Ooooh! I've been away for the weekend. What a long thread.
I locked the thread Steve and I'm happy to tell you why.
We (the mods - who work under the guidance of forum admin) have a list of those who advertise and when someone advertises who isn't on the list we either use our judgement or seek advice in the moderators area.
If we played rigidly by the rules then as soon as someone posts something that might be viewed as breaking the rules then every swear word asterisked or otherwise could result in a ban and every post saying can anyone lend me hand in the XXX area to do a big one-off job would count as advertising for sub-contractors.
So in your case having received more than one complaint from forum members about your posting I sought advice from admin. The advice returned gave me suggested options to work within and I chose one - which was to lock the thread.
Hi. Thanks for this. At least now I have an answer. Why be given rules if the mods have no intention of 'playing by them'?
It seems trolling and swearing is acceptable but doing more than your average man for business isn't. This puzzles me with it being a business forum, but hey ho. As a I say. At least now I know. Thanks for the honesty Granville.
