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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.

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So it seems after Kyle Hoffman called this person out as a scammer they deleted the ad and reposted it.
This post reminds me of the Ashley Elliott scam from a few months back. I would be curious if the IP addresses match up.
 
There was no IP match. Another moderator looked at it.



Unofficially and just my opinion, I would highly suspect them as the same person. Both user names have multiple deleted ads. In those ads I found (in my opinion) more than striking similarities.

Personally, my gut says they are the same person.

The Ashley thread is located here.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394143
 
I was going to trade her for a pastel lesser od. She was able to provide pics and they did look to be lesser pastel od it seemed shady though thank god i decided not to do it
 
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I responded to her ad couldn't get an actual picture just a thumbnail size one . Told her I was local so we would deal face to face I was informed the animal I want had been sold . The email she replied to me with was [email protected] under the name. Bree Elliott .
 
I couldn't help myself and sent her an inquiry through PM. I received the email: [email protected]

The name listed on the email shows a different name, Bree Elliot. I sent an email asking for a number to text and was declined. She would also not provide an address to ship a potential money order to. I did received the pics below as Orange Dream Enchi Het Stripe and OD Stripe.

She asked for a word to write on an index card for the photo and I told her Vigil.
 

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I responded to her ad couldn't get an actual picture just a thumbnail size one . Told her I was local so we would deal face to face I was informed the animal I want had been sold . The email she replied to me with was [email protected] under the name. Bree Elliott .
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That would probably be to me. She says she has an Aunt named Amy that works at a bank around here and I'm suppose to meet her and give her the money order.
 
This was from another post that has since been deleted . A breeder pastel lesser female is what it was .
 
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The name listed on the email shows a different name, Bree Elliot.
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LOL, "Ashley Elliott"

I knew it was the same person. Not many people misspell the same words she did under both user names.

So Ashley or Bree, I have no idea if either of your accounts have a real name. Since the account you are using now has a different name than the name you are giving people in email correspondence and that I highly suspect you are the other user Ashley Elliott you have 24 hours to supply identification to this site. If not, your account will be banned.

 
After going back to facebook and looking at some posts Ashley made, it turns out Bree Elliott is in fact her sister from South Dakota. I'm wondering if "sissy" knows Ashley is using her name in her scams.
 
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