• 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.
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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.

Good Guy Brock Wagner - Great Guy!

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I purchased a couple of snakes from Brock Wagner last year. One of which was a male Super Mojave Ghi Het OG. The transaction went as smooth as expected with his good reputation. The animals were all very healthy and looked great.
A few months after the purchase, we were sent a link to a post on a forum of a hatchling which was said to be a super mojave ghi but it looked nothing like the one we had gotten from Brock. I sent Brock a message and showed him the picture. He assured me beyond a shadow of a doubt I could breed the male I received from him with confidence and that it did indeed contained GHI. He assured me that when you purchase a snake from him he always takes care of his customers, and if he ever did make a mistake that he would be sure to do whatever he had to so that the customer was taken care of and happy with the transaction because that was extremely important to him. With that assurance we did not hold back using the super mojave ghi het og and put him to a good bit of girls this season. The first clutch we hatched for 2016 was sired by the super mojave ghi het og and Brock was correct that this white snake certainly has ghi in him as well!
There's not many people I would have trusted enough to purchase an all white snake from for the gene that isn't showing, but I trusted Brock and was sure it would prove out since it didn't have the typical Super Mojave look to it. Now that I have babies from the super mojave ghi het og I just think it was long overdue to share my positive experiences dealing with Brock Wagner. I have spoken with Brock a few times since the transaction and could always tell that while he was confident the snake would prove out having GHI in it that it was EXTREMELY important to him for me to know that his customers are very important to him and he would do anything in his power to take care of them in every transaction. I genuinely feel he is a great guy and would have no hesitations at all purchasing from him again in the future.

Matt Shifflett aka ShiffyAME
American Made Exotics, LLC

Pictured is
2 shots of the Ghi Super Mojave Het OG
a shot of his first clutch he sired from a cinnamon female
and a shot of the 2 Ghi Mojave Cinnamon and Ghi Mojave produced in the first clutch.
 

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Beautiful babies matt!!
Recieved a snake that i won in an auction last year from Brock & i completely agree with you. He was always quick with a answer or response. Snake came when he said & it was 100% healthy. Top notch breeder/collector. Hopefully they will put some new videos out this year:thumbsup:

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Thanks Matt I am so glad that you are happy with him. Yes it was a little sticky as no one has really proven out any Super Mojave GHI's and I am so glad that he proved for you. You are going to make some kick butt combo's with that male. At that this point I think I want him back! LOL

Thanks Chris. I really try to make my customers happy!

Thanks
Brock
 
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