CLASSIFIEDS ad thats a lie

[ingham]

ive been havin calls for a car for sale on here, i did not put up ad and the calls are affecting my business can i sue the site for loss of business?

[Arese]

If you want.

[btdk5]

How is it loss of business?

Sell them something else whilst they're on the phone.

[camgear]

Why would you want to sue the site?

[Kaelic]

wouldnt it be easier just to ask PH to pull the ad?

I am sure Garlick or someone would help you out

[ingham]

ive asked its still there

[ingham]

funny how they can move this post so fast but not remove a dodgy ad

[Nobody You Know]

....or you could ask the mods to help you out by removing the ad' and not be so quick to sue......

[ingham]

i dont want to sue nor could i afford to but maybe they will see this and remove it and make me very happy
im a small business that needs every job and the phone is being taken up by calls for a car thats not for sale

[TonyHetherington]

Can you point out the ad?

[nig-gtv]

Sue? Very odd as an opening gambit. Stop wasting time thinking about suing and get back to work.

Surely it's the fault of whoever put the advert up, not Pistonheads...

[ingham]

surely pistonheads have a duty to remove dodgy ads asap

[TonyHetherington]

Jason, it's your phone number, your car, so I assume someone's having a laugh at your expense? (especially with the Metro p/x ?)

Calm down with the big "duty / sue" stuff. We'll sort this, fear not.

[David Godfrey]

Although you can direct link that advert if you browse the adverts it's no longer showing up. IIRC enough people have reported it that it looks to have been pulled for review, that should atleast be enough to stop your phone ringing.

[nig-gtv]

The mod that moved the post may not have had authority to delete classifieds, but hopefully it'll have been flagged up and removed pronto.

[ingham]

Thanks

[Stuart]

ingham said:

ive been havin calls for a car for sale on here, i did not put up ad and the calls are affecting my business can i sue the site for loss of business?

If you really want to try, but good luck with that. We're in the process of taking it down - it might direct link still, but won't appear in the listings.

Thanks

Stuart

[Hoppy2008]

I'll buy it.

[RacingPete]

It can take up to an hour for the cache of the page to remove the ad, so within the next hour it will not show at all.

[Podie]

TonyHetherington said:

Jason, it's your phone number, your car, so I assume someone's having a laugh at your expense? (especially with the Metro p/x ?)

Calm down with the big "duty / sue" stuff. We'll sort this, fear not.

sounds like it.

Clearly an easy wind-up too...