Wow Robert.  You've stated many times here you won't remove posts but I never realized you were being personally contacted outside the site as well.  That's just disrespectful of your time and "real" businesses. 

I never considered that companies posting in the Marketplace may not be paying members.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  If it's getting us new clients (who pay), it's beneficial to abstractors. 

I've gotten some good clients from this site and I too recovered way past-due invoices from a tip given from another abstractor (sent by email outside this site).  It's invaluable in helping to avoid non-paying clients.

It's sad it's recently devolved to a Facebook-like juvenile forum.  Hopefully the guilty parties will shape up and this can go back to being what it's supposed to be.