There are several reasons why this could occur. First, ensure your username and password are correct. If they are, you probably have been banned. If so, you will see a reason why after the failed login

why? One word.... SPAMMERS. Spammers have ruined the internet for everyone.

1- Selling, there is NO SELLING, TRADING or SOLICITING of ANY KIND on THIS Forum!

2- Do not register to ask how much your cymbal-items are worth. This is NOT the antique roadshow. Put them on an auction site, and whatever you get for it, IS WHAT IT IS WORTH at time of the auction.

3- Do not be an internet bully. There are millions of internet forums that allow and encourage brash behavior, this one however, does not.

4- Do NOT post your links to any internet selling-auction site or other forum of which you have merchandise listed. This means, do NOT post links to your, your family, your friends auction or for sale items!!!

5- Do not post your contact info on the public forum. Email, address, phone number and the like.

6- Do not tell members where to contact you or what other forums you have things for sale.

7- Do not register and post links to your sites, personal or otherwise. This is NOT a link farm to generate SE rankings or traffic.

Any posts that violate these simple rules will be removed, and depending of the severity, the poster may be banned with OUT notice. The 3 STRIKE RULE pertains only to the failed American legal system... NOT THIS FORUM.



If these are too harsh or too hard to follow, no problem, just do not join the forum. Feel free to browse, just do not register if you can NOT follow these few simple requests.

First, check your user name and password.

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Better yet, if you are 15 or ubder, dont join this forum.

This all goes back to my NO SELLING request. Private Messages and not private to anyone other than users.

Will they ever be turned back on?

I guess they will be allowed when I can trust people not to use this forum as a storefront, or when I feel safe entrusting the public with a key to my house.

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