I am THIS close to swearing off of internet forums entirely.
See post #3 to my recent WTB ad:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-924-944-968-used-parts-sale-wanted/691486-wtb-951-nose-panel-931-nose-panel-section-can-rough.html
This non-buyer's unncessary response serves what purpose? To drive up the price of this part? (which I paid $30 for the last set of, not incidentally)... To potentially dissuade potential sellers from removing a body panel that is welded on, and is only worth removing if in really good shape? To help him corner the 931 part market? Or just to show "look how smart I am"?
I've been working on 924s/944s since they came out, 911s to a more recent degree, and early on, the internet was a blessed resource that helped the process. But I think that the unfiltered nature of online input (versus the more civil discourse used in in-person conversation) has become such a turn-off that it threatens the utility of the whole thing...the arrogant assumption many posters make that they know more than the originator is perhaps the most off-putting aspect.
OK, off the soap box...but would be interested in hearing others' experiences. Wayne needs a rule to prevent non-buyer posts in want ads. I think there used to be one, can't remember; maybe that was Rennlist/Porschelist way back when.