Jakq - it wasn't an excuse, few people (not even the mods) new about Vic's new shop, so given its very WIP state at the time, it looked like a scam site. The user posting the link would not stop posting the link after I removed it, despite clear warnings. That user turned out to be a second account by kid. We really don't need such childish antics.
That event on it's own is probably not perma-ban worthy, but it's not like he was lovelly and innocent beforehand.
To my knowledge, Kid hasn't appealed, which proves he thinks the ban was a fair call, or was expecting it. It's possible he contacted the devs directly about it, but that's not the real issue since it wasn't the devs who banned him from the forums.