• 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.
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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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Chris I am in a trade deal with Andrew (Gecko) right now. He so far has been a real good guy to deal with. I shipped my snakes first and when he went to ship his back to me from Florida to Ohio DHL found out that he was shipping snakes so they got in touch with him and I and Gecko picked them up and just shipped them out today thru UPS. I dont see a problem with him and will let you know I should have the snakes tomorrow.
 
I got my snakes from Gecko today he forgoi thte paperwork and is sending it in the mail I will let you know when I get it.
 
YOU KNOW WHATS FUNNY??

I HAD CONTACTED THIS INDIVIDUAL CONCERNING A SNAKE that he had for sale. First off the name he gave me was Attila Szanto .He then proceeded to tell me how he and his dad had been in the business for years but when asked about references he could not provide any at first. I questioned the fact that he didnt have any refernces yet was in the business for years ? i found this extreamly odd and later he began to give me names that even he admitted were unknowns. i asked if he had references even if they were unknowns why tell me that he didnt? I dont know but i got a bad feeling about this guy and just cut off all comunications with him. now here is the same guy claiming his name is andrew? Something tells me im glad i went with my gut on this one. I hope the snakes you got from him prove out and i hope you get paperwork from him

John peraza
 
I was interested in a boa he had for sale & I just felt uneasy about doing a deal his him & couldn't find any info until he gave me his name. His name is Andrew "Drew" Kosdi & when I asked him if he was a member of the BOI he didn't respond to that question. I see why now he has 2 member names here that I know of one being Herpcorner & the other being gatoreptiles which is claiming to be his father. I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he was trying to do right & make a Good name for himself but it doesn't sound like it from what he told John. A friend of mine also contacted him about the same boa that he had listed as het for ghost & asked what % & was told he wasn't sure but thought 66%???? I hope you get your paperwork.
 
I am about to purchase his yearling hypo that he said is DH ghost. I hope this was not the same snake he sold last time. I ask him if she was 100% and he replied back back saying she is DH ghost. I he told me had got 5 snakes that were dh ghost and that this was the last one. I think someone else found out that they were 66% het ghost and not 100%? Can anyone confirm that.

Sam
 
I cant confirm about those particular snakes but I know he is a decent guy to deal with. I bought 4 snakes from him which all are supposed to be hets for albino but I dont know about those yet, but he has given me no reason to doubt him. Thanks Damian
 
I take that back. He just sent me an email with the breeders name who has confirmed her to be 100% DH ghost. Thanks!
 
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