KEEP YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT OPEN!

Our concern is if we don't stay linked to a Facebook, we become nothing more than a glorified Craigslist with admins.

Truthfully, we wouldn't have *this* app if it hadn't been for Facebook (and we wouldn't have all these members without Facebook).

The admins check out every member we accept. We use members Facebook profiles to weed out spam and people who don't live near the area. If we take that requirement away, we open ourselves up to the spammers and people who post really cute items but it's 3hrs (round trip) to get them.

If we don't stay linked to Facebook we also open ourselves up to shady sellers. It's a lot harder to close down your *real* Facebook account (because that means losing all your pics and friends) then it is for you to close down a phony account (with no friends or pics). It's a lot easier to track down a member who has a real account, but blocked you, than it is to track down an account that doesn't exist anymore and the sellers name was "Jane Shopsalot."

There are also the people we have banned because they were *BAD* members. Removing that requirement would give us no way of protecting y'all from them. Nothing would prevent them from opening a phony account and getting in (and trust me, they have tried... a few times).

We really hope this helps explain our reasoning behind this "silly" requirement.

As for privacy... VS will NEVER post to Facebook on your behalf.

Comments/posts made on VarageSale will NOT appear in your friends newsfeed... not even if they're a member too (unlike Facebook).

VarageSale will NOT send out invitations for your friends to join too (like those games on Facebook do).

Actions on VarageSale are completely independent of your Facebook account. Actually, your friends won't even be able to tell you use it.