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I don't know about Verizon but I was unable to verify myself to craigslist using my Google Voice number earlier this year. A lot of Google Voice numbers appear
by georgemcbay 14y ago
I don't know about Verizon but I was unable to verify myself to craigslist using my Google Voice number earlier this year.
A lot of Google Voice numbers appear in a number pool marked for prepaid cellphone plans and a number of services will blacklist such numbers for use for identity verification. Sad but true.
- shalmanese 14y agoUm, this makes complete sense. The point of number verification in this case is that phone numbers are expensive to acquire so banning has real consequence. GV and prepaid numbers are cheap to acquire so they're no use for verification. You still have your cell phone provider's number and you should just use that to verify.
- georgemcbay 14y agoMy cell phone provider is Virgin Mobile, so still screwed on that front. While there is a certain logic to this system historically, I don't think it makes a lot of sense anymore as prepaid cellular is quite popular and getting more and more so.
- richardjordan 14y agoAs I've commented elsewhere today, I thought I should return and make the note - to be fair all around - that today, finally after trying since early December (so for at least three weeks), it verified. I don't know whether this means Verizon had a problem, or a policy they tried and backed off from... but it will work now :-) ...well, today at least.