I had several points in my post so please don't pick out a single sentence/point and respond to that.
When I was a corporate new hire trainer for Qwest, I went through sales workshops where the cost of a single seat was in the tens of thousands of dollars range. I've been fortunate enough to view some high dollar DVD's that included commentary by Joe. Now that I work for a top 100 internet retailer, I realize that the playing field is drastically different.
I get that there are bills to pay, trust me I do. Relating the sales process to a forum though is like comparing apples to oranges. If you wish, I can walk you through the sales process and point out each part that does not apply, but it's moot. Internet sales and customer interaction sales are two completely different methods of approach. The ideology related to the sales process does not apply to the internet.
Arguing about how the sales process relates to a forum is (IMO) off topic and unrelated. How, specifically and unrelated to sales, do you believe that another misc. section would help?
Nobody is posting here to shoot you down or make you to feel like your opinion doesn't count. The simple fact is that questions always need to be asked prior to implementation. If the logic proves to be solid and warranting investigation, then deployment is considered. A lot of the staff don't see the value in a separate section to further segregate misc. threads, hence the pushback on your idea. Not saying it's a bad idea, simply that the idea has no perceived (or even negative) ROI.