• Posted 12/19/2024.
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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Bad Guy Handoff Renee Stastka libel

Have you had a Fauna Classifieds user post false information about you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 20.7%

  • No

    Votes: 113 66.9%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 21 12.4%
  • Total voters
    169
Pasodama said:
BTW The attachment I posted, a couple of posts back, was from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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If the information was accurate why when I was at the sheriffs department is it not showing up? Or when two other people say they called or on the first inaccurate site?
Also, these sites even give little notes saying the information may not be correct.

I'll still be listening to the officials rather than fauna members on legal matters, but thanks.
 
candace313 said:
I can't control where a bidder chooses to bid from.
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So I have this question then......did you just meet with the winning bidder in person? If you two were ever so close to COINCIDENTALLY be using the same public computers in the same place 9 mins apart, then there would've been no need for shipping correct?
 
My address and my lawyer or irrelevant to the BOI.

As for the cases on file I've already checked and my name is clear, so I'm waiting for new posts with actual facts. Not the same types of posts I have already checked out. Redundant post are not effective in figuring out anything.
 
candace313 said:
I can't control where a bidder chooses to bid from.
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OK, but you could have looked over your shoulder and said, You won!
Let me make it a little clearer again. Nobody is relying on a website. The sheriff dept stated very clearly you have a warrant. I've called twice. You are the only one stating they do not.
 
sfconstrictors said:
So I have this question then......did you just meet with the winning bidder in person? If you two were ever so close to COINCIDENTALLY be using the same public computers in the same place 9 mins apart, then there would've been no need for shipping correct?
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The winning bidder backed out, but they claimed they lived locally and requested the animal be picked up rather than shipped. They also did not reply for a while after the auction ended.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
Nobody is relying on a website. The sheriff dept stated very clearly you have a warrant. I've called twice. You are the only one stating they do not.
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Or in my case, a law enforcement database that is used to confirm before actually placing handcuffs on some one after being pulled over on a traffic stop.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
OK, but you could have looked over your shoulder and said, You won!
Let me make it a little clearer again. Nobody is relying on a website. The sheriff dept stated very clearly you have a warrant. I've called twice. You are the only one stating they do not.
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I assume Candace is saying she didn't know the winner was on the same computer system as her, that would explain why she wouldn't just yell over her shoulder.

However, several people calling and hearing that there are warrants, and then Candace claiming to hear different looks very fishy. I don't think I believe her any more about this, and that makes the auction thing suspect too.
 
Unfortunately, all I can say about the warrants is that I can only go by what I am told by the officials I have contacted. I was in the sheriff department today. If there was a warrant I would have been arrested correct? I was told there were no warrants and I was not arrested.

As for the auction if I knew the person was in the same building as me I would have spoken to them and arranged the purchase then. The location I used on campus has over 100computers and they are usually half occupied if not more. Also, its the only public computers you don't have to show any proof of identity to use. So many people use them.
 
candace313 said:
Then call crap; I don't give a crap. Frankly I'm getting sick of responding while none of my questions are being answered about this said check.
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I think that it was a poor choice, of yours, to start this thread if you wanted to keep things, about yourself, secret.
You wouldn't be the first person to start a "Bad Guy" thread in an attempt at deflection.
I was exceptionally impartial, to start, and everybody else can make up their own minds. However, while Renee may have used very poor judgment/actions, on how she handled things with re. to you, ...
Unless there is ~substantial~ proof, to show Renee's allegations to be false, I have enough to go on that, ~at this time~, I do not believe much of what you say and do believe that Renee is, very likely, the more honest person out of the two of you.
 
Katie.Shinkle said:
Candace, you brought this to the BOI, expect to be questioned as well.
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I do expect to be questioned and am happy to answer relevant questions. I am getting irritated that Renee has apparently bounced off the website and I am still not getting any answers to my questions on the check. It is frustrating to be accused of being a thief and still not getting answers and feeling like I'm under personal attack.
 
Show Me said:
I searched the attorneys in Tallahassee, Fl and cannot find his name anywhere. What's his address and phone number?
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According to the Florida Bar Association (Find a Lawyer Search), there isn't a Michael Porter (attorney) in Tallahassee.
Also, the only two Michael Porters, that come up, do not practice in Fraud cases, libel cases, etc.
 
candace313 said:
Then call crap; I don't give a crap. Frankly I'm getting sick of responding while none of my questions are being answered about this said check.
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If the check is at the police department why don't you have your lawyer :rofl: go and get a copy unstead of asking Renee for a copy.
 
IMO you either signed that check or knowingly had your roomate sign that check.
 
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