• 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.

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Well short story of the long version... LOL

We bought a used pontoon boat and the stereo system in it was crap! You couldn't hear the music if the boat was in motion.

Well he decided that he wanted to put in a system on the boat, (he has 15+ years of audio system experience). So he's out on the boat finishing the wiring and placing of the speakers, and all of a sudden I hear this LOUD (when I say loud, I mean loud enough to set the car alarm off at the neighbors...:rofl:) music coming from outside.

My first thought, "Well I guess he got it up and running. :laugh:" My next thought, "He needs to turn that crap down!" He comes running inside like a little kid at Christmas morning and asks me if I heard the stereo. I'm like, "the whole neighborhood heard the stereo, I think you installed it right." He just grins and says, "I hope I pissed the neighbors next door off." (They're a pain in the rear end and have nothing better to do than complain about anything they don't like on our property.)

So he goes back outside and has been listening to music on the boat ever since, (he did turn it down enough so we don't piss of the rest of the neighborhood.) I've not seen him this happy this whole week. (It's been a really rough week and hard on him.)

I can't wait until we go to the lake next weekend. We're going to be having a good ole party!

Y'all are invited. :hehe:
 
I'll have to take a raincheck...but I'm glad to hear SOMEONE will be having a great time!
 
Yep, should be a good little party. 4 days of fishing and boating. Going to be a good time.
 
Got back from the lake on Wednesday night. Was a fun time. Lots of good fishing and great fun with the friends. Only bad thing was both kids were cranky as all get out for the majority of the trip. Got to love it when your 2 year old is cutting her molars and her best friend is whiny from not having long enough naps. lol The stereo worked great on the boat though. :D
 
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