No, Miss Nancy, it's not just that, really. That's what inspired me to create this thread, but it revitalized thoughts I'd already had - that RO could be much more than it is, that the ads are sub-standard, that they can be avoided, which led me to think about why one would choose to avoid them....

Which in my case is, they largely suck. Not just annoying, but mostly unprofessional and tacky. Not RO's fault, really, but they could look at the whole amateurish situation as a whole and decide enough is enough.

The point is, the glory days are past. The market is saturated. Soon enough, RO becomes a parody of itself, unless it rises to the next level. The "next level" being, try to generate more income by offering a more professional package,as opposed to the random and unpredictable sales from the Marketplace.
Using the premise of it being just annoying ads is just a foot in the door, a wake-up call. I'm hoping some of the admins look at some of the promos and ask themselves, 'WTF, how can we expect to be taken seriously?!"