Well, looks like I have had my own experience with them now in relation to this site ->
http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31689
In a nutshell, it appears that they accepted my offer to have free advertising here in return for giving the members a discount on their merchandise. Looks like I ran the ad here for almost six months, and best I can tell, no one was able to take advantage of the discount.
Well, apparently FREE advertising here wasn't good enough for them....