One of the reasons the validation system was brought in was to cut down on scammers coming here only to scam people out of money/parts. It is regrettable that genuine and enthusiastic people are treated the same by being made to go through this validation "period" but from what I can see the system is helping in this respect. As for whether wanted threads should be allowed, I don't think so, it's just as easy to scam someone out of something they are selling as it is to scam someone out of money by pretending to sell something (this has been seen quite recently in fact). The new validation system will allow genuine people to become full members much quicker anyway so I really don't see there being any need for complaints about not being validated. If people aren't voting for you, it will be for a reason. I will end by adding that there is also little need for the condescending nature of some of the full members, but hey even I'm d*ck at times