I run my own respray/bodywork business which I have had for just under a year.recently on here,I decided to shove a little van on here that we'd had in as salvage,I'm a gold member by the way.the advert hadn't been on here more than an hour and was also my first time of advertising a car on here.the advert was promptly removed and I recieved an email from markyd3 staring that somebody on here had told him I was a trader and therfore hadn't paid trade rates etc.when I challenged mark,he said it was due to the fact that I have several adverts on here for different car parts therefore I am a trader,however those adverts for parts are over two years old and I fully explained in them why they were for sale,I just thought pf members would like first dibs on them.I've only sold a fraction of what I've got as I've still got my own Cossie and don't want to give everything away!!!!I've now been banned from selling on here unless I pay a ridiculous fee of £50 per month,nearly £20 a month more than I've been originally quoted,I was expecting a deal on the £31.50!!i've spoken to mark about this and explained my position,I agree the van advert could be argued that's for business use so I accept the removal of it but to ban me from selling parts I've owned for over two years is ridiculous frankly.I feel I've had no real answers so far and just seem to be moved around with no one saying where I stand,can I now post items for sale or do I have to pay trade rates no matter what,if it's the latter then I won't be using passionford again.I feel I've been as open as I possibly can,I've even offered for a trusted member of pf to view the parts and where imstoring them to accept my authenticity.in marks defence he's been very helpful via pm and has told me to put the case on here as he's forwarded my explanations to admin yet I have recieved no response as yet,kind regards,Vaughan.