englishaussie
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I have bought from DTS a couple of times without any issues.
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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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And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Thanks for that. That makes another member who will support a PROVEN bad guy. Hopefully you will never have a problem, but it is going to be funny when you do. Would you also let Charlie Manson babysit for you. Maybe you haven't read all of the bad guy threads about him. Anyone else?
Just so we are clear here, Dan Scolaro has been caught DOZENS of times. He sells sick animals, wild caught junk and parasite ridden animals. His responses to anyone who has a problem are legend. Please tell me how you could read all of his bad guy threads in which he hangs himself over and over and still buy from him?
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First off, I have not purchased from DTS, but was in touch with him during a particularly bad thread to try and be an objective voice. What he told me, what he posted here, and what was evidenced by tangible proof were 3 entirely different things with regards to quarantine, species kept, and protocol for dealing with sick specimens. These are very dangerous areas in which to be so blatantly and deliberately dishonest.
Secondly, while I do not support anyone dealing with him, and would not consider knowingly purchasing from someone who does, I don't think it's particularly helpful to demonize those who are honest about their positive transactions in this thread.
Secondly, while I do not support anyone dealing with him, and would not consider knowingly purchasing from someone who does, I don't think it's particularly helpful to demonize those who are honest about their positive transactions in this thread.
I am not "demonizing" anyone. I AM questioning their intelligence and integrity. kingpinreptiles for instance. Here is a guy who admits to buying "thousands of dollars" worth of stock from Dan and almost certainly sells it through his business. Then he jumps up and puts that out in the thread. Intelligence and Integrity.
People operating in this manner is where devastating disease outbreaks begin, you know, the kind that will wipe out your entire collection.
Like I said before: Avoid Dan (DTS) like the plague!
True that! I'm sure there are many good honest people who have done business with him (likely prior to learning about how he operates).
The most important thing is to have proper Quarantine, off-site when possible, separate room at minimum. Even when buying from highly reputable people.
Just for the record; I have not done business with Dan. I was looking at some of Dan's ads a couple years ago. I decided against contacting him or attempting to do business with him due to the BOI threads I found on him through a Google search (before I joined Fauna).
Like I said I am new to the internet and what raised the first flag for me was when I started looking into other ads and saw some pics of VERY SKINNY looking animals. So then I was just a bit curious and wanted to see what others had to say. Well I now found how to do a search and since my original post I did some digging and I now see what everyone has been talking about! I have just read through a whole bunch of insults toward his customers and anyone else who has anything to say. I am so glad to have a place like this to go to. For several years I've been doing business locally therefore I can look around and talk in person and obviously the hands on is outta the question. After everything I have just read I would never take the chance of getting a sick animal potentially destroying everything I've worked for.
I can't believe after all the insults and rants I just read a guy like Dan can still be going about destroying animals and putting customers entire collections at risk. I am so thankful to have posted this thus leading me to the other posts. Thanks again guys
I can't believe after all the insults and rants I just read a guy like Dan can still be going about destroying animals and putting customers entire collections at risk. I am so thankful to have posted this thus leading me to the other posts. Thanks again guys
I agree. It's not productive for this forum to attack people for sharing their experiences.
As I said, I took a risk and didn't get screwed. I knew the risk I was taking and I quarantined these animals to make sure I didn't risk my collection. That does not make me a supporter of scumbags in the hobby. He had something I had been looking for for a long time and was unable to find anyone else who had them, so I took a risk. I am not saying he doesn't sell sick and diseased animals, I am saying I may have gotten lucky with what I got but THESE ANIMALS were good.
Wilomn
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I'm confused. How does buying from him NOT support him?
Either you live in a land where light is dark and black is white, you're woefully ignorant of the meaning of the word support, or you're a liar.
No matter what though, you did knowingly do business with one of THE worst people in this business then bragged about it. Neato for you. You got what you wanted thereby allowing others to be, once again, screwed by dts. I see it as akin to trying to rescue from a lousy petshop. Sure, you may get a deal, you may get what YOU want, but you're only allowing crappy business practices to go on being crappy. But hey, you got yours, right?
Well, actually, it kinda does. His scumbag status is fairly indisputable; and your purchase dollars are supporting him. It's a mentality like yours that helps people like him stay in business. Rationalize it any way you want; but your choice to give him your business, despite knowing exactly what he is, comes off as nothing more than a tacit F-U to everyone he's wronged. As I said, as long as you're not the one being bent over, that's apparently all that matters. It's not an uncommon sentiment. Not exactly conducive to a safer herpetocultural community; but nothing that countless others haven't embraced.
Warning: posting this to all since it keeps happening, stop with the name calling ('scumbag') - as that type of talk is not welcome on the BOI and hasn't been for a while now. I'm sure the feelings can be made clear without having to resort to calling names. Thank you
I see the point you guys are making. I from now on will not support him or purchase from him again.
I truthfully did not think about the effects of others purchasing from him. I guess I was selfish in the way of wanting this species. Again, I do see where my error was with purchasing and how it is classified as supporting him now. Thank you for pointing it out and I am sorry. I should have used my brains.
Wilomn
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Everyone makes mistakes. What you do when you find out you've made one is more important than the mistake itself. Sometimes. I think this is one of those times. If you're sincere, well done.
I am very sincere. I will not do business with him again.
So you get some of the animals you sell from Scolaro? You are now on my don't deal with too. And Dan has far more than his share of Bad guy threads, not one or two. Just remember that if one of your multi-thousand dollar deals goes south, Dan will not be there for you.
Arachno
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He's placed lots of ads over the years for species I really wanted, but I've always had second thoughts. What about buying from him in person?
That is exactly how I felt Jeff. A couple of members seemed to have a problem with me calling him out for his statement. It was obvious that he was doing more than just adding an experience. He states that he has seen the bad guy threads and evidently Dan's actions do not bother him.. There is also the fact that many thousands of dollars of Dan Scolaro's possibly infected animals have passed through the facilities of kingpinreptiles. It really didn't bother me that they wanted to call me out especially considering who was doing the calling.