I still wish he would come back and be a supporting vendor here.
So do I, Leroy. However, fact of the mattter is, Tom feels he should be able to use this forum to compete with our paying vendors - guys like you - without also being a paying vendor.
That ain't right. It would be comparable to him setting up a table inside a Performance shop, where they had paid for the lease, the lights, the heat, the parking lot, and selling his wares while taking advantage of their facility, without paying them anything for using that space.
I don't think we should give him - or anyone else - this space for free; We owe you and the other site vendors more than that, and I want the people who are helping him to circumvent the site rules to consider that fact. For a place that talks redneck trash all the time about how people shouldn't get 'Obama phones', 'handouts', or 'something for nothing', being able to hold that double standard just amazes me.
This isn't about not liking Tom. I like Tom. I like how he gets involved in discussions, how he helps others out, how he pushes the edge on some ideas, etc. I get the feeling you like those things, also.
You'll note that we still allow discussion about Tom's OBD-I chip here, (for those interested, KOJO makes an OBD-II Multi-Tune PCM), where that discussion might be censored or deleted elsewhere.
This is about one issue, and one issue only; selling stuff here without being a vendor, as clearly communicated in the site rules.
Without our vendors, this site doesn't exist; we don't charge them much, we don't make profit on this, but we do need to pay for server, software, and bandwith, and we're greatful to you and the other vendors for paying for this space for us to play.
I hope this clarifies our position, and that our members can respect this stance.