TheVigilante
Banned - Multiple Rules Violations
- Aug 31, 2010
- 14,993
- 16,105
It all started when Twitter user @LegacyFuel (LF) got in touch with Efe (@efethecount) and Marvin (@DSFuhrer) to try and take advantage of the Q4 ecomm season in 2019.
The offer was to pay $6k to these ecomm experts, and in return he was to get a $10k per month store to be up and running.
Considering that LF was new to ecomm and FB Ads, he took the bait and decided to give it a go with these (apparently) experienced pros.
The process of setting up the store didn’t take long, and while the store looked great it did show a hint that something might not be right.
The copy didn’t comply with FB’s ToS…
However, considering that this was coming from “experts”, he decided to let them go ahead with it. Obvious mistake!
It took several weeks before the initial ads started, and with a fresh FB Ad account spending $100/day, the accounts got banned again and again.
This process kept repeating itself, which led some of @ecomsuccess3’s (this was the company’s Twitter handle, which no longer exists) clients to get in touch with one another. It’s then that they realized they were all in the same boat.
Around $6-7k down the drain with nothing to show for it.
It was then that LF decided to request a refund, and this was the catalyst for a vicious circle of communication that went on for weeks. Needless to say, nobody received anything back and LF, with support from other clients, decided to make the story public on Twitter.
Have a look at the mega thread here : https://twitter.com/LegacyFuel/status/1237452651555676160
And if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. A $10k/month business sold for $6k? Santa Claus doesn’t exist!
@slickbrick
The offer was to pay $6k to these ecomm experts, and in return he was to get a $10k per month store to be up and running.
Considering that LF was new to ecomm and FB Ads, he took the bait and decided to give it a go with these (apparently) experienced pros.
The process of setting up the store didn’t take long, and while the store looked great it did show a hint that something might not be right.
The copy didn’t comply with FB’s ToS…
However, considering that this was coming from “experts”, he decided to let them go ahead with it. Obvious mistake!
It took several weeks before the initial ads started, and with a fresh FB Ad account spending $100/day, the accounts got banned again and again.
This process kept repeating itself, which led some of @ecomsuccess3’s (this was the company’s Twitter handle, which no longer exists) clients to get in touch with one another. It’s then that they realized they were all in the same boat.
Around $6-7k down the drain with nothing to show for it.
It was then that LF decided to request a refund, and this was the catalyst for a vicious circle of communication that went on for weeks. Needless to say, nobody received anything back and LF, with support from other clients, decided to make the story public on Twitter.
Have a look at the mega thread here : https://twitter.com/LegacyFuel/status/1237452651555676160
And if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. A $10k/month business sold for $6k? Santa Claus doesn’t exist!
@slickbrick
