So if I want to advertise my set of nearly-new garden implements, and some girls' thongs, only sniffed once, I can do it here for free?!

No you cannot, and any postings of that nature will be deleted upon discovery. In fact it was the misuse of the previous Classifieds section on TTwebsite by people making postings such as you have mentioned, that led to the deletion of that complete section from the site.

I have no desire to reinstate a Classifieds section, however may consider a mini version of this within the main forum section. However, any abuse of it will result in it's immediate deletion.

Malcolm.