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I agree with Super's general sentiments, (as usual..). We also need to be clear what the £3 is for : is it to pay for the site, is it to have the right to sell, is it for profit, or a mixture of all or what. Not being clear about what things are for is partly why rep disappeared, so I think it's important to get this clarified to stop arguments + problems in the future.
I still think that having a barrier to selling won't stop someone who wants to sell something. Say I want to sell an Aerospoke for £200, if people express interest in my For Sale thread then what's to stop a lurker PMing them saying they'll do their spoke for £150, or less. Or if they're still in the nursery, leaving a post with a phone number and email address .. it's all gonna be more work for VB in the long run. You could just have the one-post thing where nobody can comment on classifieds, but do we really want this, it's not very community based, is it? Having a membership fee is a bit all-or-nothing, either everyone needs to pay or no-one, having a two-tier system will create problems.
I love the Forum Shop idea, I think it's brilliant. If we can get the logistics side of it sorted, it would provide a nice source of income that could be split between designers and VB. People could also buy merchandise whenever there's a forum event that needs funding.
VB, you could also still make a profit from donations. If we had one of those thermometer graphics up on the top saying how much is needed, you could arrange it so it fills up once we've donated the £ for server costs + whatever £ you want to add on the top. I know it would be filled every month.