"We discuss sensitive information from time to time in the private forum and do not wish to provide this information to competing sites." Ayup. LOTS of it. "Ummm... Clint? Why is my check late?" "Umm... Clint? Can you change my item description?" "Umm... Clint? Where's my banner?" "Umm... Clint? How do I find the Advertising controls?" Heh heh. Oh yeah... and the perennial "This is what member X is pissed off about this week rant" that we all know and love. "We dont ask them to remove their store, or ban their profile. All we do is remove access to one specific thing. Nothing more nothing less." You remove access to an agreed upon service provided in exchange for lifting 50% of the vendors sales from their wallet. "If the merchant feels that this forum is so important that they feel a need to remove all of their products then that is fine. I would rather they didnt but they are free to do this if they feel the need. All other merchant resources are available to them...just not the forum where we discuss upcoming business decisions that we feel should be kept confidential to this site until released to the community." Can't speak for anyone else, but if you're going to remove a service that my being a vendor here entitles me to via your agreemnets, then you're not entitled to sales of my items. Pure and simple. "I wasnt aware of the situation with IB until recently." Actually, you were. Not my job to pay atention for you. But... keep saying that if it makes you feel better. "I gave it a lot of thought before taking action and I am comfortable with the action I took." An interesting statement. But, of course, you'd have to be comfortable with it. Or at least maintain you are. "It is a sound business decision that I am also very comfortable with." ROFL - I'm not sure that anyone managing this site would know a sound business decision if one sat on them, but we'll leave that go. ;] Also pretty simple: I wouldn't make even a verbal agreement with you, and then retract it in this fashion Clint. Not and pick your pocket at the same time and expect you to smile about it. I don't do business that way. But if Tim and Tammy's ideas on doing business with both vendors and long term mebrs are something that you're "very comfortable with", you're welcome to them, and I hope you'll be very happy together. I'll also tell you that if you ever decide to broker with me, you won't get locked out of vendors access just because you're a Renderosity Store admin. I'll consider your position here to be punishment enough. ;]

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