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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.
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Inquiry Anyone Heard of a Tim West ?

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I got a phone call today from a man who's family member bought two supposedly high-end dragons for 5000.00 you got it right 5000.00 .These are nipped up, very little color normal Dragons!!

This man (Rick) went on to say this lady is elderly in very bad health and gets scammed all the time in get rich quick scams ..She doesn't even know how to care for dragons.. This Tim West gave her the two dragons in a 20 gal aquarium. Rick told me with no UV and the dragons reached from end to end of the tank.He didn't think this was right so contacted me for advice on care.While they try to figure out who this Tim West is..


My question here is, Does this sound familiar to anyone? The deal is you buy these two High-end dragons for 5000.00 breed them and sell the babies back to him for 50.00 each. he has the person sign a contract and requires insurance be bought on the dragons in the amount of 5000.00 so if they died he gets the 5000.00 . The dragons had a regular household light bulb with very little heat output and no Uv...

I'm sure Rick would like to talk to anyone that went down this road. The daughter of the elderly lady that went into "business" with this Tim West has power of attorney and will try to get this poor ladies money back.Any help would be appreciated I'm sure if you have dealt with this person before? Just letting people know this stuff is still going on out there..I remember running across this business deal myself when I first starting looking into dragons when googling for info on dragons. I ran across this same offer.This was 10 years ago!!

Any info on Tim West would be appreciated..I'm not a big forum Reader or writer so excuse me if not done in the usual fashion . Just trying to help this family and keep others from going down this path..

Thanks Tamara
 
Isn't it mike and Tim west. They live in the northwest I think Idaho. I hear crap about how they are crooks all the time from my breeder friends up here. Doesn't surprise me. Lol.
 
Also, Tamara, anonymous third party information is not permitted here - would you please identify the person that told you this story ("Rick" doesn't help very much)
 
I didn't ask for his last name but will have it tomorrow when I call him with this new information. I ran a check on Tim West but nothing came up.

I had Mike West contact me before by phone wanting to buy a bunch of my dragons. He wanted me to ship that same day . Telling me he would send me a check.I didn't go for that at all! This wasn't through e-mail either folks but over the phone. That's like being face to face almost trying to scam me.These guys have Balls, I'll tell ya that.

That was over a year ago. I Didn't put the two together..Thanks for all the info. I will pass it along.They are still up to their old tricks, sorry to say..

Thanks, Tamara
 
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