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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.
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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.

Freedom Breeder/Feature Creature - Great Guys

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Purchased an order of frozen feeders today from Rick at Freedom Breeder (aka Feature Creature) and I'm very happy.

First, Rick and the rest of the folks down there are some of the nicest, most personable people I've dealt with. Today wasn't the first time I've contacted them, although it was the first business I've done. On each prior occasion (inquiries about their display cages when they first came out), I had a great talk with whoever answered the phone.

Rick went out of his way to fill my small feeder order, and it was greatly appreciated.

Both my snakes and my largest beardie have given their frozen rodents their seal of approval.
 
We have freedom breeder racks that we use for some of our snakes. They are an excellent product and we will be purchasing more in the near future. Evan Stahl
 
I just received my Freedom Breeder mice breeding rack from Feature Creature and I am very happy with the quality of the product and the service I received from Jesse at Feature Creature.
I definitely plan to buy more in the future!
Chris
 
Anybody know if Freedom Breeder and Feature Creature are still affiliated? I am looking to purchase a single rat level. Freedom Breeder's website only lists prices for complete set-ups. I've emailed Freedom Breeder twice asking for a total price with shipping for a single rat level so I can go ahead and send payment. I haven't received a response to either email.

Last time I ordered from Feature Creature and everything went fine but their website isn't working right now.
Has anyone recently placed an order with either Freedom Breeder or Feature Creature? Can you still buy single levels?
Thanks,
 
freedom breeder

Hi guys I just spoke to Jesse two days ago about some racks give him a call and he will shoot you a complete price list by email while you are on the phone they are still the same people he has just been a little too busy to get the web site updated with the complete and single level prices thanks again Paul
 
Thanks for the info Paul. Jesse was great to deal with last time.
I had only tried the email address on Freedom Breeder's site this time. I hadn't even tried to email Feature Creature when I saw their site was down. I'll try calling them this week.
Thanks again
 
Best customer service in the business!

I started switching over all of my racks to Freedom Breeder this fall. My first order Jesse and I worked out what I needed while watching Monday Night football! So far the racks have been way beyond my expectations and I would never use anything else for my animals!

I am currently going thru an exchange with some racks that I ordered and Jesse has made the whole process painless. I can’t imagine anyone being more accommodating.

I have found the best way to reach Jesse is to pick up the phone and call. 1-209-664-9600 x205 is programmed into my cell … LOL. If Jesse is not there he either leaves his cell phone number in his voice mail message or calls you back right away. He’s even returned my calls while he was on vacation.

I will be buying many more racks in the future.

Thank you Jesse and Freedom Breeder!

Adam Wysocki
 
Information on price list and website

This is Jesse from the feature creature and freedom breeder. Thanks for all the positive feedback. I was away for a few days and heard we got on the BOI and I did not know why. I didn't realize the site was down until last week and I called the servers tech support and got that straightened out. Also, I will leave a link to our current price list at the end of this message. We are in the process of getting the shopping cart done for the freedom breeder site and it will have the level and rack prices along with many other things. Until then check both sites or just download this small file and it is the current prices. Thanks again. Jesse 209-664-9600 ext. 205
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http://www.freedombreeder.com/pricelist.php
 
Over the last year I have ahd great service and products from Jesse and Freedom Breeder. Very flexible company and customer service. make sure to have extra cell minutes, Jesse can talk alot on herps and reef tanks. :) Though normally he is scurving and traveling all over the place.

I plan on ordering racks in the future!
 
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