Petfinder/Ebay Classifieds

[Essentia]

I never noticed this until someone contacted me about a chinchilla I had for adoption on kijijji.com (is that how you spell it?), yet I have never posted an animal there. I looked it up, and lo and behold there it was. Upon doing further research I realized that petfinder.com posted it there. Now that kijijji is ebayclassifieds.com they are still posting ads there, and I am getting so many bull crap people contacting me. I don't usually post on classified ads websites for this reason.

http://jacksonville.ebayclassifieds...mall-adult-male-small-furry-buddy/?ad=3322530

This is the most recent ad that petfinder.com posted for my "benefit". Has anyone else been having issues since petfinder started doing this?

 

[mistywaterwoman]

You can't opt out through Petfinder? I'm thinking this is a terrible idea on their part!!!

 

[Essentia]

I've looked everywhere on the site and haven't found an opt out area. I emailed them and haven't gotten a response back, which is weird. They are usually on top of their emails...

 

[Spoof]

Petfinder may not be doing it - the other site may be screen scraping their ads. It's very common, had it happen a lot with my horse then I'd get an email from this random site telling me my ad was expiring and I needed to pay. Bogus.

 

[Essentia]

This happens with every single ad I post on petfinder.com though. Hmmm....

On the bottom of the Ebay classified ad, it says "Brought to you by Petfinder.com
Ad ID: 3322530" which is what makes me think this is something that petfinder specifically does.