• 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 Dragons and Tails

Nope!

Nothing still! I don't think it's going to happen, she's already spent my $$$ on something she "can't take care of" so ehh...feel bad for anyone who sells anything to her. Can't wait to take the beardies to the Vet, my hubs needs to hurry up and get home!
 
HecticLifeReptiles said:
Nothing still! I don't think it's going to happen, she's already spent my $$$ on something she "can't take care of" so ehh...feel bad for anyone who sells anything to her. Can't wait to take the beardies to the Vet, my hubs needs to hurry up and get home!
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Sorry to hear about the refund not coming.. Let us know now the vet appointment goes. Hope the remaining three will check out ok
 
I'm thinking they will, I went and grabbed some butternut squash and dragon bites yesterday, just had a shipment of 500 itty bitty dubias come in, so they should be getting fat and happy in no time! they are already looking bigger in the middles and i think they may go into shed in a few days or so, not sure. but fingers crossed! Shedding dragons are healthy dragons! http://hecticlife.webs.com/ourdragons.htm you can monitor their growth here!
 
i know what you mean we did a trade and we got 2 babies that were three weeks old and gray when in the pic they were full of yellow but with a closer look you could tell they were cold and we traded a hypo pastel leather back!We also got a female almost missing a foot and didnt even know until we recieved her we also are wondering if its the same bearded because of the color.did some one tell a mode?
 
americanbeardeddragons said:
i know what you mean we did a trade and we got 2 babies that were three weeks old and gray when in the pic they were full of yellow but with a closer look you could tell they were cold and we traded a hypo pastel leather back!We also got a female almost missing a foot and didnt even know until we recieved her we also are wondering if its the same bearded because of the color.did some one tell a mode?
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You did a trade with DragonTails? How long ago was this? Did the dragon survive?

If you captured pictures of the ad and have current pictures, we may be able to help you identify whether or not the Dragon is the same.
 
the dragons are fine luckely i think she just cooled it down.to get the color up. I just dont want any one else to get stumped by her. plus the female is gravid!
 
Congrats American on the gravid female! As for the three small ones they are all doing much much better! Fire has started to get some nice color, the other two are still pretty bland, hoping they color up, but if they do or don't no matter, we still love them as family. They are all growing and getting bigger, thankfully. They should be able to start eating Dubias here shortly. YAY!
 
She's probably waiting to sell her adults. She's listing them on Hoobly now. She was also looking to buy a breeding pair of Prarie Dogs on their a few weeks ago,lol.
 
Iguanachic said:
She's probably waiting to sell her adults. She's listing them on Hoobly now. She was also looking to buy a breeding pair of Prarie Dogs on their a few weeks ago,lol.
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So shes trying to buy a pair of prairie dogs..

dustinntech said:
she is trying to buy 2 snakes still...

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181807
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And a couple not so cheap snakes.

I'd say its obvious she could easily afford the refund she is simply choosing not to pay it.

@ Dragons and Tails:

The fact the you can post on Fauna looking to buy reptiles while you have an unresolved issue shows a huge amount of disrespect for your customer and for every reputable breeder/seller that has posted on this thread their belief that you need to make this right. If you do not value the opinions of successful people in your field(so to speak) then what do you base your business practices on? How do you expect to be successful yourself? Or do you believe since you claim to be getting out of reptiles that you can now disregard others in the field without repercussion? I assure you that is not the case, this thread is going to be seen by more and more people everyday and will quite possibly be here for YEARS to come. Think about the effect that will have on your name.

P.S. If your expecting this to drop out of view I wouldn't count on it. Only takes 1 little comment to bump it right back up to the top.:yesnod:

-Mark
 
Ts just reidiculos that she can give a refund but yet is harassing TONS of people about their ball python ads... take care of your un happy customer before you buy more animals that.............
"you don't have time to care for"......GRR!
 
Brenda said something, when lining up excuses for her business shortcomings, about having a baby on the way. Either that is true, or not true.

If it is a lie, she is simply sleazy, and this thread, being permanent, should give future buyers/sellers an idea of what to expect when dealing with her.

But how much sadder if true. She has not yet given a refund that she said in writing was forthcoming, to a customer obviously deserving of one.


Instead she, obviously having money (not yet having given a refund which she said she was going to do), goes shopping. And not for baby things, oh no, she is shopping for critters for herself.

Some day, her child may see this thread. Sad.
 
I had to edit my previous post as it was full of errors (dang driod) so I'm going to repost.

BTW true true on the not buying baby things and her kids seeing that mommy only looks out for mommy Lucille.. your heat and head always seem to be in the right place :thumbsup:

IT IS sad that after admitting HER SCREW UP of shipping too young and causing the death of that little beardie that she has the nerve to be out shopping.. I'm DISCUSTED.. Take care of your un happy customer before you buy more animals that. "you don't have time to care for"......GRR!
 
It's hard to tell, but just maybe, this thread has made a difference. I hope so.

I think the vast majority of buyers and sellers are good and honest people, but there are those who are not.

In my mind's eye right now, I see a rocky, lifeless desert of those without ethics, and sometimes, a Fauna thread which acts like a small green sprout, harboring good things and good changes.

This thread seems to have made no difference to Brenda, on the contrary, after making the promise of a refund and so far, not following through, she has gone shopping for critters for herself. The epitome of lousy customer service, and as far as I'm concerned, she has worked hard to deserve the following award: :toiletcla

But despite an aggressive shopping spree where she has made numerous trade offers over many days as evidenced in our very own classifieds, no one seems to be dealing with her. Could it be that the community has taken notice of this thread, and is choosing not to do business with her?

That would be a beautiful sprout.
 
Brenda (Dragonsandtails) is running a new ad cutting prices on her dragons to induce people to do business with her.


HecticLifeReptiles said:
came t me in 95 degree heat with 2 heat packs in their box! They were dehydrated, not eating and required syringe feeding and multiple baths daily. One arrived with a small yellow spot on her stomach indicating something internally was failing. The next morning she was dead.
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Here's part of Brenda's ad:

Dragonsandtails said:
DONT MISS OUT ON THESE DRAGONS, PRICES ON SOME ARE NEGOTIABLE. ALL AWESOME TO DIE FOR COLLECTION.
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Fitting.
 
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