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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.

BEWARE- WildandWacky Reptiles - John John Peragine

So can we conclude that John Peragine and John Constantinou are one and the same?

Imagine that!
 
and here is a copy of what is on line

MR. JOHN'S FARM
11635 SCALLOP DRIVE
PORT RICHEY, FL 34668


Document Number
G03287900072 Status
ACTIVE Date Filed
10/13/2003
Expiration Date
12/31/2008 Current Owners
000000002 County
PASCO
Total Pages
000000001 Events Filed
000000000 FEI Number
NONE

No Filing History





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Owner Information


Name & Address FEI Number Charter Number
CONSTANTINOU, JOHN C.
11635 SCALLOP DRIVE
PORT RICHEY, FL 34668 N/A NONE
CONSTANTINOU, JODI L.
11635 SCALLOP DRIVE
PORT RICHEY, FL 34668 N/A NONE
 
it would appear that what is getting john c/p so confused about following through on trades, phone calls, e-mails, bounced checks, etc. is his not sure who he really is. i am hoping that the appropriate law enforcement officials in florida will find this of interest.
 
Interesting

View Profile: UWM, L.L.C.
Birthday:
May 29, 1978
Where did you hear about FaunaClassifieds?:
Mr. John's Farm
Full Name:
Marie Dorothy Constantinou
Location:
Moncks Corner, SC
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UWM said:
Correct Web Address
The correct website address for vendor registration is as follows:
www.lowcountryreptiles.com

If you go to our previous website, you will not be registering for our future shows. This is the official web address and it will be up and running by the weeks end. For further information, please do not hesitate to call me at (843) 761-5111 from 8AM to 5PM or you can try me at the following numbers:
(843) 729-0927 Cell
(843) 753-3373 Home (Temporary) after 8PM

Thank you so much for all of your support and patience.

Marie Constantinou
[email protected]
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monitor1959 said:
John Peragine has a license to sell and exhibit exotic reptiles with the state of florida, i called, it is odd that both John Peragine of wild and wacky reptiles has a wife named jody and apparently so does John Constantinu.
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The part that I find interesting is that John Peragine has a license to sell and exhibit. I had never heard of John Peragine, prior to this thread, but I have seen Mr John's Farm at shows in the past. I can only assume that the person at the shows was John Constantinou.

Florida Fish and Game always check licenses at the shows, so it would seem prudent to conclude that John Constantinou is in the possession of a license as well. Especially since it is he who has registered everything else with the state and not John Peragine.

Curious!
 
Southerncat said:
Marie is John C sister-in-law!
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Did Marie marry within the family?
Why is her last name Constantinou, or was this information prior to her marriage?
Any chance that her husband is John Peragine?

Very confusing!
 
my only hope is all of the huddled masses, myself included, who have had checks bounce, trades never completed, sales never completed or sick animals shipped group together and get the collective interest of law enforcement agencies in florida and have him bounced.

his sister in law no longer works at the phone number posted.
 
She married John's Brother.

No his name is Rob/Robert
 
Southerncat said:
:NoNo: Shame on You John Constantinou!

I just can't show him the respect that comes with calling someone Mr. Not even if it is ONE of his business names.

THAT IS John C home phone number!

I know he has been reading this, come on John C explain to the people!

He has told me many many times before that he doesn't like forums like this, guess we all know why now :>poke2<:
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Other people looking for him?
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83366
 
his sister in law no longer works at the phone number posted.
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Now that is funny since she OWNS that company!

Told ya he has been here reading

john 5
Registered User

Last Activity: 09-11-2006 07:22 AM
Full Name:
john constantinou
Location:
port richey
 
Southerncat said:
Marie is John C sister-in-law!
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Mike Greathouse said:
Did Marie marry within the family?
Why is her last name Constantinou, or was this information prior to her marriage?
Any chance that her husband is John Peragine?

Very confusing!
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Stupid Post!
I guess that I am the only one confused here. I didn't read Southerncat's quote correctly, or it just didn't sink in. My bad.
 
it would appear that if you have been defrauded, robbed, etc. by John Peragine/John Constatinou, you need to first file with your local law enforcement who will then contact pasco county law enforcement. the more of us the better.

also, it would be good if as many people who have had such situations call the florida attorney general at 850.414.3990 as they are looking for "systematic patterns of fraud"
 
Well, he can read all he wants!! I have reported him to all the FL reptile show, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, the BBB, and the Florida Attorney General. I know I am not the only one to do so.

Hey John, why don't you just pay back the money you owe?? It would be much easier!
 
three months and still waiting

still waiting for him to send me my turtles. it has been three months. although he has communicated to me that he actually has the turtles, and oops, no, he has paid for them and just needs to pick them up and oops, no he has to wait to get paid for something so he can pay for the animals, and oops he has been too sick to do anything, yet, according to a friend of his, he was healthy enough to go to a show in north carolina three weeks ago.

fun and games.
 
If you guys would begin phoning in these complaints to his local police dept you might get a nice officer or even a detective to call him and encourage an amicable resolution before an arrest is necessary. Lots of times they are happy to do it and even the know the person by name from previous encounters with the law.

It works. Just lookup the nearest police station around his location and give them a ring a ding ding.
 
if you have been defrauded by john peragine or john constantinou (they are the same person, please report it to

http://www.ic3.gov/

the more people who report him, the more likely they will go after him
 
He attends alot of shows... I think he will be at the Tampa show this weekend. If yall are going to be there let me know and I can point him out to you.
My number is 706-888-6287
Matt White
[email protected]
VMWREPTILES
I would love to help you guys.
 
FloridaHogs said:
This guy ripped me off good! I thought I was buying 3 Southern Hognose Females, with 2 of them gravid. Of course I paid extra for the "gravid" females. What I got was 2 females and a male. Neither female was gravid, and one of them was blind! Not to mention that just this week, within 30 days of receipt, the male died of a virus very similar to IBD in Boas. He did offer to refund the difference between the male and female price, but NEVER followed through. He has since cut of all communication, and refuses to respond to any emails. I paid through paypal, so I am wondering if there is any recourse through that route for false advertisement? This guy also goes by Mister Johns Farm.
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Thats a shame FH! I saw them hogs for sale on kingsnake and was thinking about inquiring about them! I hope you get reinburst!!! Things like this is what makes me second guess myself when I put any money out there!
 
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