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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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BALL PYTHON MORPHS....and other stuff

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ok.....what I do get is that there are some BEAUTIFUL morphs out there, and yes, some of the rarer ones MIGHT deserve big price tags, but what I don't get are the extreme prices on het snakes.  I just read on the classifieds on KS, that there are pairs of 25% possible double het for snow BPs going for $3,500 a pair.  When I read this I said "what?" and answered "well, that's what it says."  Then I asked "Why?" And answered, "wekk I guess some people would pay it."  

What I see here are not 25% poswsible double hets, but 75% possible normals.....am I the only one that sees it this way?  Whoever buys them (if anyone) has a much greater chance of them being REALLY expensive normals than het for anything.....they were created by breeding a double het to a normal....granted you may end up with a single het for albinism or axanthicism.....but not snow. and the chance of those are pretty slim as well.  

Now for my arguments......The person selling them is nto in the wrong, why?.....because that's what people are willing to pay for a gamble.  Market prices are what make the reptile industry.  If people will pay for it, sell it.  This BP craze has everyone emptying their pocketbooks hoping to be the next person geen splicing that hot new morph.  And the hets are what they are relying on.  To me a het is a normal...plain and simple.....normal until proven het.  I mean, 100% het is one thing, but when dealing with "possible" hets, I get a little weirded out.  I have made a vow to NEVER sell anything as a possible het.  They will be sold as normals....If it turns out het, good for you, but I feel that if somebody buys even a 66% possible het, and it turns out to be normal, I would have a slight feeling of guilt.  I just rooked this person for thousands of dollars because they though they were getting a snake that could absolutely MAKE their breeding project, only to find out 2 years down the road that they have to start all over again.  It just doesn't make sense.
 
I havt to agree with you. I haven't figured it out yet myself. People just need to save alittle more money and buy a sure thing if they want any breeding project to prosper. Just my thoughts.
 
Hello guys. I agree with the "HET" epidemic. I just want to ad another point about the buyers in these situations.

I have heard alot about people getting upset with the seller and saying that they sold them something that wasn't really a het. I mean, it's obvious that not ALL people understand what "Possible" het means.

Then, some sellers even post animals as "Guaranteed Possible" hets. I mean yeah, of course you can guarantee it's "Possible". I can guarantee that I have a "CHANCE" to win the lottery if I would just buy a ticket. But , if I don't win, I'm not gonna go back to the store and cuss and bitch about my ticket not being the winning one. Just an analogy for those who don't understand my point here.

Anyway, I just wanted to say to all buyers and sellers alike, please know that "Possible" het for anything is just that. It's okay that sellers want to charge for the possibility of an animal being het, but if the buyer doesn't dig on the idea of paying that much for a gamble, then simply don't buy.

Thank you all for enduring my opinion on this matter. <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>

Sincerely, David L. Hinojosa

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I agree also, though if the snake were produced by breeding a double het to a normal (I'm assuming het albino gene + het axanthic gene to produce a double het snow) then there's going to be 25% chance for double het, 25% chance het albino, 25% chance for het axanthic, and 25% chance not het for anything.  In this case, maybe you could charge a somewhat higher price than a normal since chances are it will be het for at least one of these variations. But I also think that $3500 is way too much - I don't think it should be above $500 in any case.
 
<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> Well put Todd, I like the morphs as well, but I'm not spending $350 on 50%er.   Heck everything I got is 50%, it either is or it isn't.  That makes it 50%.  And you guy and girls are right.  That Guarantee means, NOTHING!!!  I feel sorry for the New Guy who starts today.  He'll be broke in no time with 20 normal balls.  He will figure it out in, oh, 3-6 years. <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> ?
 
P.T. Barnum said it best "a sucker is born every minute". Any one that pays more than the price of a normal for a possible het., well if the shoe fits. IMHO
 
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