Thanks WTFmybacon. Regards the gravebumped thread from last year, it's gathered enough posts about this years event item removal that I think we'll let it continue. I'll keep an eye on it & lock it in a few days, to prevent the same happening again next summer.
While the first post and title of the Rants thread can be considered spam, the OP added more detail about what he was ranting about in the 2nd post, so it's fine to remain for now. Again, I'll do my best to keep an eye on it.