Why Mods Are So Confused Here?

A Mods job is not an easy one..I have much respect for what they do on here..

Mods are just human and one saying "sure" (e.g. me in this case) via PM does not necessarily give you permission to circumvent other rules. In this case, I did not have the additional context that you already had your link removed elsewhere.

Part of the issue here is you are playing politics messaging various mods about the same thing. Yes, we communicate, but not about every member PM (we all deal with a lot).

It's like the kid who gets told "no" by one parent and then goes running to the next to get a different answer.

With regards to the Black Friday thread, it was an openly commercial round up thread of offers, hence why I was adding deals from members. It was not an endorsement, an excuse to bypass the rules or any "confusion".

Finally, if you want help from mods in the future, screenshotting PRIVATE messages and posting them in a public thread is not the right way to go about it.

In addition to what @meathead1234 said, @Adam Xtubeage, you have the ability when sending a PM to add multiple people to the message. This can assist in circumventing this in the future. If you have a question for multiple mods, add them all on the same string so they don't have to try and collaborate on your behalf. Makes everyone's lives easier and prevents threads like this from being needed at all.

This thread has been reported. So confusing.