• 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.

Bad Guy !!!!!!!! CHRISTOPHER STEWART !!!!!!!!!!!

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------ HEADS UP SCAM ARTIST------
He replied to my add about a white lipped python (black phase)
i asked him for picks and he sent me 2... i found the same pics on yahoo!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HES SCAMMIN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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LINK: LINK: LINK: LINK: LINK:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...t-891&fr2=tab-web&xargs=0&pstart=1&b=21&ni=20
 
The website those pics are posted on says the owner's name is Blake Bauer. How does Christopher Stewart fit into this? I don't see his name anywhere on the site.:shrug01:
 
Sharpshooter said:
The website those pics are posted on says the owner's name is Blake Bauer. How does Christopher Stewart fit into this? I don't see his name anywhere on the site.:shrug01:
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Ooops, my bad. I thought you were saying he stole pics from YOU.:eek:

Can you give us more info on the guy?
 
not really. i have hit up so many people lookin for this snake i cant b sure what his web handel was. he e-mail me via yahoo. saying he had a few for 350 a pop. i have been all over the web doin my research and finding out all i can about these snakes, ive seen hundreds of pics. as soon as he sent me those i knew they came from yahoo. i asked him if he was a private breeder or if he worked with some one. he said he was a private breeder... so i busted him out on stealin the pics.
 
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how did u find out who the pics really belong 2?
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The web addy. is posted right under the image on Yahoo search.

Please post emails, with headers. Do you know where he's from? Did he give you any info, verbally or written that could be useful in identifying him?
 
I have contacted a guy named Chris Stewart at angolanpythons.com, and he says he knows nothing about this.

Since Landon has indicated he does not wish to pursue this, here's what we're left with:

1. Landon says a guy who said his name was Christopher Stewart tried to scam him with stolen pics.

2. Said pics came from pytoncentral.com

That's it.

Unless someone has something to add, this thread needs to fade away.
 
if im in the wrong and everyone thinks i should call a guy on his personal number that some cyber stalker found. I WILL DO IT! im just saying i dont think i should get personal with some young punk that was trying 2 run a scam. i busted him hes prolly already cleared his tracks: deleted the e-mail account, and started a new one. i doubt very much that he will try something like that again. unless he has hustled some one b4. in which case i would like 2 talk 2 that person. besides who is gonna come out and say " yes i tried 2 scam someone this morning... ooops my bad plz 4 giv me"
 
I try to help you and this community, and you call me a cyber stalker? Sheesh...

The number is published right on his website.

All I'm saying, is that if you put a guy's name up here in all caps as a bad guy (all the exclamation marks were a nice touch), you should be willing to see it through to a conclusion, whatever that may be. To do otherwise seems a little, well, flaky.

Anyhoo, this thread is pretty much dead in the water, unless someone has something useful to add.
 
Please post ALL emails regarding this otherwise your claims are invalid.

I know Blake Bauer and will make him aware that someone is stealing his photos and will give him a link to this thread.

Also PLEASE use proper grammar AND spelling. Do you really expect anyone on here to take you seriously when you're using text /IM speak???
 
It would really be helpful if you could provide the email that was used. This fits a certain person's m.o., but if you can't provide ANY information :shrug01:
 
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