Hi,

I just received an email today that I was validated to post on the DVinfo forums, however its not letting me post to the classifieds area.

I have a Canon XL-H1 for sale by the way.

Welcome from another Chicago area guy.

As I recall, (it's been a while) in order to post in the classified section you need to be a member here for a particular amount of time or have a certain number of posts.
Chris H (owner of Dvi) did that for a reason. It helps keep people out that would join, put up gear for sale and then the members here would find out it was a scam sooo...
Perhaps Mr. H will answer with the exact thing you need to do to list your gear.