• 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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    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.

"gary Banks" Aka Tha Millon Dollar Man

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I have had a hypo for sale on KS for about a week now and I keep getting e-mails from this guy Gary Banks he says he is going to send me the money for my animal plus an additional $2500 that I am to send to his shipper!! I ain't stupid(That is Tennessee talk for I am not dumb)just putting some humor in there!!!! Well I have been in this business fore over ten years and feel like a victim, because this idiot singled me out because it was the first time I had posted on KS. I check the BOI and found a few things on this guy!! I guess I just wanted to let YALL know that good ole' GB is at it again!!!!

Thanks for your attention

Al Brown
Browns Boas
Chattanooga, TN
 
Well, guess what? He contacted me too. He has written me two emails about buying one of my baby boas. Here is the second one.......sounds like the one he sent you, huh?

"Dear Linda,

Okay let meoffer $1,200 dollars please sell one to me.Do forward to name and address that will be on the check.Please i will have to include$2,500which you will send tomy shipper when the check this will helpme take care of the safe delivery the few pets that i have acquired.This will amount to $3700 dollars.I hope this will not constitute any problem for you.Thank you.

Gary"

There is a horse buying scam originating from Nigeria that sounds very similar to this. I can't remember the details, but it involves them sending you extra money and wanting you to forward it somewhere.

I wrote him back and asked him to 'splain his email in detail cause it was too confusing for me :)

Linda Hedgpeth
 
I wrote him back and asked him to 'splain his email in detail cause it was too confusing for me :)
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LOL go get him girl :)

Just one suggestion for anyone who may be worling with local attorities or trying to somehow set this guy up to get him popped, dont post here till your done with him. If he is working over everyone on kingsnake hes proablly very aware of this site as well.
 
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