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AppleBottom
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Editing Classifieds and Being Charged x2+ FX Points?
May 21 2026 10:20PM more by AppleBottom
Tags: LA, Technical Site Stuff (All tags)

Hi ladies,

I am noticing my FX points are getting used up quickly if I edit or tweak an already running classified. (Im buying all my own FX points since I don't have an album I can charge for bc will never post nudes).

Each time I post an ad, if I go back and change one tiny thing on it or slightly change the wording, within JUST a few minutes of posting, it charges me again.

I didn't notice this until a few weeks ago and totally forgot about it. I changed and tweaked several classifieds RIGHT after posting and was charged the full amt. again. So an ad I would pay 500 FX points, lets say, is costing me 1500 FX points in a matter of 3-4 minutes.

Yes, I read over my classifieds before posting them - many times - and don't rush through them but I also am particular about my wording and sometimes I will want to fix, add, or change something or just add punctuation.

I have also noticed when I edit them it keeps the time the original ad was set to expire so it does not even extend the time of the classified based on the new (duplicate) charge.

Am I tripping or does the classified system work like this?

Thank youuuuu!
      
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DelilahRose
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May 21 2026 10:40PM     link to this

I edit my ad as far as wording or change Pic, but doesn't cost anything additional fx points. So not sure ....
AppleBottom
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May 21 2026 11:14PM     link to this

Hmm - I have all these charges for the same ad minutes apart.

I wish I could post a pic so you could see.
Diablo998
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May 21 2026 11:25PM     link to this

Hey… maybe it’s because depending on how many days you’ve set your effects to expire could make it seem like your points are depleting faster than it seems. So if you have the flourish effect and amplification set to expire in X amount of days it totals them together. So if you set the flourish effect to expire in 3 days, that totals to 700 FX points taken from your account. I forgot how much the amplification one is but I think it’s a little less. But if it’s each time you repost your ad then maybe it’s a glitch, try to reach out site admins for look further into it because unless you’re selecting a new type of effect on your ad each time you post, it shouldn’t be taking anymore points even after you pre select X amount of days for different effects to expire.
AppleBottom
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May 21 2026 11:32PM     link to this

I've been doing them for 1 day each. Let me see if I can upload and post a pic
littlemissalice
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May 22 2026 07:28AM     link to this

sounds like you may have posted your ad, then hit the back button to edit something

when you do that it still has the "1" typed into the effects

make sure it says 0 to avoid being charged again
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May 22 2026 10:24AM     link to this

I think Alice is correct here (as always!).

When you are looking at your ad and click on Edit, it shows Expires In as zero days. What this really means is you are not adding any additional days. But if you use the browser Back button to go back to edit something, all of the "Expires In" will fields will have whatever number you used, which will ADD THAT MANY DAYS to whatever it is currently at.

The wording of "Expires In" is clunky. It really means Additional Days.

So right now your West Hollywood ad has both Amplification at 150/day and Flourish at 250/day. If you originally set the days for both of those at 2 days and used the browser Back button to go change something, if you left both of those boxes at 2, when you click Publish you will see they actually expire in 4 days and you were charged accordingly. However, if you had clicked the Edit button, those boxes would reset to zero and when you click Publish again it will remain with expiring in 2 days.

I hope this makes sense.

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