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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.

Brian Sharp Reptiles - Great service & quality animals

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Just wanted to give a shout out to Brian Sharp Reptiles. I was lucky enough to meet Brian today and spend a good half hour talking to him about reptiles and his breeding projects, as well as purchasing 1.1 lessers and 0.2 mojaves.

Brian even took the time to bring a few example animals to me to show me the difference between the super forms of a super mojave and a lesser x mojave. Was something he did not have to do, but did anyway without me asking.

The animals I received are beautiful, and the service was excellent. He sold them to me at a great price for the quality I received.

Thanks again Brian.

Brandon

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I bought some of Brian's old Neodesha cages a couple months ago. I haven't met a nicer guy in this hobby, period.

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Yeah, he's slightly older than me also. LOL!
I have known Brian for 13 years ,give or take, and he's a wonderful guy and a TRUE gentleman.

Randal
 
I recently bought 3 VPI Axanthic females from Brian Sharp and they all showed up in perfect health and looking great!

Brian was extremely accomodating for me as I was overseas at the time I was making the purchase and he held on to them for me for over a month.

He is a great guy to deal with and I would highly recommend him to anyone.
 
Thanks for the kind words, Matthew. It was a pleasure doing business with you, as well. People serving in the military, such as you, deserve every consideration when it comes to timing and flexibility in completing a transaction. From our conversation it sounds like you've got some good projects working, and are off to a good start as a breeder.

As for Bob Assetto, there aren't many people older than him, but I guess I may be one of them! LOL And Randal, you're not far behind.

Brian
 
Just completed a transaction with Brian. He was awesome to deal with, just as I expected (this was my first transaction with him, but I've known OF Brian Sharp for many years). Great communication, patient, professional, and an all around great guy. Would gladly do business again (and hopefully will in the near future).

Thanks!!
Matt Jackson
 
We also just completed a transaction with Brian and I must say it couldn’t have gone better. He shipped directly to a local FedEx facility to avoid our temperamental Texas weather and I was able to pick them up at my convenience. The animals were packaged well and the box was clearly labeled regarding the contents and handling.

On top of that, the animals are outstanding! Thanks again, Brian!

Regards,
 
Had the pleasure of meeting Brian and seeing his collection while buying neodesha cages top notch individual one of the great minds in the reptile world keep me in mind if selling more cages and the jungles thanks
 
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