The Wholesale Forums

[James]

To all at The Wholesale Forums,

As of Monday 27th February the forum will have been sold. The new buyer is Anthony. I will still be about, but not in a moderating position.

As a result, a number of changes will be made:

Sellers Account: Changes will be made to the selling accounts on the forum. This will be a gradual thing, and will not affect anyone as of yet. Your account will remain active for the time being. New accounts are not currently being accepted, until the changes are fully decided upon.

Affiliate Sections: These will stay in place until the end of their current deal. After this time, should you wish to continue to advertise, please get in touch with the new owners.

Banners: Same situation as Affiliate sections, as above.

Other changes may be made to the forum. These will be gradual. Any decisions that are made by the new owners will be for the benefit of the forum/community.

Regarding the donations currently collected. As some of you may know, the debts of the forum were quite high, due to the changeover from using phpbb to vbulletin. Therefore it has been decided that the donations should be used to write off these debts. I apologize for anyone who does not agree with this, but I feel, with the pending sale, this was the best course of action. You can be guaranteed that all funds which were donated have gone towards the forum, and its development.

The decision to sell up was a massive decision for me to make. I am sure you can appreciate the level of emotional ties one would have with a website which has been built from scratch, to the level to which it is now. I would like to thank everyone who has posted over the last 19 months, and made it as it is today.

I am sure you will agree, the forum is in the best possible hands, and am sure it will continue to go from strength to strength. Both the new owners will be posting shortly to address their intentions for the community in the coming future.

Regards

James