This thread really cracks me up, while in other threads I read Jim Ward jumping on people (really dealers) for wanting to sell cars on this site. When this person wants to do it, he acts like it isn't the same. Well if this website is of value to the manufacturers and dealers to advertise on, then someone being a competitor or not, should be irrelevant. The value is in the potential for them to be a sponsor, not whether they are taking sales away from someone else who is a sponsor. If we let some people advertise on TV for free and others have to pay then it dimenishes the value to the people who are willing to pay. Frankly, I'm a little surprised IM doesn't chip in at least a little money?
In fact IM isn't in the US either, but you don't let them advertise on this site? But they are still a potential customer. But then again I think IM has plenty of free representation from its owners on this site. The web and advertising on it, is an international medium and has nothing to do with people selling in the US or not.
This is where Jim responds, with some nonsense about "inexperienced" people or people who aren't as wise and all knowing.