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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.

Another fantastic transaction with Andrew Gilpin

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About one month ago Andrew contacted me with an inquiry as to if I was still looking for a male Leachie to eventually pair with my females

I purchased 2 beautiful female Leachies from him and Allen Repashy last year and he knew that I was interested in obtaining a male

I had been looking around the web since I received the females and I just did not see anything in a male that I both liked and that I could afford

Imagine my surprise and delight when I received his email with pics of a beautiful male at 10 grams

He agreed to do a payment plan with me
and one month later-I had my beautiful male Leachie

He looks even better in person than his pics

:yesnod:


I have found through my transactions with Andrew that he will bend over backward to work with you and every single part of my three transactions with him have been flawless and a pleasure

My questions to him have always been answered promptly and with much detailed information

This male was a holdback that he later decided to sell and how lucky for me that he was so thoughtful as to contact me before placing him up for sale

The end result of my dealing with Andrew has been 3 fantastic Leachianus
:D
The new little male is beautiful, alert and extremely active

Here is my new male and
Andrew
thank you so very much for making a herp keepers dream come true
:D
Sandy

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Andrew and Sarah are an asset to the Herp community.They're not only great gecko breeders,but take some really nice photos too.Good people all around.
 
marcus q said:
Andrew and Sarah are an asset to the Herp community.They're not only great gecko breeders,but take some really nice photos too.Good people all around.
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:iagree:
I have not had the pleasure of speaking at length with Sarah but I did meet them both last year at Tinley NARBC shortly after I received the girls and it was great to chat with them

Sarah does take some incredible photos of their beautiful animals

:yesnod:

Sandy
 
thanks to both of you for the kind words, glad we were able to help both of you find what you were looking for :)
Andrew & Sarah Gilpin
 
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