I agree with you that D4M's position as a dealer had little to do with that (given the fact you had to jump thru a few hoops just to find his stuff). He wasn't competition for any of the other dealers.
However I think the overall "vibe" around preferred dealers there went beyond a filter to remove Joshua/Andrew posts or any single admin act. I started there before finding RG and there was an overall strange focus on promoting certain sellers while almost "banning" you for mentioning others (or at least getting your posts utterly ignored). While here at RG the vast majority of the discussions are about exchanging information there it was(is?) too focus on dealers.
Again, I hope they find whatever is the place they feel is right for them.
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