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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.

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Has anyone done any business with this site? I was thinking of ordering from them but figured id better check here first.
 
I have not but saw a lot of older post on them..
However also chatted with a individual on a different forum with Chams... who was very happy with his order, that was this year.. I was considering ordering myself, but they did not per the website the time have them in stock..

So cannot give a plus or minus... but I did want to give them a try... I don't know if they keep their website up to date as much as they should... with a shopping cart option that is kind of important, but better they list not in stock then take payment for sold out animals..

I ordered from a different supplier, Who did have what I was looking for.. I was worried about using them... no really bad BOI comments.. a month later.. nothing and no response to my chargeback yet.. so?? I may be posting a BOI thread if after a reasonable amount of time I Don't get anywhere.. sigh..
 
Amanda, Please stick to the topic...and consider reading the rules for posting on the BOI.
 
First Choice, made a purchase of Chameleons in December and it was sent to the wrong address and then they sent half the order to the correct address, and it died in two days, Oustalets chameleons, anyhow, they apologized and said they would take care of the problem and replace my animals with something else since I did not like how the chameleons turned out, and I'd check periodically to see if they had any of the animals I was interested in, well, this went on for 4 months and I believe they even blocked my number, so I recently contacted my banking company and made a transaction dispute.

Their prices are not even good for wild caught specimens.

I am not going to do business with them in the future
 
First Choice Reptiles deals with a lot of imported reptiles.

Its always a gamble getting WCs that they may fail to acclimate to captivity.

I have talked to FCR at shows and on their facebook page and they are always nice and willing to answer my questions.
 
I just purchased a frog from them and I'm having a hard time reaching them cause the animal is lost. The number that's on the site doesn't work and he hasn't responded.
 
Recently purchased a imported adult yellow-foot tortoise from them. Very healthy, active and huge. 100% positive experience.
 
Purchased a WC ETB from them. They were very accommodating and responsive through email, allowed me pick of their stock, no issues shipping. She ended up passing away, but I see it as buyer beware when getting WC, especially with such a finicky species, so.
 
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