• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.
    **************************************************
    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.

BOI thread gone

yes that is the one. I have logged in and out and it still does not appear anywhere.
 
the thread is active. it's still on the 1st page of the BOI, about the 17th thread down

edit - is it possible you have the OP on your 'ignore' list?
screenshot of what you see?
 
copy and paste

April,
I am unsure of how to screen shot. Here is a copy and paste of page one. I do not have an ignore list that I know of.

Sticky: A note about posting anonymous third party quotes
WebSlave
08-12-2011 07:09 PM
by saskia
8 5,832

Sticky: Killing the messengers....
WebSlave
04-05-2011 09:47 PM
by WebSlave
0 5,300

Sticky: Keep the topic line SHORT please.
WebSlave
02-02-2011 01:26 PM
by deborahbroadus
3 4,436

Sticky: Rules for Posting on the BOI <-- REQUIRED READING!! (updated 12/30/09)
WebSlave
12-11-2002 03:43 PM
by CheriS
1 22,457

Josh at Outback reptiles ( 1 2)
DeeDub
11-08-2012 08:25 AM
by TheFragginDragon
19 392

Jared ohsman reptile mogul exotics FRAUD! ( 1 2 3)
jims72
11-08-2012 07:36 AM
by Suncoast Herpetological
27 2,216

Douglas A. Dolenc (Dugan32)
Earthworks
11-08-2012 06:43 AM
by Earthworks
3 201

Canopy Creations aka Caitlin Tibbets
kym123089
11-08-2012 02:53 AM
by CanopyCreations
1 43

Luarazzi (Elaina Jerome)
illuminati
11-08-2012 01:43 AM
by juliethegr8t
2 393

The Veiled Chameleon
kym123089
11-08-2012 12:17 AM
by kym123089
6 106

DTS Herps-buyer beware!!! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Last Page)
JG1153
11-07-2012 10:53 PM
by Boondockreptiles
521 27,424

Jarrett Kime - The Cornnection
Bridget
11-07-2012 10:31 PM
by Bridget
0 31

Casey Dunham, Reptiles Anonymous
alcmaeon
11-07-2012 10:18 PM
by alcmaeon
0 36

Jeff Leitch (Bad Guy) ( 1 2)
Winter
11-07-2012 10:07 PM
by Boondockreptiles
16 2,256

Jeff Leitch
Boondockreptiles
11-07-2012 09:49 PM
by Boondockreptiles
0 39

Fass Farms aka Mark Fass
kym123089
11-07-2012 09:37 PM
by kym123089
0 26

Holy Grail Geckos, aka Jason Pahl
kym123089
11-07-2012 09:34 PM
by kym123089
0 33

Matthew Jackson, One to Deal With ( 1 2)
Joe Cannonito
11-07-2012 09:28 PM
by TessadasExotics
16 1,290

Sean Smith ( 1 2)
kym123089
11-07-2012 09:22 PM
by kym123089
19 629

Julie Koslowsky/Familiar Exotics
BeautifulRhacs
11-07-2012 09:21 PM
by Volatile
2 123

Beware of Derril Geller the Scammer! ( 1 2 3)
TexasSnake
11-07-2012 09:16 PM
by TexasSnake
26 1,237

Mike Guzman
blackblood
11-07-2012 08:53 PM
by night4now
1 203

Robert Seib: Eastern Indigos
barbie.dragon
11-07-2012 07:44 PM
by barbie.dragon
3 280

Joe Rollo BCIJoe
Pythonbreeder99
11-07-2012 06:55 PM
by Bci Joe
1 91

Tom Tuttle - good guy!
wktyers
11-07-2012 06:42 PM
by tsthompson
1 75

Jerry Robertson "SnakesRkewl" Great Guy to work with!
Haifisch
11-07-2012 03:54 PM
by snakesRkewl
3 211

RC_Reptiles Richard Prater
azoreptiles
11-07-2012 03:45 PM
by herpcharmer
2 218

Bobby Hill - Varnyard Herps: Buyers Beware. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Last Page)
Siukie
11-07-2012 03:36 PM
by Lucille
346 35,479

Doug Mong
a153fish
 
Here what you do to get a screen shot.

1)While you are on the screen you want a shot of hit the Print Screen button
2)Load your Paint program or other photo software you like
3)Right click and paste the pic into it
4)Save Pic, Upload to PhotBucket or other photo site and paste the link here.

Once you do it a time or two it's pretty easy

Jacob
 
That link works.

You can also have it display the image by the different links photobucket and others like it use.

Jacob
 
The thread that I had started? It is still there -- I didn't remove it (not that I could anyways).
As of 2:13am (central) on 11/9/12, it is on page two of the BOI.
 
Here is a pretty decent free program for screen shots

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/downloads/downloadfiles.htm
Make sure to UNCHECK the toolbar/search spam crap before acceptingterms etc.
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