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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.

Fedex packages getting stuck in Memphis, TN.

bloodybaroness said:
This happened to me last week. I had a package coming from Sean Niland that arrived in Memphis at 6:48 am, then it was held in Memphis all day.....

.....Now granted the package was held up in Colorado because of a wind storm, but why can it not leave Memphis for a full day?? It arrived at 6:48am. Is there only one plane? I think not.

It really worries me since everything I get in my area comes via the Memphis hub.
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I can shed a little light on why it sat there all day. I don't work for FedEx but do work for UPS' Next Day operations here in Louisville.

If the package didn't get there until 6:48 in the morning then it had already missed all of the outbound flights for the day. Yes, there would be another round of flights later in the afternoon but those would be servicing the 2 Day and 3 Day volume. Next day volume is seldom able to be sent with the 2 and 3 day volume. Often times if it were it would be delayed another day. It's actually quicker to be held in Memphis for the day, strange as that may seem.
 
Well, I have been keeping track of a snake I am being sent from Cali, and sure enough, it is now in memphis... I hope what Jerry said above is true... Hopefully since it got there at 1:20 am it should stay on schedule. I guess we will see.
 
Incredible!! I also ordered 1000live crickets and mealworms lay thursday and was expecting them Friday but they just it here today!!! Even though I didn't get as many dead as I expected its still unbelievable!!
 
Oh, I forgot to reply to this before. The snake I ordered got here on schedule. It arrived at the Memphis hub at about 1:30 am and left a few hours later. Can you check the tracking for your package and see what time it arrived there?
 
No problem shipping Fedex,I use priority and std overnight with great results.

I do know there were delays due to massive flooding then tornado's. and frankly that's understandable.
 
Just FYI ALL FedEx overnight packages go through Memphis hub, regardless of origination or destination.
 
Hybridbird said:
Just FYI ALL FedEx overnight packages go through Memphis hub, regardless of origination or destination.
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Actually that is not 100% accurate. If you are shipping from a major city, and just within state, your package will likely not leave the state on Priority Overnight shipments.

Shipping from Denver to another city in Colorado, for example. Houston to another city in Texas, etc.
 
robyn@Pro Exotics said:
Actually that is not 100% accurate. If you are shipping from a major city, and just within state, your package will likely not leave the state on Priority Overnight shipments.

Shipping from Denver to another city in Colorado, for example. Houston to another city in Texas, etc.
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Still not 100% accurate. It DOES depend on your origin and destination. If I have a package coming from the northeast, Atlantic coast or upper midwest it comes through Indianapolis. From the south, southwest or west coast it comes through Memphis.
 
Since we are getting particular there is one in California as well. Anything I get from the western states obviously gets held there instead of going all the way to Memphis.
 
SteeleReptiles said:
I have not had a problem with them being held but fedex did put a plastic bag over a box I sent out and the animal died during delivery.
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I would doubt a plastic bag around your box would kill your animal, the travel itself would be harder on your animal then a bag around the outside of the box.

I recently had a package go through Mephis, no issues.
 
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