I was going to reopen this thread yesterday and add a post here, but unfortunately, I did not have the time to do this.
@ajoesmith
Let me just tell you right now that there is a lot of things going on in the background of this forum that you know nothing about. Both k2222 and chief both support RWG with donations from their AR runs. I see chieftang has tried to bring this up several times in this thread, but he has never just said it. Only reason they don't have collectors status is because they haven't requested to have it. Same reason several collectors here didn't show up as collectors a few months ago. And I really don't think there is any point in mentioning what Ziggy has contributed to the forum.
Talking about things going on in the background; I really don't see the point in opening up a thread about something you have been warned about numerous times, in the background. You are listed as a dealer on other forums, so I guess this means you concider yourself a dealer, but not here?
When it comes to volunteer contributions, that is of course your own business. It is a personal choice. Same choice members have too when it comes to upgrading their memberships. Some people do and a lot of people don't. The money goes towards the same thing. I simply tell you about out situation and ask for volunteer contributions, same way as any contributions to POTR was volunteer. That one or several members does not agree with how things are done now and then is something that will happen every day on this forum. We are all humans, with different opinions and different set of values, based on all factors of the community we have been raised and live in.
Same goes for the admin team. We are all humans. We have our rules here, that we use as guidlines, but we are all flesh and blood and have feelings, like the rest of you. We are not perfect and I know I have made the wrong decision on several occasions. We try to stay unbiased and we always try to do what is best for the community as a whole. That's how we have to think. So no matter how good our intentions are, we always see misunderstandings on this forum, either based on language or cultural barriers.
But as TT has said numerous times; "Where people gather, life happens"