You should be running this question by Kevin, Aimless, Stokes and Wilson.  They handle the EE.

Same thing happened to one of my posts. The 72 hour lock turned into nearly 144 hours.

The item had sold, but I couldn't update the topic.

I IM'd Kevin and he took care of it.

Here is the rule regarding BTT or BBT as you put it.

Effective 12/21/01, the new Equipment Exchange rules are going to be enforced.

2. No BTT until your ad hits the Fourth page or 72 hours, which ever is sooner.
                    3. All changes/updates should be done with the edit features to the original post, not by adding another
                    response (ie. “Sly BTT”).
                    4. Don’t edit a topic to get the later timestamp, thus BTT your Ad (ie. “Phantom BTT”).
                    5. Don’t use a secondary account to ask a phony question, thus BTT you Ad (ie. “Shill BTT”).
                    6. Don’t delete an add just to rewrite it again before it hits the Fifth page (ie. “Sam Kinneson BTT”)

Second, responding to the original thread or post does not guarantee you are the first to respond and will get the first consideration to purchase the item.  If the seller didn't respond to your email in a timely matter that is not the fault of mod that locked the post . Hence your insinuation of mods being power hungry and causing you to miss out on the sale is unfounded.

FWIW Kevin, Aimless, Wilson and Stokes are in complete charge of the EE and have never (AFAIK) abused their powers there. so their rulings stand and will have complete backing of the staff.

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