The posts haven't been deleted David. The thread was split to here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=4246 as the discussion was getting off topic for the buy and set forum. If a post is deleted moderators will definately let the poster know the post is being deleted and why. I will check to see if there is a redirect option when splitting threads so this misunderstanding can be avoided in the future.
Sorry if this has caused concern.