After two weeks of delays due to weather conditions and the conventions (repub/dem), I finally received two locality bull snakes from Dan. Delays during shaping occured, which had me seriously worried due to the heat. I was pleasantly suprised when unpacking. Two active, healthy and beautiful snakes. Shipped properly and well packed. Nice job Dan. I won't hesitate to do business with Mr. Wilks in the future (hopefully soon).
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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.
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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 Dan Wilks
- Thread starter Chris Kennard
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Shipping, not shaping. Sent Reptiles Express Fedex. For what it's worth, Dan kept in touch with a woman representing Rep Ex and I spoke with her personally a few hours before delivery. Dan made sure she stayed on top to ensure a safe trip, and she did. Wasn't expecting delivery til 9:30 am. A courier service delivered them tonight.
Dan's a scammer. He has been taking people's money and not sending the animals. His phone is disconnected. I wish I had spent the money on a good bottle of wine.
Dan's profile:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/member.php?u=161899
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/member.php?u=161899
I had several transactions with. All were flawless. Granted, a ways back, nevertheless...you made a claim here. Back it up with proof.
DAn
Chris, look at the people who are contacting him now. Not good.Against my better judgement, I released the Paypal $ him since he was swearing he would not cheat people out of their money. I am a vendor at a show all weekend. I will post my text and email trial when I get back.
Chris, look at the people who are contacting him now. Not good.Against my better judgement, I released the Paypal $ him since he was swearing he would not cheat people out of their money. I am a vendor at a show all weekend. I will post my text and email trial when I get back.
Dan
Chris, look at the people who are contacting him now. Not good.Against my better judgement, I released the Paypal $ him since he was swore he would not cheat people out of their money. I am a vendor at a show all weekend. I will post my text and email trial when I get back.
Chris, look at the people who are contacting him now. Not good.Against my better judgement, I released the Paypal $ him since he was swore he would not cheat people out of their money. I am a vendor at a show all weekend. I will post my text and email trial when I get back.
Still waiting on a response! You accused someone of scamming, decided to use old "good guy" posts as a vehicle to pursue whatever agenda you have. Why is there not a new thread started? I have seen Jack squat's worth of proof. Just accusations in several old threads. I'm actually surprised that the patrons here aren't demanding proof (texts, emails etc.). Times have certainly changed...
No Snakes
You need to take a sedative. I held off posting anything since he contacted me through his page and said the animals were going to be shipped on Tuesday 10/22/2019. No animals, no other contact from him. But I have been contacted by another person who has not received their animals. Go to his page and see for yourself. If he makes good, which I doubt will ever happen, I am more than happy to follow up saying that he has belatedly followed through. I posted on a good guy rating to warn people that he is no longer reliable and they are more than likely to loose their money if they deal with him.
You need to take a sedative. I held off posting anything since he contacted me through his page and said the animals were going to be shipped on Tuesday 10/22/2019. No animals, no other contact from him. But I have been contacted by another person who has not received their animals. Go to his page and see for yourself. If he makes good, which I doubt will ever happen, I am more than happy to follow up saying that he has belatedly followed through. I posted on a good guy rating to warn people that he is no longer reliable and they are more than likely to loose their money if they deal with him.
Tom - if Dan has been making promises to ship and blowing you off then I think it's appropriate to post your conversations with him. If he eventually makes good then you can post an update.
You may also want to create your own thread since a simple search on Dan's name will show only "good guy" subject lines, and potential purchasers won't necessarily read through them all to find that Dan now seems to be taking money but not not shipping.