Our messaging system is designed to help you screen messages and allow contact between users in a safer setting before accepting direct phone calls and text messages. 

Our phone privacy settings are as follows:

1. *PRIVATE: NOT Shown on User Profile or Ads (recommended)
2. RESTRICTED: Shown to Registered, Signed-In Users
3. PUBLIC: Openly Shown on User Profile and Ad

*If you prove to be unresponsive to a potential buyer and they contact us through our help desk, we may provide them with your phone number even if it is set to private.

We like our users to have options, but be aware that if your phone number is set to public or even restricted, you may receive direct calls and text messages that we have no way of screening through our system.