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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.

Bobby Pruett/Arboreals Etc. bad guy (must read)

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OK......this is going a bit too far in my opinion.

I did a domain search on ghireptiles.com and what do you know the name was taken just a few days ago. I went to the site and this is what I found

http://www.ghireptiles.com

Well obviously not me or my e-mail I use but someone else desperately seeking attention. I did a little searching around and this is what I came up with:

ghireptiles.com

Certified Offer Service - Make an offer on this domain
Backorder - Try to get this name when it becomes available
Similar Names - See suggested alternatives for this domain
Domain Name.......... ghireptiles.com
Creation Date........ 2005-02-18
Registration Date.... 2005-02-18
Expiry Date.......... 2006-02-18
Organisation Name.... Chryl Pruett
Organisation Address. PO Box 312
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Avoca
Organisation Address. 47420
Organisation Address. IN
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Chryl Pruett
Admin Address........ PO Box 312
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Avoca
Admin Address........ 47420
Admin Address........ IN
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... [email protected]
Admin Phone.......... +1.8122779744
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
Tech Address......... 94089
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... [email protected]
Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096
Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com

Sooo I was thinking who can this Chryl be? Then it dawned on me....whoa! This is what is on Bobby Pruett's website:

Contact information for Arboreals Etc...Arboreals Etc...

Call 1-419-621-7927 between 10am & 9pm EST leave Name & call back number and your call will be returned asap.
We can always be reached thru email at Bobby Pruett and will reply within 24hrs

When submitting payment in form of Money Order or Check, make them payable to Chryl Pruett

So it seems Pruett started a GHI Reptiles website just to show people my sentencing and one paragraph out of an entire novel I put on a site when asked about what I did to get into trouble. Just about everybody that knows me knows about what happened almost 10 years ago, no big secret.

Not only is Pruett infamous for the blind snow boa deal, taking a 15 year old kid for about 20 bucks, horrible shipping practices, selling bad animals, getting two snakes from me and never paying for them and saying to me 'F' you, you don't need the money, threatening me, and some other very off color things, he will now be infamous for getting so mad that he can't get me all wound up, that he had to register ghireptiles.com and make a little website with it. Everybody should be warned about this guy, his animals, and business practices.

If you think this is bad register on The Rachodactylus Network Forums and see the real Bobby Pruett in action on the snake forum and battle ground. The language, libelous comments, and general demeanor by him and Tim Bowles/'ToHotToHandle' is just mind blowing.

In my opinion guys like this have no place in the community and it is amazing that this guy is so angry he can't make me look bad, that he spends countless hours, days, weeks, and months coming up with the garbage he does.....well actually I am not amazed anymore, just use to it I guess. Bravo Pruett another classy move :rofl:
 
The guy is garbage Matt. No ifs ands or buts. Contact his ISP. Let them know what he is doing and I believe you will be happy with the results. Also, contact whoever is hosting that site. My guess is that if a threat of legal action is offerred that site will magically disappear
 
Well he and Bowles have continued their childish assaults on Bobby's forum and they are both saying there that the 'new site' is not defamatory in any way but what they do know is it was put up with malicious intent. Granted nobody that knows me or sees it will pay any attention to it but it's the point of how far this person has gone and how much of his life is consumed by me, that is weird and I think he needs professional help.

We all know what Pruett has done to customers and other people in the business over the years and especially to me, and it's time that every single person be warned about his immoral actions and business ethics before they too are affected by him. I personally was taken for $400.00 by him, nothing compared to the $10,000 blind snow boa guy but $400.00 is not small change.

On numerous occasions before he has had immoral posts and threads forcibly removed from his forum because of the content having to do with child molestation so maybe if I do contact the webhosting company that runs his new site they will do something.
 
Matt,

Since you use this name commercially (and have for some time I imagine), you can send a cease and desist letter to them for infringing on use of your business name. I don't know about Florida but it costs about $38 to file a civil suit here in Virginia as a small claim. You can do that without an attorney and they will have to come and defend it or show cause why that court does not have jurisdiction. That would likely be more effort than it is worth for them. Also, if they fail to appear in court you will get a summary judgement.

My guess is they will cease and desist when they are served legal papers, making the suit moot.
 
Matt,

Since you use this name commercially (and have for some time I imagine), you can send a cease and desist letter to them for infringing on use of your business name. I don't know about Florida but it costs about $38 to file a civil suit here in Virginia as a small claim. You can do that without an attorney and they will have to come and defend it or show cause why that court does not have jurisdiction. That would likely be more effort than it is worth for them. Also, if they fail to appear in court you will get a summary judgement.

My guess is they will cease and desist when they are served legal papers, making the suit moot.
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Hey Jim,

A few points here. I do not have Ghi Reptiles trademarked or incorporated and I don't really want to. It is a name I have used for a long time and it's got a great reputation for very high quality animals (me too), but it's just a name and I am known as Ghi Reptiles, no biggie. Both of these guys have completely destroyed their own reputations and businesses and serving them legally will be a moot point because you can't squeeze water from a rock if you get my point. Let them continue to dig their own graves but the more people that see the kinds of things they Bobby/Tim do the more people may be saved from having to deal with Bobby or at least be very weary of his business ethics and be forewarned. (Tim is a non issue and is out of the business for good. By the way, I did file against Bowles once in florida for ripping me off but the Judge said I need to file in Ohio instead, too much of a hassle for someone who has disappeared from the scene but it was a slam dunk anyway and the whole community saw it so in essence I did win.}

Thanks for the reply Jim!
 
