• 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.

Bad Guy BEWARE! Ken, the owner of Exotic Pets LLC is not a reputable dealer!

I think we would be doing a fave to Ken if we took the small talk down to the Hell bar-n-grill, and let this thread sink to the bottom.
 
Lucille, always watching my back. Thanks very much. And guys, please, like she said ... (proper use of the 3 dots)
 
Lucille said:
I think we would be doing a fave to Ken if we took the small talk down to the Hell bar-n-grill, and let this thread sink to the bottom.
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I'm with you on that one, sister. I actually meant to hit the "preview post" on the last post I did, but hit the "submit reply" button accidently. Afterward, I thought to myself, Self, you should have sent that in a PM and taken some of your own advice you dolled out in one of your infamous pearls of wisdom earlier here.
Thanks Harold, for not busting us there. I'm going to un-subscribe from this thread that has become not-unlike War & Peace now before I get into trouble.
 
KEN FOOSE

All these problems with this REPTILE CLOWN are not new he has been screwing folks for years, started in utha, Henderson with a partner, and now
vegas, MITES that's nothing new .He has the only snakes whos pattern
changes before your very eyes, now he just screws new folks over that do not know any better!!!!! he's disgusting and his care for these animals, are disgusting!!!!!!
 
drag out a 6 year old post... is that all the Beans you got ? lol.
 
A 6 year old post that ends with Ken looking like the good guy too. I didn't read this one the first time around, glad I did now! Not for the reason Allan intended with his *bump* I think though.
 
TEEREX said:
All these problems with this REPTILE CLOWN are not new he has been screwing folks for years, started in utha, Henderson with a partner, and now
vegas, MITES that's nothing new .He has the only snakes whos pattern
changes before your very eyes, now he just screws new folks over that do not know any better!!!!! he's disgusting and his care for these animals, are disgusting!!!!!!
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This is an old thread started by someone who lied about being a vietnam vet, lied about losing appendages in a war, lied about mites, and then tried to worm out of it by claiming to have been hacked that you've decided to resurrect for whatever reason...which would actually do Mr. Foose some good because of how well he carries himself and deals with situations having to do with crazy people. Post proof or go somewhere else with your personal garbage and rumours. ;)
 
Nothing wrong with bringing up an old thread if there is new information to add.

It's a pet store, mites happen. I was in Ken's store over 10 years ago when I lived out in Vegas but didn't see anything overly alarming at that time. Allan's comment 'snakes pattern change before your eyes' is confusing, did you go to buy something and get a different snake? You're going to need to share more information to clarify your accusations please (preferably with proof).
 
AbsoluteApril said:
Nothing wrong with bringing up an old thread if there is new information to add.

It's a pet store, mites happen. I was in Ken's store over 10 years ago when I lived out in Vegas but didn't see anything overly alarming at that time. Allan's comment 'snakes pattern change before your eyes' is confusing, did you go to buy something and get a different snake? You're going to need to share more information to clarify your accusations please (preferably with proof).
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I took it to mean the mites change the pattern as they shift positions because they are so dense by his implication. Hyperbole, I would assume.
 
I have purchased delicate WC animals (Uroplatus) from Ken, and they were well acclimated. All of the WC Uroplatus I got from Ken went on to reproduce. I've gotten other stuff from him too, but I thought that was the most notable.
 
Wow, this was quite the roller coaster.
Good thing is i'll probably buy a reptile from Ken Foose now.

Also since i noticed this guy was an Illinois resident (home state for me) i did a little google kungfu.

Apparently since this post his life had went pretty far downhill based on the few news articles i found and whatnot.

He ultimately ended up taking his life in '14

As weird as it all is, and from what i read in this article http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150307/NEWS/150309364

Quite the roller coaster indeed.
 
I bought a male woma from him awhile back.
The snake arrived with a wheez and eventually start blownig bubbles.
I contacted him about the issue via email and never
recieved a call back. That was my 1st and last purchase!
Scott
 
millenniumsg said:
I bought a male woma from him awhile back.
The snake arrived with a wheez and eventually start blownig bubbles.
I contacted him about the issue via email and never
recieved a call back. That was my 1st and last purchase!
Scott
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Eventually? How long did you have the snake before it "eventually" started blowing bubbles?

Post the emails between you two please, how long was it before you started contacting him after arrival?
 
zBilo said:
Wow, this was quite the roller coaster.
Good thing is i'll probably buy a reptile from Ken Foose now.

Also since i noticed this guy was an Illinois resident (home state for me) i did a little google kungfu.

Apparently since this post his life had went pretty far downhill based on the few news articles i found and whatnot.

He ultimately ended up taking his life in '14

As weird as it all is, and from what i read in this article http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150307/NEWS/150309364

Quite the roller coaster indeed.
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Wow, he came to a sad end. I was reading earlier posts in the thread and getting frustrated with the OP's behavior...it looks like his mental illness was probably driving a lot of those issues.
 
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