wah...
if i start to talk like this, my student will tell me to chill.
whatever happens, just read and forget.
ok, just to give expose people a clearer story of what is going on -
1) i posted about billingham being cheaper, and offer to share information about it with limited people.
2) someone who used to be in expose and probably still lurks here saw it, and decided to give me a warning for "posting WTS/WTB threads" in kopitiam.
3) my first reaction is obvious, that this is more of a personal vendetta rather than a serious moderation issue. that aside, giving that person his entitlement to benefit of doubt, (1) is akin to me offering to help people buy things from sim lim square and pass to them later on. or even hong kong, uk, etc, when i go there to travel. i have seen incidences where this has happened and don't think warning was given. this sets a very bad precedent and opens all doors for all future cases that are similar to be given warnings. talk about overpolicing.
4) furthermore, seeing (1) as a WTS/WTB thread is ludicrous since:
- item is not second-hand
- i am not profiting from this in any way, and it is out of friendship more than anything else to pass on cost savings to others
if i wanted to be as sensitive as some people in the past (who can take offense at any small thing, as cow had pointed out and stated clearly) were, i could take offense and claim that this is a assault on my character, to claim that i am looking to cheat and present second-hand goods as first-hand; and also there is insinuation that i profit when i do not.
5) on further thought, such people are probably just unhappy with life, and i do not need to bother with them. a minor infraction was awarded, that is a small thing to me... i am choosing view it as an attempt to seek attention, and refuse to entertain such antics.
don't worry, i was a smudge upset earlier on, especially since i had nothing but good intentions... but it is no longer important to me.

thanks for the advice.
this will be the last post on this matter.