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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.

Good Guy GENEFREAK339

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well got my new little guy this morning he looks great better than wat i expected for short money . i have to say michael aka genefreak339 had steady communication and responded to every pm and email ,phone call A+transaction will def go thru with my other purchase with him . pics of the pastel are posted on the ballpython forums take a look not bad for a fiftydollar brown pastel i must have been soft brained to think it wouldve looked that good anyways .GREAT SELLER
 
Why didn't you post this info in the other thread you started about this transaction :shrug01:
 
Or any of the other threads about Jerry/Michael.

I guess they figure if they make a bunch of threads rather than use even the other one that was started today, it makes Michael/Jerry somehow look like a good guy.

Glad to hear you got your animal. Shame he's not quite so honest elsewhere.
 
it didnt belong there this is my good guy thread about my transaction and i posted pics of my new lil guy on the ball python forums i will go thru with my next transaction and not hesitate thanx
 
maddseasonmorphs said:
its also very good to hear that he wont rip people off for $50 to $100 dollars?

Lets hope he can do the same with 1000's of dollars..
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In all fairness, he did ship that brown pastel out before he received a dime. :thumbsup:
 
thanx but i have another transaction going on thru him and i wont hesitate to purchase or sell to michael anyways thanks for you lovely comments def worth the 50 for sure check out the pics in the ball forums
 
radiant dragons said:
it didnt belong there this is my good guy thread about my transaction and i posted pics of my new lil guy on the ball python forums i will go thru with my next transaction and not hesitate thanx
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Please utilize the SEARCH function as much as possible before starting a new thread (topic line). In many instances, it is much better to continue an existing thread rather than starting a new one in order to preserve continuity in the information about a person or business. Most readers are much more inclined to read a single long thread, rather than dozens of smaller ones scattered all over the BOI. So don't let your message get lost in the clutter by ignoring this simple rule.
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Must have skipped over this while reading the rules :rolleyes:
 
radiant dragons said:
quote (Was the passive aggressive part really necessary? You and Jerry/Michael are perfect for one another.) THANKS FOR THE NEG KARMA on my purchase
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I don't think it was on the PURCHASE...according to the statement, what you said was taken the wrong way. You may want to reread what you write and think about how to rephrase it in the future.

Glad you got a good transaction.
 
Greg, I didn't give you neg karma... if I did, you wouldn't have that green dot still. And I sign my karma, positive or negative with "~ Utta"
 
I am glad u got a clean deal, as for the rest of u guys u really need to lay off the MIni Modding , if the OP has done something wrong pm a mod . Its really a way to put people of from being in this section.
 
im just posting my transaction which was positive thats all even tho it was 50 bucks it was a nice snake i was pm ed not post in my other thread pending transaction so here is my transaction good guy thread
 
You were PM'd about setting up your deal on the BOI, and told once the transaction was complete you could/should post....but whatever.
Thanks for doing that video, Greg :thumbsup:
 
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