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In my opinion, he's a dealer. It's one thing if he has a finite supply, say 10-20 barrels he bought because he thought he might not be able to get them later with the election of Obama or they are items he received in trade for services or goods. It's another to basically be in the business of selling them where his inventory is getting replenished, he uses the website's marketplace for his business, and he refuses to get a vendor account.
-I don't know if you ever can really curtail the activities of small dealers without ruining it for the larger group. There used to be an individual on AR15.com who routinely had new gun accessories for sale. He didn't have a merchant account and the inventory was always shifting. As far as I know, AR15.com never stopped him or interfered with his activities because they could never tell for certain whether he was merely an active trader or someone who was running a small side business.
This highlights where it gets tricky, I personally, on a different website have ordered in 11 items (car accessories) to get a price break on the one I wanted and pre-sold these items at cost. I would like to see a way to not alienate these kind of transactions that are not for profit but as a benefit to the members as a whole
It's not that I'm in favor of more rules. However, we all know the first defense someone has is "There's no rule that says I can't." Maybe you just have to state that the Moderators have the discretion to curtail activities if they suspect a person is a vendor. It could lead to more problems with a lack of clear criteria, but like I have said repeatedly, it's a balancing act. Too many rules and it becomes Byzantine as to what is and what it not allowed. That would turn many people off. Too few rules, and you have anarchy where everyone does whatever he wants and the greediest ruin it for everyone.