If refunding one customer will make your kids starve, then you have no business owning a bunch of animals. Sounds like another Pokemon-type keeper with their priorities screwed up.
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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.
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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 Catharine Smith/ Chamgirl99471 or cathys
- Thread starter rcpreis3
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My birthday is in August. And you were calling who a troll? You read all the way back to my April posts and the worse thing you find out is im a stoner? Congratulations your a freakin super sleuth, I mean to think if you didnt do all that prowling on my facebook, people would have never realized my avatar which is located directly to the left of this post, and every other post I've made on here... Just to settle things, I dont care if people know I smoke, and most probably wouldnt like me if I didnt. You think being a butthole here? Catch me on a bad paycheck, where I spend my last 50 bucks on rats and not a bag of party favors.
1. I dont have to defamate your character, your facebook does enough. But you seem to be getting alot of gifts from third parties. I wish I had your friends.
2. Like I said, im not here to defame you. I simply came her to post about a transaction I was unhappy about and felt needed to come her alot earlier than it did, but I felt bad for how life was getting rough on you, and sincerely believed that you had crappy times, but then it just got stretched too far and I call shenanighens. I mean seriously you must have one crappy husband if hes gonna roll in all his money and watch your kids starve while you scrape your last penny from the bottom of your cup holder in your car juat to pay me back. Quit trying to play as a reptile saint, and quit throwing your kids in here as a way to try and make people feel bad. Its getting annoying, not working, and has nothing to do with our transaction.
omg wait...
Thank you Dennis
Sorry I missed these 2, woulda put them in earlier post
Which I still dispute the amount that is being refunded. Again, I will be more than happy to send them back to you, on your dime for a proper full refund. Which is what I wanted in the first place.
BWUAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
Chamgirl chooses...
Unsexed animal!!!
Unsexed animal attacks with false advertisement...
22DMG
Reptilestoner chooses...
BOI thread!!!
BOI thread attacks with shenanighans barrage...
109DMG
...Priceless
Which I still dispute the amount that is being refunded. Again, I will be more than happy to send them back to you, on your dime for a proper full refund. Which is what I wanted in the first place.
BWUAAAHAHAHAHAHA!Chamgirl chooses...
Unsexed animal!!!
Unsexed animal attacks with false advertisement...
22DMG
Reptilestoner chooses...
BOI thread!!!
BOI thread attacks with shenanighans barrage...
109DMG
...Priceless
KORBIN5895
New member
Okay Robert. that last post deserves an award or something. I almost peed myself.
Received another $40 this week.
HighVoltageRoyals
New member
Glad to hear you got some of your money back Robert!
On that note, I'm frankly flabbergasted with this whole thread. I don't really even have the right words to explain how shocked I am at Catharine and her cronies' behavior and attitudes.
On the issue of "Oh, he waited too long soooo....screw him", frankly this blew my mind. If an animal is represented as one sex and turns out to be another REGARDLESS of time frame, it's misrepresentation of the animal. It's not like a female ball can just sprout hemipenes whenever she pleases. As a seller, you should always stand by your animals and if it means taking them back when you messed up and didn't sex them AT ALL, it means doing just that. Also, the "I can't take them back because there isn't enough room at my place" is also flat out bull. You get new animals in all the time according to you! Three BPs really don't take up that much space. You just didn’t want to pay return shipping and a refund to him because I’m sure you had your eye on other animals or a camera or WHATEVER. And according to you, male normal ball pythons are soooo easy to sell for $50 on Craigslist, so why not take them back in and do just that? Why force Robert to fix your mistake by sitting on these animals until someone buys them? Bottom line, you misrepresented animals, you should have taken care of it when it occurred but you didn't and whether you like to believe it or not, you definitely put Robert on the back burner which is beyond disrespectful.
