Replies to classified ads disappearing/deleted?

Although I am not the one who deleted the ad, or deleted the comments in the OPs as, I usually notify the OP of a thread with both a post in the thread requesting clarification about the listing, and a PM requesting the same thing! It may be more typing on my part, but I try to give them opprotunity to edit as needed without deleting the thread because of an oversight, but more also to offer a personal side to the process! Even tho the Mods have a job to do, we are all still members, and are here for the same reasons as anyone else!

From now on I will make it a point to use the "alert member" function when deleting a comment in an ad, to explain why the comment was deleted! Not sure if it goes to the poster or the OP of the thread, but I'll do it either way!!