My collectibles sales are getting shut down or frozen a minute or two after start and no one can post, effectively shutting down the sale.
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My collectibles sales are getting shut down or frozen a minute or two after start and no one can post, effectively shutting down the sale.
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Can you please share with me the link to your Facebook page that I may troubleshoot for you please?
Hey Charles. How about in 15 minutes?
That's difficult, given both sales are now deleted and you need to be a member to view that particular page.
Yes sir this will be fine. I am sorry to have kept you waiting so long?
OK
Are you starting over and rebuilding the pages?
Let me clarify for you exactly what's happening.
Sure.
I sell Vintage Hot Wheels toy cars on a particular Hot Wheels page. I've done this for 2 years without issues. On Sunday 3/31, I went to launch a sale. My sales consists of text with description of each car and a price. I add in a link that contains photos of each car so buyers can view what they want to purchase. So I launched my sale on Sunday and basically it crashed in about 15-20 seconds. When I say crashed, potential buyers could NOT post sold or comment. Thinking it was just an momentary issue, I deleted and relaunched it an hour later. Same issue. THEN last night, 4/1, I tried to launch the sale with the same result.
I'm thinking it's a Facebook issue and I reported it, but no one can answer you from there and I can't pull up a similar issue on any of their forums or community pages.
Would the sale just get taken down where you could not see it. Also, when you post the sale, did you run a small ad to advertise the sale?
May I have a link to your page so I can see the page itself?
Or I will try to search for it?
No. It was not taken down like they shut it down. It stayed up and just wouldn't function normally. To your 2nd question, NO ads were run.
What "page"? The one I sell on?
Yes please?
Here's the link, but again you might need to be a member to view. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ ***-***-**** 87397/
One moment please.
IM sorry I thought this was a page that you greated yourself. This is a group that someone else created. I am sorry about this.
Yep.
One of the admistrators of the group keeps taking the ad down.
For some reason they keep taking it down.
Sorry?
One of the people that runs this group called a admin keeps taking the ad down when you post.
I have just joined the group myself to see what the probme is through my Facebook page.
How do you know this?
I am close friends with the owner and Moderators of that group.
The admins control the page because they are the ones who built the page and also on the front of the page thier are two people listed as admins.
It might take some time for you to get approved.
The page says Pete and Woody are admins.
They are my close, personal friends for almost 30 years.
Have you tried to message them and ask them why they keep taking your post down?
I guarantee you they aren't.
This has to be a Facebok glitch if they are not taking the posts down.
Or someone has maybe gained control of the page without thier knowning.
They aren't. We are great friends. That's one of the reasons I sell there.
Since you know them really well, can you call them and ask them if they are having any trouble witht he page or tell them what is happing with your post
I can, it just so happens they are at a Hot Wheels Convention this week in Chicago.
Yes please call them and explin what is happening to your post and ask them if they are taking the post down which I am sure that they are not.
Can you call them right now?
I can try.
yes please do?
I will wait here till you are finished with the call
OK
They didn't take them down.
There has to be someone that is getting into there account.
Have you noticeany else post being taken down?
Once again, I am removing the sales, after they freeze.
Can you have the admin get onto the page while you post and let them see what is happening?
I think we need to clarify "taken down". It's that the sale can stay up, but only some people can participate in the first few moments or minutes, then it doesn't function. No one is taking them down or deleting them so to speak. Only me after they stop functioning.
Right now (this week) it will be difficult for 2 reasons. 1-They are at the convention. 2-Everytime I list a sale and folks can't participate due to malfunction, I alienate buyers.
This has to be a software glitch on Facebook part then
I need to make a group and i add you and we test out the funtion. MAy I do this please?
Thsi will be just a test group to see if this is a glitch on Facebooks part?
Who would see it?
Just me at the moment. This is just for testing purposes.
Is this ok if we try this?
Its the only way to know for sure?
I guess we could. For the record, I just posted another SMALL sale about an hour ago on another page. It's functioning, but has bugs. 2 people were about to post sold, but their comments would only post if you hit reload.
Let me make a temp page and see if everything works correctly. Only take me a few minutes?
ok
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ ***-***-**** 80740/edit/ I have created this test group. Please try to post a sale on the page just for testing purposes
Please let me know if you were able to access the group?
I clicked on the link, but it just brought me to Facebook and made me lose this conversation. It didn't go to a page.
One moment please?
I have to go feed our pets. I can come back in 5-10 minutes if that's ok.
Sure that will be ok.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ ***-***-**** 80740/ Please try this link when you come back This should be the direct link to the group
Also, open a seperate tab and copy and paste the link, this way we will still have this chat open.
OK. I'm back. Will try momentarily.
I just asked to join
yes sir I just approved it. Please try to post
My Facebook name is Chad ED
I am the only admin of this test group.
I don't know if this matters and I tried it both ways last night, but you don't have a "sell something" choice.
Let me fix this one moment?
OK
Please try now?
OK. The sale is up.
seems to have worked properly. Let me post a screenshot of what I see.
All that worked on my previous sales too. The problem was buyers either couldn't see it or couldn't post sold.
what we need to do now is wait about 10-15 minutes to see if the post will stay running?
Can we wait to about 10 minutes to make sure that this post will stay up for testing purposes?
Please sir?
I'm not sure you're understanding me or I'm not following you. It will stay up, but the question is can buyers post on it.
I'm not a fast typer. Try and be patient with my responses.
I will test this right, one moment?
I am sorry
ok
ok
Do you see where someone commented on the post?
yes
This is my mother. I had to use my mother's account to test
ok
Is this the way that you wanted your post to work?
The post also had the message seller button as well
That's the way it should work. So maybe we have a Facebook glitch? I've had other friends have similar issues in the past 3-5 days too.
yes htis has to be a Facebook glitch or maybe even someone has hacked thier group. I have seen this happen before many times.
Or someone has gained access to thier group without thier knowledge?
As admins
Is that a common thing?
Not usually?
I would call the admins back and tell them that this is going on and they arethe ones who will have to change passwords to thier accounts and keeo unwanted people out?
The other friends I just mentioned, had their issues on different pages than the one I use.
Thsi could be just a Facebook glitch as well
I think more along the lines of of just a glitch on Facebooks part.
I am sure they are well aware of this issue since many people have reported.
All right. I am probably going to wait until the weekend to try again. Maybe it will go away by then. If it continues, how long do I have with your company here?
I would call the admins anyway and make them aware of this issue.
You have 30 days for continue followup care.
OK. Just speaking with another friend, where he listed a sale on another page and it was "rejected" by Facebook as Violating Commerce Policy and it wasn't, then showed up in his "Items For Sale", but no one could see it.
This has to be a Facebbok glitch then for sure?
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Dear John, It was a pleasure helping you with your Facebook issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.
Issue identified : Customer's posts were getting shutdown in a particular Facebook group only after a few minutes.
Solution Implemented : I created a sample Facebook group from my Facebook account. We tested this issue by customer posting a item for sale on my Facebook group page in which I was the only admin. We waited for 10 minutes to make sure the post was not going auto taken down. The post stayed and I advised customer that this is more than likely a Facebook glitch and also to advise the admins of the group he is posting to about this issue. I advised customer that he will have 30 days of follow up support for this issue and can contact me directly.
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