I see a change to maybe help things out.

At the forum home page there's a header with 'Welcome', 'Log Out', 'Control Center', 'Private Messages', then Announcements with 3 topics: 'Truck of the Week', 'Buy/Sell' & 'Random Political Thoughts'. I'd like to see all those in a larger font & maybe bold. That would bring more attention to the 'Buy/Sell' area and set this 'Announcements' area off from the rest of the page, to bring attention. Also makes makes PM section easier to notice so you don't miss a message.

I like the Buy/Sell forum feature & don't want to lose it. So far there's been no suggestion by Moderators that ads must be posted, and must only be posted, in the Buy/Sell area. So maybe this whole thing is a non-issue if others want to place ads in the main truck discussion forum? Like the Egyptian tailor says, "Suit Yousef..."