First.......
I have had numerous PM's supporting my anger at selective removal of threads and no uniformity in the decision.
When threads are removed they are done for good reason. there was a thread recently asking if anyone could fly a 747 if needed to when there was a thread running with all the answers in it already.
As for other threads being removed I have not had to delete any threads for ages now. You have to be pretty dim to post something that gets removed, just look at the forum, can you see any 'for sale' threads? No, because a majority of users know not to do it and know what stays and what goes.
This is not a dig at you, you genuinely thought it was the same as a share going for sale and have argued your point with that. Fair play mate no worries there but I would have preferred you emailed me about it rather than start two threads slagging off mod decisions. I don't like that considering the amount of time I put into this forum, to keep it clean of for sale ads and so on, so you can come here and have a decent forum, not to come here and wade through piles of crap before reading anything interesting.
I expect these people who have angrily flooded your PM box don't know how to use email yet as I have not had one complaint (other than yours) regarding removal of posts or threads for some time now. (possibly due to the fact I have not removed anything for a while)
Back to the original point, for sale being the same as share for sale. I think things are ok at the moment the way we do it. No for sale, no wanted threads allowed. Standard ops, has been the same for years. Shares for sale, is allowed for the reasons mentioned above by Rob. If you want to argue the point feel free to email the admin here who have the power to change things, take it up with them, ask them for a for sale forum, argue the toss with them, see how it goes. You never know!
Those of you reading this on the fence (or off it) what do you think about a for sale or classified forum? Does pprune need something like that or keep things the way they are...? Let me know here. (if you can be bothered!!)