Facebook Marketplace/Lacoste Watch

[chessington]

I really do not understand something, I have put and sold alot of items on facebook Marketplace but for some reason it won't allow me to put on a Lacoste watch, it says This listing may go against our rules for selling!!! My daughter tried aswell and she got the same thing, I really don't know why this is happening, im not trying to sell something illegal so why all the fuss I wonder, there are other Lacoste watches on there, just wondered if anyone else has had similar thing happen TIA

[Buenchico]

The vast majority of Lacoste products offered for sale online are actually fakes. Lacoste only sells its products through authorised outlets:
https://www.lacoste.com/gb/brand-protection.html

As Facebok tries to protect the intellectual property rights of firms like Lacoste ( https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/respecting_intellectual_property ) it's automated software triggers an alarm whenever it sees 'Lacoste' mentioned in an advert that a member is trying to post (on the assumption that the item is probably a fake). I'd be prepared to bet that it does exactly the same whenever it sees 'Rolex' or 'Patek Philippe' as well!

[chessington]

thanks