Hey Mike,
You are showing as a charter member now... not sure if that just changed since you brought this to our attention?

The restricted access on the WTB forum was put into place at the same time as charter members voted to restrict selling privileges. So only a charter member can start a For Sale thread, but anyone can respond to it to buy from them. Anyone can start a Wanted To Buy thread to post what they are looking for, but we restricted the responses to only charter members, using the logic that the responses would be people offering something for sale. Did not think of your situation where you were just trying to offer some helpful information. It did occur to BOD that web members would be able to take the additional step of sending an offer by PM and we figured that the convenience of being able to respond directly in the thread could be a small little perk for charter membership.

I know we have had some glitches lately in folks who upgraded or renewed their charter memberships and are working on how to improve that process to make it smoother and a faster turnaround. Thanks for your patience!