Ads Are Getting Purged.

I have a friend with a legitimate retail business in Florida. He has a retail location, and sells physical goods for $500 to $5,000. He has tried to advertise on CL as many of his biz associates do. Unfortunately, his ads are getting flagged and removed almost immediately every time. He has used multiple emails, and even paid other people to submit the ads for him. There is only one conclusion that we know, and it is one of his competitors whom is improperly flagging his ads. How do we go about stopping this?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on May 30th, 2011 10:53 AM

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Sorry; you can't. It could indeed be competitors who are doing the flagging, but there's no way to interfere with the flagging/blocking. Fortunately, the blocks generally disappear within a few days.

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