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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.

Feedback for Joseph Ellis A.K.A. iiilovetooibs@aol.com

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HI, looking for some feedback on Joe Ellis. I won a 0.1 Ball Python Poss. Het. Caramel on www.reptileauctions.com. Here is the link to the actual auction...
Auction URL: http://www.reptileauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=4494 . We won this auction last week and paid him via PayPal and have heard nothing back from him. We have sent him several E-Mails reguarding if he has received payment yet and we get no replies. Before I bid I checked his feedback on the auction site and it was positive. Maybe I should have asked here first before I bid. :toetap05: I will be waiting for replies.
Thanks,
Jay :smokin:
 
did you receive this snake from him yet. i am considering spending a decent amount of money on some of his snakes. if you could give some info on shipping and condition of snake and so forth that would be great. thanks greg
 
HI Greg,
Yes we received the female ball python from Joe Ellis and she is beautiful and healthy and has a great feeding response and very sweet. Joe had to work a little more than usual and had a computer issue but stayed in touch via telephone. We would buy from him again in the future. Good luck in your purchase. By the way...what are you getting?
If we can be of any further assistance please dont hesitate to contact us at jay@pjcreptiles.com.

PJ & Jay:wavey:
 
Hey Greg,
Here is a couple of pictures of the '05 0.1 Ball Python Poss. Het. Caramel. She is a smokin' little girl real nice granite pattern. Hope you like her.
Jay & PJ :smokin:
 

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Thanks for all the KIND WORDS!! I am glad the snake is doing good for you. I will have pastels, het yellow blush albinos, Albinos Het yellow blush and some other hatching soon.... I will email you with a list of everything I produce incase you are interested. Thanks again
 
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