Hmmm...

It might just be the barley and hops talking, but I may have a solution:

What if we had a "marketplace" forum section for these "non-supporting-XOC" vendors? I have Electroken's wiper mod, the Thor mod, and a couple others, all of which I found through XOC. I'd love to see others develop parts/accessories for the Xterra community, and be able to post these parts on XOC.

The forum could be similar to the "Buy/Sell" forum, in that it could be read-only to visitors (meaning, no responses allowed, but you could PM the original poster).

In addition, you could limit posting priviledges in the forum so that only approved people are allowed to start new threads.

You could grandfather in people like Electroken and Coolerman.

All new products would either have to be sent to the Admin free of charge, or the intended seller would have to demonstrate why their product is worth consideration.

And of course, a hefty disclaimer to tell people, "These parts aren't endorsed by XOC, they might void your warranty, kill your cat, max your credit card" blah blah blah....

Just a thought.

Back to beer.