blocked access

I tried to respond to a "for sale" ad and got a note saying I was not allowed access. Can someone explain?
Thank you,
Don Sylvia (chevyburb)

 

Send 'em a pm. No one is allowed to post on the ads except the op

 

the rules are contained in the stickies at the top of each section.
read them
learn them
know them

 

Oh,come on SR,,nobody reads the rules anymore? HRP

 

It can't possibly be that difficult to redirect or display the sticky
"You can not post or reply to classifieds " message along with or instead of the blocked access message

I guess we'll have thousands of these inquiries

 

I almost fell victim to not being able to respond. But, I accidently stumbled across a post about it before hand.

 

Cob,,you know as well as anybody that 95 % of the newbies don't read the rules! HRP

 

You are being generous HRP I'd say 99%!

 

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whoever, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

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Dear whoever
Can you not reply to classified ads? That is by design. We want to keep the classifieds fair by giving each ad it's due at the top of the forum. If you have a question about an ad or want to make a purchase, simply private message the user who placed the ad. You can do that by:

Step 1: Click on the username of the person who created the ad.

Step 2: Click on "Send Private Message"

Thanks a ton,

Ryan

 

Yep dumb it down so it is easy to understand (although some will still not get it)

 

That's all well and good, but if you search for something like, Model A, HAMB results and Parts for Sale come up, if someone isn't paying attention to the description on the RH side, they may not know it's a classified. There could be some honest mistakes...

 

Kind of hard to not notice that you are looking at a classified ad.