Surely its clear that advertising for companies and people making money should be paid for, but, clearly Simon is not in this position and not working on behalf of a company. I can't see that in this case it should be an issue.
I know there can be a fine line between one thing and the other, but, there is also a feeling that over regulation can harm the community spirit of the site and alienate people. Simon has said exactly this before, and its a major problem on other forums, where it can get close to bullying. I guess there is no way to please everyone with this issue, and for Ron its a symptom of the problems of making money out of community websites like this. It might look to some like you are trying hard to squeeze payment from everyone for your benefit and not the benefit of the community. Very difficult issue to hendle.
Simon also once complained about too much information being made available.
I find that this site is far away from being over regulated, and that the policy of
advertising vehicles for sale should be paid for, whether as part of your membership
fee or as a supporting sponsor, or with a simple advertisement fee, is pretty fair. Again,
the cost for unlimited pics, unlimited lines, unlimited run time, and access to a targeted
audience, is very reasonable when compared to other venues.
Ian