On 22 Oct 2004 17:41:18 GMT, Woodchuck Bill
wrote:

I don't think so. They probably want to ban ads in the wreck and isolate
those posts in a marketplace group, which is pretty common in
reorganizations

That's actually not such a bad idea. It's been done in the
rec.bicycling.* groups, and it works well.

If you're looking to buy or sell something, there's plenty of ads
there.

Barry