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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 Bobby Hill - Varnyard Herps: Buyers Beware.

With all total and complete respect, John, if you Google the name "Bobby Hill, Florida", you will discover it actually is a common name ... including sex and drug offenders, obituaries and educated, respectable business people who are not Bobby Hill, Varnyard Herps.

I would love nothing more than to actually track him down and see justice done, not only for his human victims but his animal victims as well, but I don't believe Bob Hill who bagged this 18-foot python is the criminal and animal abuser we speak of.

Great job in digging up the article on Bob Hill from South FL Water Management District, Diem! Proof enough, IMO.
 
Maybe everyone named Bobby Hill should change their name, sorry had to go there lol
 
The last I heard Bobby Hill was in the Wewahitchka area in Gulf County. I don't know if Game and Wildlife ever caught up to him or not. It seems like they just forgot about him? I have seen him driving around a few times in surrounding counties and he is driving the same green ford ranger. It seems like they would be able to find him if they were actually trying.
 
busted

Karma Kritters said:
The last I heard Bobby Hill was in the Wewahitchka area in Gulf County. I don't know if Game and Wildlife ever caught up to him or not. It seems like they just forgot about him? I have seen him driving around a few times in surrounding counties and he is driving the same green ford ranger. It seems like they would be able to find him if they were actually trying.
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Is there a way to find out if they have a warrant for him in your area? If they have one and you see him follow him and call the cops. Its time people like him pay for what they did
 
I called them one day when this first happened when I ran into him at work one day. He was not a priority to the Sheriffs dept at the time. I did not have our local game and wild life investigators number on me at the time.
 
lazy

Karma Kritters said:
I called them one day when this first happened when I ran into him at work one day. He was not a priority to the Sheriffs dept at the time. I did not have our local game and wild life investigators number on me at the time.
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Oh ok :thumbsup:.I just love those Lazy cops that dont have time to lock up a thief :rolleyes:.
 
As you all know, we are being targeted every day by those who think that reptiles and other exotic animals should be banned from certain areas. One of the groups that fight for our rights is USARK. Many of us donate to this organization to help proceed with what they are doing to help us. Well, I decided to try and find a fun way of helping to donate. These shirts have no maximum sales limit. 500 was the most I could select as a target BUT, we can go over that so, do you think we can do it? If so, USARK will be getting for donations coming in. Make sure to spread this around to friends and family!

https://www.booster.com/support-usark
 
BMGeckos said:
As you all know, we are being targeted every day by those who think that reptiles and other exotic animals should be banned from certain areas. One of the groups that fight for our rights is USARK. Many of us donate to this organization to help proceed with what they are doing to help us. Well, I decided to try and find a fun way of helping to donate. These shirts have no maximum sales limit. 500 was the most I could select as a target BUT, we can go over that so, do you think we can do it? If so, USARK will be getting for donations coming in. Make sure to spread this around to friends and family!

https://www.booster.com/support-usark
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This is not the place to post things like that.
 
It is bad enough that he posted it here; please do not compound the disruption by commenting on it further.
 
desz0000 said:
I have also had a bad experience with Bobby Hill of Varnyard Herps. I had contacted him via email in early May. He responded back to me fairly quickly with the info i needed to put a deposit down on a 2013 Arg. B/W Tegu hatchling. Once i sent him the deposit of 75$. It was like he was ghost. I sent many emails, but yet no reply. Unfortunately i did not find out about his thieving ways till after the fact. Which is actually how i stumbled upon Fauna Classifieds. The icing on the cake was, when i was attending a reptile expo in Cleveland, ohio. A vendor who I was purchasing a Tarantula from told me he get his Tegu hatchlings from a breeder in Florida. Wouldn't you know it, just so happened to be our buddy Bobby. Who had sold him some Tegus in early spring. Small world. Ive since considered it a loss. Just really grinds my gears. Wish I was a Fauna member a little sooner. oh well just thought i should share my super awesome experience with everyone . Thanks for the shoulder
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Thanks for coming forward with your bad experience with Bobby Hill and I also wish you were a fauna member sooner so you could have avoided this.anyone else that has had a bad experience with Bobby should take the time to post it here.
 
So, what ever happened to Bobby? I remember him being the “Tegu King” and had the best tegus on the market back when I found his website in 2010-2011, does he still breed them today? or did he just disappear?
 
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. Was he the source of the “firebelly” trait?
 
He didn't help that situation and leaving the animals and disappearing while they escaped his farm only exasperated the situation and then it made the news and poof spread like fire about invasive animals in FL.
 
Wow, thats crazy, good information. ����
 
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