It was definitely supposed to be a temp ban. if you do find the time to dig out the threads, could you also unblock Andy Steele, he’d be more than willing to show you where it was described that it was a temp ban.
It does seem out of character for Andy Steele to be disrespectful and insulting unless Andy Steele has been disrespected or insulted himself. He is a very reactive person...... this I know as he is a family member.
I do now understand the rule of selling other people stuff though. Thankyou for clarifying that.
Andy Steele is banned, end of. This was discussed by the mods and agreed so it doesn't matter what information Andy thinks he has, it is superceded by the moderator's decision. We don't ban people on a whim.
He was initially banned, then we discussed and agreed a temp ban however Andy tried to circumvent his ban by attempting to re-register a new account (against the rules). He was deliberately obnoxious at the time and it was decided that the forum was no better with him and no worse without him so the ban was made permanent. We are not obliged to inform anyone at any time the reason for a ban, simply the fact that they've been banned means they don't always deserve the courtesy.
I believe he told the forum owner, "don't own this house" and "have no authority here". Clearly, he was misinformed.
Long and short of it, Andy insisted on talking when he really should have been listening and didn't know when to stop.