New members do not have access to the sales sections of Pigeon Watch immediately upon joining the forum.  This is because these sections are provided to help active PW members, not to provide a free version of Ebay to all comers.   This means that new members cannot offer items for sale or post wanted threads in order to buy items. We have recently had a high number of new member posts in non-sales sections attempting to buy or sell - this is specifically mentioned in the terms and con