Robert,
... well, the banning process has improved greatly over the past year ... it used to be, in the days of old, that as long as you stayed logged in you could continue to post even after you received your pink slip in your e-mail ... then, thanks to Victor's efforts in closing all of the loopholes, your account is still left "open" to log in and place bids and you can open a post and actually go to reply/make a post as one would that isn't banned ... today however, with the new system, you go to "post message" and you get a message at the top of the page that says something to the effect of "your posting privileges have been suspended" or something like that ... but you can still log in to bid on the auctions ...
... it is a much better and more efficient system these days ... and you don't need to log out before it takes effect ...
... if you're lucky, you'll even get an e-mail a day or two later letting you know that you've been 'suspended' ... 'banning' isn't a politically appropriate term these days ... cBid is much more sensitive to our feelings and has done their best to ensure that our feelings aren't hurt in the suspension process ...
... thank you for calling on my expertise in this subject .. I am more than happy to provide only the most up to date answers to your inquiries ...
