This thread is stupid. The fact that the vendor forum is secret is dumb, but any interest in the fact is dumber. I have been to the vendor forum since I have a few items in the Marketplace. I haven't been there in quite a long time because it's not that interesting. If you would take the time to think about what on earth could possibly be discussed in the vendor forum that could get you so upset rather than just reacting to the fact that you can't see the messages, you might realize that there is not much of a chance that anything significant goes on there. Would you feel like a commoner if you went to a store and they didn't let you in the Employee's Only area? Would you feel like a commoner if a company didn't allow you into one of their sales meetings? I work for Home Depot and all of their written material -- manuals, product knowledge classes, orientation handbooks -- has printed on it that no one outside the company can read them. Does that make you feel like a commoner? If you go to Disneyworld and the Imagineers who run the place won't let you go down into the subterranean level where they run all the rides, would you feel like a commoner? Mike