And don't even get me started on the "Ohhh well, that pastel breeder male was just SUCH a good deal I couldn't pass it up even though I could have easily paid you off with the money I got from selling my Uro for it"......Are....are you kidding me? Do you know how utterly selfish and dumb that sounds? 'Appalled' wouldn't even begin to describe how that little number made me feel, I can only imagine how Rob must have felt when he read that. That Uro money should have gone directly to Robert, no questions asked, no matter how good of a "deal" that pastel male was. Would you do the same with an overdue credit card? Or a court order? Or with anything else that had actual consequences to you? “Sorry Mr. Judge, I couldn't pay this month because there was just such a GOOD DEAL on this snake I've had my eye on! I’ll get ya next time!”
The fact that you could get away with not paying him without any consequences means and you decided to do so speaks volumes about the kind of person you are. Oh, but wait…there ARE consequences, just not as apparent and in your face as a late fee or a warrant for your arrest akin to what you might get if this was a debt to a court system or a credit card company. You got yourself a ruined reputation! I’m sure I’m not the only one that has put you on the “Do not do business with” list. How’s that new camera working out for you by the way?
Also, you should probably keep your cronies out of your business screw ups next time too. All they did was make fools of themselves and you. Kindly telling them to shut up in the very beginning of this thread would have been a pretty wise decision.
Honestly, I think you should keep this as a hobby and even then, take a break from selling any animals because your business ethics are TERRIBLE. If you can’t see that everything I've just posted is truth and take some serious steps to improve your priorities and morals than I don’t suggest getting any further into this business because you will be severely disappointed by what people expect of you as a business owner.
On that note, I'm frankly flabbergasted with this whole thread. I don't really even have the right words to explain how shocked I am at Catharine and her cronies' behavior and attitudes.
On the issue of "Oh, he waited too long soooo....screw him", frankly this blew my mind. If an animal is represented as one sex and turns out to be another REGARDLESS of time frame, it's misrepresentation of the animal. It's not like a female ball can just sprout hemipenes whenever she pleases. As a seller, you should always stand by your animals and if it means taking them back when you messed up and didn't sex them AT ALL, it means doing just that. Also, the "I can't take them back because there isn't enough room at my place" is also flat out bull. You get new animals in all the time according to you! Three BPs really don't take up that much space. You just didn’t want to pay return shipping and a refund to him because I’m sure you had your eye on other animals or a camera or WHATEVER. And according to you, male normal ball pythons are soooo easy to sell for $50 on Craigslist, so why not take them back in and do just that? Why force Robert to fix your mistake by sitting on these animals until someone buys them? Bottom line, you misrepresented animals, you should have taken care of it when it occurred but you didn't and whether you like to believe it or not, you definitely put Robert on the back burner which is beyond disrespectful.
And don't even get me started on the "Ohhh well, that pastel breeder male was just SUCH a good deal I couldn't pass it up even though I could have easily paid you off with the money I got from selling my Uro for it"......Are....are you kidding me? Do you know how utterly selfish and dumb that sounds? 'Appalled' wouldn't even begin to describe how that little number made me feel, I can only imagine how Rob must have felt when he read that. That Uro money should have gone directly to Robert, no questions asked, no matter how good of a "deal" that pastel male was. Would you do the same with an overdue credit card? Or a court order? Or with anything else that had actual consequences to you? “Sorry Mr. Judge, I couldn't pay this month because there was just such a GOOD DEAL on this snake I've had my eye on! I’ll get ya next time!”
The fact that you could get away with not paying him without any consequences means and you decided to do so speaks volumes about the kind of person you are. Oh, but wait…there ARE consequences, just not as apparent and in your face as a late fee or a warrant for your arrest akin to what you might get if this was a debt to a court system or a credit card company. You got yourself a ruined reputation! I’m sure I’m not the only one that has put you on the “Do not do business with” list. How’s that new camera working out for you by the way?
Also, you should probably keep your cronies out of your business screw ups next time too. All they did was make fools of themselves and you. Kindly telling them to shut up in the very beginning of this thread would have been a pretty wise decision.
Honestly, I think you should keep this as a hobby and even then, take a break from selling any animals because your business ethics are TERRIBLE. If you can’t see that everything I've just posted is truth and take some serious steps to improve your priorities and morals than I don’t suggest getting any further into this business because you will be severely disappointed by what people expect of you as a business owner.