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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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    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 of Ashtyn RANCE !!!

Reading all the evidence provided, one can see that Ashtyn does indeed owe $1062 & change. He even acknowledged it in the text messages provided.




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Melissa, it is his stance that this accusation has made him look at his records, and the $1,300 he paid in June was an advanced payment for this July shipment. So, he was asked to show proof of what and when he paid for the June shipment, and he will not show that.

Noelle
 
He cant show what doesn't exist Noelle.
Its just more lies adding to a long string of lies

As we have seen, everything he claims is only talk, he has provided nothing to back his claims
 
I doubt any of you are subbed to this forum anymore, but this dude, Ashtyn Rance will be at the Raleigh Repticon on January 14th. Just thought that that was interesting, as one of you pointed out that he is from Florida...
 
Well he's not only a crook but a poacher as well.... makes you question all the animals he's been selling.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article129085359.html

"....Lawlor, 35, reportedly said the animals were caught on Summerland Key and were being taken to a wholesale business called Emerald Coral Reptiles to be sold. Emerald Coral & Reptiles is listed as a reptile supply store in Miami.

Lawlor and Rance were charged with one misdemeanor each for not having a license to sell saltwater animals and transporting the animals without having required documents for where they were being taken; and two misdemeanor counts each for violating state law regulating the taking of the animals.

Rance was charged also with a misdemeanor count of personal possession of wildlife without a permit and was ticketed for driving without a license. Lawlor had an additional misdemeanor charge for possessing wild animals without a permit from the FWC to sell them.

They were booked into the county jail on Stock Island. Bond has not been set....."

Read more here:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article129085359.html#storylink=cpy
 
Thanks for sharing Terry. Here is the whole article in case it disappears:

"It wasn’t the marijuana that got two men in trouble with the law during a traffic stop on Cudjoe Key Wednesday but something else packaged for sale — reptiles.

Fort Pierce resident Daniel Lawlor and Ashtyn Rance of Miami were handed several misdemeanor charges after a mix of 114 crabs and reptiles were found in the Dodge minivan the two were pulled over in at mile marker 23.5 bayside.


According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Rance, 30, was driving north on U.S. 1 when a Key West police officer pulled him over for reportedly “acting suspiciously in the area” of Sugarloaf School and running a stop sign around 10 a.m. A search of the van began when the officer smelled marijuana.


Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ken Fricke arrived scene and discovered the animals divided into separate bags and plastic containers.
FWC officers Jefferson Carroll and Matt Rubenstein were called to the scene and identified a red rat snake, 27 giant day geckos, 33 green iguanas and 37 land hermit crabs. They also found 14 Cuban knight anoles (a type of lizard), one giant Jamaica anole and a large-headed anole.


Lawlor, 35, reportedly said the animals were caught on Summerland Key and were being taken to a wholesale business called Emerald Coral Reptiles to be sold. Emerald Coral & Reptiles is listed as a reptile supply store in Miami.
Lawlor and Rance were charged with one misdemeanor each for not having a license to sell saltwater animals and transporting the animals without having required documents for where they were being taken; and two misdemeanor counts each for violating state law regulating the taking of the animals.


Rance was charged also with a misdemeanor count of personal possession of wildlife without a permit and was ticketed for driving without a license. Lawlor had an additional misdemeanor charge for possessing wild animals without a permit from the FWC to sell them.
They were booked into the county jail on Stock Island. Bond has not been set.


FWC spokesman Bobby Dube said the nonnative species were euthanized while the native animals were released back into the wild. Giant day geckos, green iguanas and three species of anoles are not native to Florida. Hermit crabs and red rat snakes are.


The Lower Keys population of red rat snakes is considered a species of special concern by the FWC and live or dead specimens cannot legally be collected without a permit. Dube said the arrests have prompted an investigation into the selling practices at Emerald Coral & Reptiles"

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article129085359.html#storylink=cpy"​
 
My pleasure, and if anyone doubts the article or wished to accuse me of lying, they can look up the arrest record on the Monroe County Clerk of the Courts website for Mug shots, this is all publicly available but I'll post it anyway.
 

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I wonder if intentionally looking like a clown has anything to do with his history of crimes against children...... what a frickin' loser.

Hopefully, he gets some time behind bars so the hobby and the poor animals don't have to deal with him for a while.
 
Ft. Pierce man arrested for selling reptiles

As a reputable pet dealer in Fort Pierce, Nick Byers says the case of Ashtyn Rance is a frustrating one.

“You'd think you'd learn your lesson the first time,” Byers says. “There's a right way to do things and a wrong way. And it's really not that hard to do it the right way.”

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says what Rance was doing was not only wrong, it was illegal.

The 31-year-old was arrested Thursday on 12 charges, including 6 counts of possessing prohibited reptiles.

Among them were 3 reticulated pythons, 2 Burmese pythons, and 1 green anaconda. The reptiles all require proper state licensing.

A report shows Rance applied for the permit last year and was denied, but investigators say he went on dealing anyway.

It's not Rance's first run in with the FWC. He's been cited 3 times by the agency and warned 4 other times.

A search of his records revealed that he has a history of capturing, possessing and selling venomous or prohibited reptiles.

The report states Rance says he went as far as Guyana to export some of the animals.

“When people step in and do it the wrong way, it makes the industry as a whole look bad,” Nick says.

“We’re already on the edge of the government wanting to step in and control everything that we do, not allowed to sell this animal or that animal, and it's because of things like this.”

Rance is being held at the jail on a $240,000 bond.
 
Is this a new arrest?
He was arrested at the beginning of June for the same thing, but his bond was lower.
 
Good grief. His last arrest netted him 12 misdemeanors.
He apparently thinks he is untouchable.
 
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Good grief. His last arrest netted him 12 misdemeanors.
He apparently thinks he is untouchable.
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$240k bond seems a bit excessive for 12 misdemeanors. I guess the judge wanted to send a message.
 
I wonder when he will be not allowed to vend the reptile shows? It's a bit ridiculous how many times he gets arrested for the same thing.
 
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