Sorry....not here to offend or solicit

You are trying to solicit. You're not giving a link to a passionate cause and saying 'donate here, this cause is important because of xyz' you are saying 'please buy stuff from me, and part of the proceeds will be donated to xyz.' This is solicitation and advertising.

You clearly didn't do wrong intentionally, but regardless of someone's motives, the mods are pretty quick off the mark to remove things that breech forum rules - yours breached the soliciting rule, and from my personal opinion, I'd also say it was spam because you posted it three times, ansd used capitals in the subject heading.

Doubt anyone will hold it against you, so dont let that brush with the mods put you off making the most of the community here.

There was one post in this thread, pointing out that by selling items, you were soliciting, no matter what you intend to do with the money.

Stop freaking out and acting like hundreds of people are attacking you. Most (if not all) don't care. You could have just pm'd a moderator with your question.

I did not previously make any assumptions or analyze your intent, just made a simple statement of fact based upon definitions. Since I'm now making the assumpiton that you're talking about my post I'll show you what I'm talking about (seeing as you seem to be getting very defensive without being attacked. If I wanted to attack you, I would have).

We're going to just ignore solicit #3 because I don't think you're a prostitute
notice that the point 4 example is <solicit donations> (edit: which makes my former statement partially incorrect)
so no, I wasn't attacking you, inferring intent, getting offended, or any thing else of the like

so·lic·it verb \sə-ˈli-sət\
Definition of SOLICIT
transitive verb
1a : to make petition to : entreat b : to approach with a request or plea <solicited Congress for funding>
2: to urge (as one's cause) strongly
3a : to entice or lure especially into evil b : to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute
4: to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas <solicited donations>

ad·ver·tise verb \ˈad-vər-ˌtīz\
ad·ver·tisedad·ver·tis·ing
Definition of ADVERTISE
transitive verb
1: to make something known to : notify
2a : to make publicly and generally known <advertising their readiness to make concessions> b : to announce publicly especially by a printed notice or a broadcast c : to call public attention to especially by emphasizing desirable qualities so as to arouse a desire to buy or patronize : promote
intransitive verb
: to issue or sponsor advertising <advertise for a secretary>

1spam noun \ˈspam\
Definition of SPAM
: unsolicited usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses

It's alright and it's over. I hope you have a great weekend too!

Why is everyone so angry here! Jeez...this negativity could have been left out of my day..

Why do you think anyone was angry? If you could have left this "negativity" out of your day, then you could have avoided the thread named "Sorry...not here to offend or solicit". Maybe you are just a troll looking to create some drama!

Sorry - we know you meant well but unfortunately, we have to be very strict about disallowing solicitations on the forums, even for worthy causes. As you can imagine, there are a lot of people who would like to request donations through the site, or advertise their products and services. We have had to put the no solicitations rule in place to make sure the forums don't become full of such requests.

Hope you can understand why this rule is in place. Thanks for your understanding and hope you are enjoying MyFitnessPal.

Also, as a reminder, attacking or insulting other members is not allowed on the forums at any time, under any circumstance. If you disagree with someone, you must do so respectfully or you risk losing your posting privileges. Thanks for your cooperation.