Only half of this is directly concerning Andy Saunders; much of the anger here is because of the lack of information from Key, which makes people feel that they aren’t worth an explanation, the thought that anyone can be removed at anytime, without explanation, isn’t the face of Key Publishing that I recognize.

Hello Stuart

I cannot see any reason that Key owes anyone other than Andy an explanation. They clearly state the conditions of posting and they must feel he has violated these in some way. Wether they are right or not is a matter between them and Andy.
I appreciate what Andy brought to the forum as much as anyone but this subject has been done to death, its becomming more like facebook than a historic aviation site.
We do not pay to post here, its a service offered by Key they dont owe any of us anything.
It would be unfair on Andy if the reason he was banned were made public, if he wants to disclose them thats his business, but certainly not any of ours.

I would not blame the Mods one minute for closing this thread. This is issue between Andy and Key, it has nothing to do with anyone else on this forum. I think you be waiting along time for an explanation from Key, the only person entitled to one is Andy.

Thats because I was sat in the carpark, too tight to pay the early admission charge….

False economy:)

While talking of ebay, a word of warning if you plan to sell a high value item on ebay, from March, new fees were introduced. Basically if you sell as a private individual using an on line auction, your final sale fee is now 10%, to a maximum of £400, therefore £40. Perversely if you sell something for £800 you only pay £40 which equals 5%

I unwittingly sold some software like this for a friend for £410 at auction the final sale fee was £39 and then £12 paypal fee on top, total £51. If you sell using buy it now or best offer you pay at the old rate, which for this item should have been around £10. I had wondered why there were so many buy it now sales on ebay, another case of greed biting off the hand that feeds it, I think selling at aerojumbles must be looking more promising for some

Well you would think that someone who runs an aviation website would offer a Free alternative to ebay 😉 with classified adds, vetted descriptions so everything sold isnt described as Spitfire,:rolleyes: unless it is of coarse it is. Of coarse ebay is always a risk items do not always realise their potential. I have heard from many people who are getting fed up with the charges.