- July 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – A College Station business owner says they are running into issues with advertising on a social media platform.
Burdett & Son Outdoor Adventure Shop in College Station says they turned to advertising on Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As the COVID-19 shut down happened, we had to reduce capacity. We had to figure out a way to still reach our customers because we were getting a bunch of calls every day that basically were, ‘Do you have this in stock,” said Manager Sarah Burdett.
Burdett says in the beginning, everything was fine. Until a few weeks in, posts were getting flagged for review. Many of the pictures Burdett says they were posting were different types of guns and ammunition that had just come in to the shop.
“Basically we have been flagged for violating community guidelines,” said Burdett. “They are saying that we are selling regulated goods illegally. I have uploaded every possible…
