I’m frequently accused of deleting ads.  Frankly, I have better things to do, and I avoid removing ads in so much as I am able to do so.  I thought it might be interesting for folks to see how ads really do exist the Pennswoods.net Classifieds, so I did a couple of counts.  Here are some numbers for ads posted within the last 14 days.

Ads deleted by the owner. => 6085
Ads deleted for being in the wrong category, or for some other guideline violation. => 969
Ads the expired naturally. => 926
Ads removed because it was a scam. => 71
Ads the I really did remove. => 64

The vast majority of the ads were removed because people sold their item and removed their own listing, or because they removed this listing to post a different ad.

The next biggest cause of an ad to be removed is because it was reported as out of category, or a guide violation. More about how / why this happens can be seen in FAQ #10.

The third largest cause of an ad to be removed is because it expired. Ads run for 14 days, thus guaranteeing that visitors don’t waste their time looking through stuff that has long since been sold.

Ads that I removed include things such as scams and having the wrong phone numbers in the ads.

Best wishes,
Chris