Craigslist Deleting Ad Renewal

A couple of months ago cList was deleting some items that I was renewing.

I had an idea what was going on and if I had 16 items (as an example) I started renewing just 4 a day over a course of 4 days.

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Today I have 24 listings and I decided to try renewing them all (5 at a time over a course of a day) so they would all show up as having been renewed on the same day (9/16/2013).

I renewed five and waited a couple of hours to go back in and do another five.  Only problem was that the 5th one I renewed a couple of hours ago was DELETED by cList. Not ghosted. Deleted...comes up pink in account summary.

So, now I'm thinking the algorithim being used in my area (may be different in yours) is a max of 4 renews in any given time period. Don't know what that time period is. I'll wait about 4 hours and try to renew 4 more and see what happens.

Meanwhile the one they deleted can't be reposted even from an OLD listing as it will be too similar to the one they deleted. Yes, I know, multiple accounts, different phone numbers, etc. I've tried many things over 10 years and they are constantly changing their parameters.  The ghosting is the most aggravating...that's when I use a second account.

Your lucky.   I've only been able to list two per day.  And my re-lists don't relist.
Really sucks since I tend to buy, buy, buy then list it all in one week.



I'm just happy CL made site ipad friendly.  No more Apps!!!

I've also started posting my description and contact info in a picture, not text.
Cuts out a lot of spam, bots and CL searching for people using multiple accounts.

I'm able to go down the list and renew every listing. Barely ever get flagged.. Strange how craigslist works..