Lock thread - A huge vbulletin software FAIL!

[the stig]

well, let me just say where i'm coming from. I have premium membership on my forum and I give these members some extra privilege on the forum. One of the perks of becoming premium member is the ability to close and open their Own created thread. Sound pretty cool right? not for long.

Now, if ANY of these premium members make a lets say "inappropriate thread" and me (admin) or one of the mods close it, they can simply open it back up by going into thread tools!!! What the heck was VB thinking? I think there should be a way when a thread is locked by an admin, no user can open it back up despite it's created by the same member. Anyone feel the same way as me?

is there any mod to this problem?

thank you in advance.