I've tried the first two suggestions and I don't have the ability to pm anyone. I'm thinking it's because I haven't posted anything for a while and as a result, the ability to pm anyone gets terminated until you get so many posts. I'm pretty sure that when I was a new member I had to have x number of posts before I could PM anyone.
Or, just today, I responded to a public post where I wrote that I'd sell a poster my Bluesound ode streamer/dac. It was quickly removed by a moderator because it got flagged as spam. I probably should have known better. In my defense, I've been out of the loop for such a long time.... I never gave it a second thought.
Thanks for the suggestions!