Originally Posted by
gugi
I can answer this. The Classifieds is a separate software from vbulletin. As such its PM system is completely separate from the forum's PM system. Years ago when that was enabled it was extremely confusing where was somebody contacted and how to get in touch with each other.
So, now we have only the 'contact by email' option, which at least makes it unambiguous.
I however do not see what is the problem with simply using the forum's PM system to contact a seller about their ad? I understand that it is more convenient to just click on the 'Contact Seller' link right next to the ad, but if you are concerned about giving them your email address, then three more clicks to go to the forum and send them PM from there do not seem like the end of the world. (And in that sense it's you, not SRP who is providing the seller with your email, when I do it I can also change the email I am providing, but that may be because of my admin account.)