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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 Dragons and Tails

Yeah Morgan, I know this thread is a bit of a dousey, huh. Yes, I'm certain she has lost some business over it all. But she did claim she was not planning on coming back into the reptile business, guess she decided to change her mind and then realized...oh crap! No one is gonna wanna buy from me until I look good, so what does she do, states (yet again) that she's going to make this whole situation right, that she has new "evidence" and posts a Good Guy on HERSELF! Whoo...some people can really give you giggles in the morning! I'm glad to see your transaction may come to a close though, I really do hope it does. You are very deserving of it. If mine does not, that is okay by me, I have come to terms with that already. If the money does happen to come in sometime this year, maybe it will buy hubby his birthday present for this/next year, and i can make it right. He was pretty upset when he found out we'd been scammed...and so much for so little...made it worse that it was his b-day present and they all died...tis' a shame that some people can't seem to get on the same page with what is "standard" and expected in the business. Like 6 inches is a mnimum shipping size for a beardie and in 110 degree weather, it should have had an ice pack, at the very least.
 
Here is a posting to my e-mail on this issue. as you can see i have posted the date in which i responded to her last e-mail. this is from my sent box on Faunaclassifieds.com:

08-24-2012, 04:41 PM
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Hi Jessica. So heres the thing, I did say i had a 24 hour refund, but you didn't notify me until a couple days later. so its hard for you to say you expect a refund when that goes against what i agreed to do. Although i do feel bad you went through alot and did alot for these beardies, I am sorry. I dont know how they got sick and died, I know for a 100% fact though that I did not put ANY heat packs in the box. So it was not due to that. None of my beardies have had any illness, so I am not sure what happened, nontheless I am sorry, and want to know how much it was that you purchased them for? No company including mine refund shipping expenses.

Hi Brenda,
The total amount I paid was $440, $40 was for shipping, $400 was for the 4 dragons priced at $100 each. My paypal is [email protected] Please let me know when the payment has been sent so that I can post on fauna for you that you fixed the issue as thats what I've wanted to do this whole time. I'm not on Fauna much as I just had my baby, but I have set up my account to send me an e-mail when I get PM's. Wishing you the best in your future.

Jessica Ambrose

Okay, I just want to say again I'm very sorry for this happening. We were immature to the situation and not realizing how important being professional about breeding and dealing with people was, and running from the situation just because we couldn't financially deal with it at the time is the biggest regret I have. I do care for my animals with all of my heart, and feel bad for the condition one of the dragons was in, and shipping them so young. We should have cared more about their physical ability to be able to survive their way out to you more. Congrats on your baby by the way. I'd like to ask, how many of the dragons died? I remember seeing pictures posted of them later. Hope all is well and your new bundle of joy is thriving. Mine is 14 months now! Anyways get back at me, If I don't get a response from you soon about how many of the dragons died so I know what to refund I will try your paypal email. Hope the best for your family too Jessica.

All 4 of the dragons died, sadly. Despite efforts made bby myself, several other breeders and vets, they didn't wish to live and all died. Thank you for the kind words and I hope all is better for you as well. I'd be more than happy to close this out and get back to business as usual.

Oh wow I'm sorry that they all died. I will set up a new paypal account because we don't have our old one anymore. I'll get right on that and keep you informed! Will get to that asap.

What is your new paypal information? I never recieved word back from you. I was not updated, and am quite frustrated with the way this whole thing has been handled. I'm fine if you make payment plans, or just even let me know that you are going to pay me. I would till really like to believe there is good in people and that people can make right wrongs, but in this situation, i'm a tad skeptical.



Guess we shall see what all happens. Thank you to everyone for your support and apparently I still can;t get out of this mess almost 3 years later, and i'm still getting what seems to be empty promises.
 
By the nine divines what a mess.... I wish you the best of luck as is to be said for the situation. Hopefully this girl (as she has not quite won her womanhood from my view yet, and that's coming from being just a kid myself!) pulls through that final hoorah before vanishing into thin air again. Fingers crossed and heaven forbid!
 
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