Was he offering to sell some of the gear outside the gear exchange? Rules are pretty clear about that.
I was just browsing through the "my collection" thread over there. Some dude had an awesome collection of Eagle gloves. I messaged him and said "dude you have an awesome set of Eagles , if you have any interest in selling this pair or this pair I would be interested in buying them or trading for them. "
His response was " those will never be for sale. Yo do know it is illegal to ask people if their stuff is for sale outside of the buy/sell section. I am a mod here yada yada"
I mean c'mon , lets be real here. It's an internet message board that brings hockey players together. I have probably acquired half of my gloves just starting a conversation with an owner and asking if they will ever let those go.Not only have I acquired gloves that way I have also acquired some pretty damn good friends starting convos like that. Its stupid. I won't be re-buying my B/S/T membership over there. No need to support those jerks over there. I would much rather donate the 10 bucks to this forum.