Well, apparently Armslist has turned into a subscription service like everything else.
A few weeks ago I went to list some stuff, and first had some listings randomly disappear without being flagged, just posted, got confirmation email, then gone by the next day. Tried to use the contact form on the site, but hilariously you need a listing URL to do so... which you can't have if your listing has poofed. Brilliant feature.
Then after a few re-tries over the next week, they worked, only for me to find out that Armslist had gone from the previous 10 (IIRC) listings for a free account, to 3. Guess they had to make the premium accounts feel special somehow. Cute.
Whatever, I only have a few things for sale, so I rolled with it. No big deal.
They never sent an email or other notification that they were doing this.
Then today I go on there, and when I log into my account, a notification box pops up and tells me I need to "sign up for a premium account to access these features". Um..what?
So I think, maybe the page has just done something f**ky like the internet does sometimes. I close it and start again with a new page.... same result.
I log in, it pop-ups me with the Premium account notification, and when I click it closed, I am in my account page, but the listings are gone.
I mean, the WHOLE tab on the side that said "my listings" is gone.
I can't even access the listings I already had up to edit, bump, or delete.
Once again, there was no notification sent out that this was going to be implemented, just an out-of the blue 'surprise'.
Ironically, the listings I had are still up and active, and still searchable, just on like, page 40, so I guess without a 'premium' nothingburger account, they'll never see the light of day again.
As I am not a retailer, and Armslist doesn't offer any above-and-beyond services worth bothering with, and as I don't sell either enough items, or fast enough on that site to be worth it, they're not getting a dime from me. F*** em.
Way to handle the sites 'growth' guys. Guess they had to cash in on the election/'rona panic somehow. Geez...
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