Rules is rules and we all had to get the magic 250, before we could post, it doesn't take long once you get involved within the oof banter etc.
It's not the point. You'd be surprised how many parts you're loosing out on because of a silly rule. I mean why? Does 250 posts make you more trust worthy than someone with 1?
I threw out a brand new mk3 cavalier, genuine, bonnet when I moved house because of similar rules on other sites. It's those people who have really hard to find parts but don't want to be on a forum that you're missing out on.
One make forums/clubs have always been terrible places to sell stuff relating to those cars. We know what stuff is needed, how rare it is, and what anyone is
actually going to pay for it. Hell it's hard enough to give stuff(including whole cars) away, to expect a decent price or even a realistic collection date to make it worth spending much effort or time trying to do so. I've tried that with
really rare stuff(mk1 Humber Sceptre glass was the last time) and after being informed that he'd been looking for years for a spare set, I was also told that 25miles was too far to collect free parts!