Why Is My For Sale By Owner Car Being Flagged And Removed?

My for sale by owner car keeps being flagged and removed. I repost and it stays up for a couple of days and is removed. I cannot see anything wrong with posting. Could it be someone interested in the car doing this or ?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on June 21st, 2017 3:09 PM

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Craigslist states:

Posts may be removed or omitted from index pages and search results by automated systems, CL staff, or community moderation -- for non-compliance with terms of use, site guidelines, and/or community norms.

It's possible of course that you may have violated Craigslist's terms of use; you may want to review them by following the link above. But Craigslist will impose its penalties simply on account of too many flags--and anybody can flag your post, for any or no reason.

You should be able to solve the issue with the use of a Web proxy, as offered free at http://www.zend2.com/. Fellow Help Owl volunteer smcclurken has additional suggestions here.

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