info about an item for sale still doesn't come across as intuitively constructive or practical. Obviously, there are other very legitimate venues for someone to use to advertise or sell their item... It is natural to think that any person, even a very active member of this forum, would choose to invest their resources at such a venue. If that person can't or chooses not to spend additional money with classicseacraft.com, it seems the policy is to deny the announcement which deprives the entire membership the information that this item is available. It is a bit counterintuitive for a forum format based on sharing information. It is in this context that I asked my question this morning about the policy. Perhaps this exact issue has already seen a healthy debate by this group and the collective wisdom has settled on this policy. I offer my $.02, my $25, and yield to the collective wisdom : )