• 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.
  • 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.
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    There is a scammer Dan Richard he messaged me about uromastyx Thomasi, after communication and pictures sent to me claiming they are his . It comes to light that the pictures are from a Spanish breeder . So he was looking to take $$$ without the delivery of lizards . I have back up.
    ALDABRAMAN
    Hi, i think i added some pictures and my add to Florida Iguana's add, this was unintentional and by accident. Please remove it, thank you.
    ElexisC
    Is the BOI gone? I was trying to find a thread that contained specific screenshots but I can't find the BOI..
    allreptiles1966
    Hello April
    How are you. Fine I hope.
    Can you keep an eye out for anyone posing as me? Someone has tried to use my name and rep from on here to try and sell REDhead a snake. They called the number he listed in his wanted- male albino checkered garter and posed as me. Keith (REDhead) thought he sound kinda indianish and not like a NY-er. So Keith contacted me through fauna before sending money to see if I was selling the garter snake.
    Don’t know what to do. I changed my profile telling people I’m not selling reptiles and don’t buy from anyone saying they are me. Also posted on the general BS forum

    Rich
    D
    Hello,

    I am posting this complaint in regard to a wanted ad that I posted for a Hydromedusa tectifera that posted on Thanksgiving Day, and someone saw my wanted ad, and contacted me with a group of South American snake necked turtles. Then, I was trying to purchase them in a nerve racking saga of the person refunding my payment to PayPal account, but finally I manage to send the full payment through, but after I paid them they barely contacted me when I texted them; and I tried asking them for the tracking number for my turtle(s); but no reply when calling them, and worst the phone number I was texting to be no longer active, so I totally in the dark with my order to that person, and now I am asking you to see if someone from Colorado had looked at my wanted ad that night.
    T
    Hello,

    Yesterday there was a ad posted for a baby ornate uromastyx for sale by the user name of Lase991. I paid for the uromastyx and the seller called me to confirm that I made payment and said he would Fedex me the info. Right after that I went back to the ad on Fauna to see if he marked it as sold. I noticed a comment from other user that said they looked at his profile and several people said he was a scammer and they had sent money to him and never received the reptile and no response back from him ever again. His name on the Fauna ad was different than the one that ended up showing on paypal and I asked him on the phone why and he replied oh that name is one of my employees.
    I know Fauna cannot fix this and I am in the process of trying to get my money back. The ad looked legit and I have bought other reptiles from Fauna users without any problems. Once I told him why did so many people say he had scammed them he removed his ad from Fauna.
    J
    IslandLizards
    Giving karma either good or bad is quite petty. You taking the time to respond regarding it just proves my hypothesis on the importance of someones' online persona.
    H
    I didn’t see the edit value. I went to profile and I have my town listed. Not sure if that’s it
    R
    Hi, Jay Russo here, please take a look at the most recent ad by Jason Chang (Radstar). He has posted pics of a male Planicuda (Flat tailed tortoise) for sale but describes it as a female. I kept a group of planicuda for decades and i a certain the tortoise he is selling is a male. It is this kind of practice that hurts this site.
    Thanks Jay Russo.
    J
    Hello AbsoluteApril, There is an albino ball python advertised for sale in the Python in classiieds that looks like a scam. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=697927

    The seller has shown two photos, one of which is an albino retic, and neither of the photos belong to the seller. One is taken from reptile Rapture's website: https://reptilerapture.net/albino-ball-python-female-sunshine.html and the other is from a two year old post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comments/5u3klj/my_new_albino_lavender_platinum_reticulated_python/ The poster joined this month and something just doesn't smell right.
    C
    like i said before im not a computer person . I have limitations due to combat related injuries. so ill apologize in advance. But i cant even se any Boi posts. Why is that ?
    C
    So you blocked my access to replying to his ongoing lies about me? How is this even close justified. You guys make it to easy for people to to do this. without even getting proof . The guy is flat out wrong. If you are blocking me then you are wrong aslo.
    McCarthy Boas
    Can you please delete my to post on the boa discussion forum. I copied and pasted to it and forgot to edit out some info about wholesale the boas out. I did not mean to post it. First time using my phone to post stuff.

    Thank you.
    crookedantler
    I cant leave feedback from a recent purchase. It says I dont have permission to access this feature. Why?
    Otto Glott
    I placed JoshKing in my ignore list but if he is still able to harass me can I make a new account?
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