• 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 tinmantribe5 - Shawn Lewis

Great NOW I get a bad trader rating AFTER you have had her for 10 days and killed her!!!!!!

What a joke..
 
Nice to see amanda is finially showing her true colors i knew she was a shady person thats why i posted a bad guy thread about and my claim still sticks in my eyes looks like people see the real you amanda WOW too bad its to late.People loved when i was getting it for some rediculous things and look you are illegaly shipping reptiles thru usps who does i might not be the brightest crayon in the box but i never have and never will ship usps.
THE TRUTH IS OUT ASND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF :thumbsup:
 
The first time I shipped was ship your reptiles the second was overnight mail wich I know was wrong but so did she!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last was Ben my son in law paid for overnite but because of zones they shipped 2 day not his fault other than using the post office no lies hear!

Shawn, you DO realize that shipping lizards via USPS is not unlawful while shipping any snakes through USPS is a violation of law?

I am getting fedex and reptiles express as we speak so what ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have always been ship your reptile certified before their problems!

Shawn, we ALL know that there was no such thing as being SYR certified through SYR. Just because we used their service didnt mean we were certified through them.

Please check out My Trader Rating from the 2 day snakes that i sent her please anyone who feels free can take a look A++++

Benjamin, so are you ADMITTING that you illegally shipped snaked via USPS, regardless of how many days it took to receive them?

Oh I will give you your rating now that you wanted it so badd!
You are such a liar

Why make it retaliatory Shawn? Did you follow her TOS in the sense that she knew something was up withint the first 3 days. What I am saying here is that telling someone a Beardie is "shy" does not constitute a health issue but more of a personality trait. I am sure you get what I am saying.
 
Nice to see amanda is finially showing her true colors i knew she was a shady person thats why i posted a bad guy thread about and my claim still sticks in my eyes looks like people see the real you amanda WOW too bad its to late.People loved when i was getting it for some rediculous things and look you are illegaly shipping reptiles thru usps who does i might not be the brightest crayon in the box but i never have and never will ship usps.
THE TRUTH IS OUT ASND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF :thumbsup:

Okay, coming from the guy who admittedly just got out of prison and sends emails in prison language is a farce. Dont you have your own threads to deal with?

Also, it is NOT illegal to ship lizards through the USPS, only snakes.
 
Dean your opinion means nothing to me!

Good Shawn, as you mean nothing to me as well. However, I am not stating any opinion here sir, just fact. The fact is that Amanda did not break any laws by shipping out LIZARDS via USPS whereas someone DID in fact ship Amanda some snakes unlawfully through USPS from YOUR address. Whether it was you, or your son, that makes no difference as YOU were the one she primarily dealt with. ;)
 
Well I have never done anything to anybody hear and am totally insaulted to be in a BOI over Bull like this Amanda once again good luck to yo these people will find out you true colors soon enough.I am done hear could care less se I dont live my life by this little soap opera you guys get off on!
 
Well I have never done anything to anybody hear and am totally insaulted to be in a BOI over Bull like this Amanda once again good luck to yo these people will find out you true colors soon enough.I am done hear could care less se I dont live my life by this little soap opera you guys get off on!

What soap opera Shawn? I am just asking you if you KNOWINGLY and ADMITTINGLY shipped out snakes in violation of the Lacey act is all.
 
Harald you have your opinion I guess?
Amanda seller of lil 3" dragons but shes innocent huh Harald?

I don't know anything about what you received, what Amanda produces, or anything about how she does business - so I have no opinion on any of that. I was responding to the post (of yours) that I quoted. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
Nice to see amanda is finially showing her true colors i knew she was a shady person thats why i posted a bad guy thread about and my claim still sticks in my eyes looks like people see the real you amanda WOW too bad its to late.People loved when i was getting it for some rediculous things and look you are illegaly shipping reptiles thru usps who does i might not be the brightest crayon in the box but i never have and never will ship usps.
THE TRUTH IS OUT ASND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF :thumbsup:

Coming from someone who has like 6 bad guys thread on them, pleaseeeeeee..

P.S didn't you come to me with "I'm sorry, I was wrong" and I should not have made a bad post on you, ect.. So now you are changing your mind eh?

We know who the bad guys was there we ALL do...
 
As Dean and I both have already stated you CAN ship lizards USPS.. It is not against any rules or laws it is welcomed as long as you mark the box live reptiles..
 
my back round has nothing to do with this thread amanda is finially coming oout of her shell and you all can see it as for me i have a short fuse and i showed you that strickly exotics huh a joke get a life.I dont have threads to deal with im not a bad guy i have an iquiry gone bad and a recent good guy thread so whats up with that im not the bad one its the original person amanda like i said my bad guy thread was well deserved and she walked away unscathed and i got roofed well its her turn LOL its about time.
 
Coming out of my shell??? Because his trans died 10 days after he has had it in his care????

As I said I have sold to others on here, who are STILL happy with their reptiles. "healthy reptiles"
 
Why don't you go scam someone and stop turning this tread into something about you and the past, take it to the old thread if you will?!!

And I came out "unscathed" as you say because I did NOTHING WRONG..
 
my back round has nothing to do with this thread amanda is finially coming oout of her shell and you all can see it as for me i have a short fuse and i showed you that strickly exotics huh a joke get a life.I dont have threads to deal with im not a bad guy i have an iquiry gone bad and a recent good guy thread so whats up with that im not the bad one its the original person amanda like i said my bad guy thread was well deserved and she walked away unscathed and i got roofed well its her turn LOL its about time.

What exactly constitutes a "bad guy" in your eyes? Are you stating that Amanda is a bad guy for following the law as well as her TOS? Is she a bad guy for shipping on a payment plan? She might have made some bad judgement calls in her transaction, but tell me how she is a bad guy here.

Animals die, it happens. Not completing the payment plan because the animal in question died AFTER the TOS constitutes a bad guy to me. Shipping in violation of the law as well as the Lacey Act is bad for our hobby and I constitute that as a person DETRIMENTAL to our hobby (which is worse than just being a bad guy).

So, Mr Perkins, again... What constitutes a bad guy in YOUR book?
 
To all my Friends its been a lot of Fun guys&Gals
To Nasty Amanda Tanner from S&S DRagons you truly are a Snake!
I will not respond to this bullsh_ tt! life is to short!
Good bye
The Tinman
 
my back round has nothing to do with this thread amanda is finially coming oout of her shell and you all can see it as for me i have a short fuse and i showed you that strickly exotics huh a joke get a life.I dont have threads to deal with im not a bad guy i have an iquiry gone bad and a recent good guy thread so whats up with that im not the bad one its the original person amanda like i said my bad guy thread was well deserved and she walked away unscathed and i got roofed well its her turn LOL its about time.

You started a bad guy thread on Amanda just because she didn't talk to you on the phone. Nothing more. So I'm not exactly sure why you are in such a huff. :shrug01:

I, on the other had, do have animals from Amanda. They have been with me for almost 3 months now. There's not been one issue with them. She did ship to me USPS which is completely legal and they arrived in perfect health. I can show pics if any one wants to see.

Shawn, not trying to pick on you, but if the animal was sick upon arrival why didn't you go ahead and tell Amanda? Do you have emails showing where you talked to her about this?
 
Lets all just follow the Leader and Gang Up on Shawn ... ... Come on guys all together . Come on you all know that shawn has done nothing wrong to you, so why is this still going . Shawn once stuck up for amanda when everyone thought she maybe a scam , Sooo this is a REPLAY!!!! Amanda has been on the BOI more than ONCE
 
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