Hasn't every post you've made in this forum included some kind of insult or attack on the people in the hobby and/or club? From what I've seen, the airport that you reference primarily exists in threads that you start by expressing some kind of disrespect toward people you don't know. "Flying under the radar", at least in your case, has nothing to do with "mailing lists" and everything to do with not being held personally responsible for your words and actions.

Archie didn't break the rules. You wanted him to break them for you. Just because you are a potential "whale" doesn't mean the rules don't pertain to you. Perhaps you should just limit your chip shopping to eBay...