I do not have Ghi Reptiles trademarked
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You are covered by what is called "common law copyright".
What this means is that you do have right to the name, but if you sue, you cannot sue for recovery of the attorney fees you incurred to do so.
 
Damon Theis said:
You are covered by what is called "common law copyright".
What this means is that you do have right to the name, but if you sue, you cannot sue for recovery of the attorney fees you incurred to do so.
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Hey Damon,

Thanks for the info and I was aware years ago that I had the right to the name since everything I have has GHI Reptiles on it and that's who I am known as. I am sure just about 100% of the people who see the website or this thread know all about Pruett and his bad ways and bad history in the business and in life in general. It's kind of rediculous that someone can get so enraged that he has to put a website up with a guys comapny name that he screwed out of about $400.00. I guess I should be happy he didn't scam me for $1,000.00 or more otherwise he might have some of my company T-shirts made. :rofl:
 
Not really.....he isn't worth the time. He is doing more damage to himself by being like is, it's perfect!
 
This was posted by ToHotToHandle on the 23rd on the Rachodactylus Network battle ground forum in response to someone asking if I wanted them to help me with the website problem.
LMAO, seems Queeny girl called his $450 an hour lawyer and found out there isn't a damn thing this blow hard arshole can do about it after all.
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We know that Tim Bowles has posted as ToHotToHandle because of his admission in a post, and because of the spelling and punctuation errors in other posts I can only assume that Bobby Pruett is also posting as the same.

Well there is something that can be done about it and it has been done, www.ghireptiles.com started by Bobby Pruett has been shut down by Yahoo. This is the length that Bobby Pruett will go to if he has a personal vendetta against you. He started www.ghireptiles.com to intentionally screw with me, my reputation, and my livelihood. Some people are real mental cases :shrug01:
 
For anybody getting e-mails from ([email protected])

I found out today that harrassing and rude e-mails are being sent from [email protected]. Well it's not me but is the contact e-mail for the website ghireptiles.com that Pruett started and very quickly was shut down. Anyone who has recieved harrassing e-mails from that address please save them on your hard drives and forward them to me at [email protected] and remember that it is not me sending them but a disturbed individual who wants to make people think it's me....just like the website the hotmail account will be shut down soon.

Thanks!
Matt
GHI Reptiles
[email protected]
 
As you were saying in this thread earlier, it maybe wasn't worth the trouble to take him to court, especially if you had to go to his state to file. Given this new info about more harrassment of individuals "in your name" and the fact that it appears to be escalating, I think something needs to be done. He seems to be meeting the "criteria" for internet harrassment if not actual cyberstalking. If you haven't looked into it these sites may help. I haven't actually done anything more than look at the home page, but maybe they have relevant info. http://www.netcrimes.net/resources.html and
http://www.haltabuse.org/
 
Ghi Reptiles said:
I found out today that harrassing and rude e-mails are being sent from [email protected]. Well it's not me but is the contact e-mail for the website ghireptiles.com that Pruett started and very quickly was shut down. Anyone who has recieved harrassing e-mails from that address please save them on your hard drives and forward them to me at [email protected] and remember that it is not me sending them but a disturbed individual who wants to make people think it's me....just like the website the hotmail account will be shut down soon.

Thanks!
Matt
GHI Reptiles
[email protected]
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Well, It just contributes to their lousy reputation. I think everyone will figure it out.
 
I just actually read some of the e-mails and he had someone just fuming :hot: . He was making this guy think the e-mails were coming from me but thankfully now he knows they weren't. What you see Dennis is actually the tip of the iceberg with the way this guy has been harrassing me. It has pretty much been two solid years of this garbage from Pruett so hopefully in a few more he will get tired of making himself look bad
 
Ghi Reptiles said:
It has pretty much been two solid years of this garbage from Pruett so hopefully in a few more he will get tired of making himself look bad
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Matt,

Stalkers rarely grow tired of their prey. I would take legal action. Get a restraining order. Haul his hiney into court. Do what you need to do to make his life more difficult. Even if this doesn't "bother" you (and I think it must on some level as you are only human) his tactics may well escalate unless you do something to stop him. My $0.02 anyway.
 
Hey Jim,

His tactics have already escalated to the point of absurdity. I am already long over the physical threat period, the posting pictures with me face in them period, and the name calling thing, so now we are on to more 'Cyber' things like impersonating me on the internet and making a website using my business name. He has purchased the domain name 'ghireptiles.com' and it seems to have backfired on him since the site he spent money on and made, ghireptiles.com, was forcibly shut down immediately. That was a good investment :rolleyes:
 
I hear you, Matt. But (and not to give him any ideas) I can get your social security number and a copy of your dirver's license in a day if not in 20 minutes. And I can start applying for credit in your name with that info. And so can he. Thing is you do not know for certain what he will do next and short of legal action (and maybe in spite of it anyway) you can be put through a lot of trouble fixing your credit report and getting a new social security number.

It has happened to people I know....more than once.

You know him better than I do, and you know what's best for you no doubt way better than I do. So all I can say is that if it was me, I would take action to make him uncomfortable so he thinks twice about the legal consequences of stalking you. Because he is stalking you. Make no mistake about that.
 
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