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Pillar of the Community
United States
548 Posts |
Sigh. My Craigslist coin ads are consistently nuked. Sometimes within a few hours of posting. Then I have to go on their forum and ask what I did wrong. The last one, I'm just not sure what the heck I did.  Frustrating. Anyone else post coins for sale on CL? Any posting advice to avoid getting bumped off?  |
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
Flaggers are weird on CL. Can you pull up a transcript of your listing so we can critique it here?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts |
Text of the ad would help with critique. The flagging process is not entirely fair or transparent. It is possible you have a competitor conspiring to remove your ads simply to decrease competition, even though you have done nothing flag-worthy.  Patience and persistence may help. I've thought of directly contacting the competition (for 'friendly advice', not angry confrontation) but haven't done so. You may even add a blurb to your post asking the flaggers to contact you for input. Good luck |
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Valued Member
United States
320 Posts |
I've posted to buy silver coins before and get flagged immediately. I did a search of similar ads, and it turns out if melt is say 20, there's 500 ads by one guy who is buying at 15. I think it is him and he does not want competition.
But on yours, a copy of the text would definitely help.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
548 Posts |
The ad that just got flagged included my scrap gold store and address / phone number. Perhaps that's what I did wrong. I'm gonna place another ad on there in a few minutes (for a roll of walkers). As I don't want violate the spirit of the pimping rules here, I won't quote its text. Until it gets flagged.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
548 Posts |
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I've posted to buy silver coins before and get flagged immediately. I did a search of similar ads, and it turns out if melt is say 20, there's 500 ads by one guy who is buying at 15. I think it is him and he does not want competition. I've done that also, and have quickly gotten flagged. Turns out these ads belong in the Want to Buy section; they'll get flagged every time in the regular, for sale section. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1733 Posts |
I think Craigs day is over. If you want to post fairly without the revenge nerd squad flagging you stick to kijiji. I've given up on craigs for everything for over a year now and don't miss it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
548 Posts |
Has flagging become a common occurrence? I'm not that big a CL user, but the stories ya'll are telling indicate flagging has become a spectator sport.
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Valued Member
United States
404 Posts |
Wish they atleast gave a reason you were flagged. A lot of times I know when people are offering to buy they either didn't post in the ITEM WANTED section, or someone who also wants the same items reported you.
Same goes for selling, if you don't post to the right section you're almost flagged immediately, and again if you're selling something that someone else is, they're going to report the listing.
CL will always have it's ups and downs, but hey its FREE. So how much can we really complain?
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
I believe it takes three flags before a posting is considered for removal. However, anyone can flag for any reason, so unless you're doing something obviously wrong, you may never know.
I do flag for "spam" postings, which usually are for Internet-based businesses or deceptive listings, so be sure that there's something in your ad to tie you to your locality, as I'm sure others do the same thing.
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
probably your competition shutting you out. Try flagging his! haha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
548 Posts |
How do I figure out who flagged me?
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Posted 01/10/2012 08:12 am
