• Posted 12/19/2024.
    =====================

    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.

    =====================
    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.
    **************************************************
    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.

Bad Guy Greg Johnson

SmokyMtnReptiles

SmokyMtnReptiles

Resident Demon
Resident Demon
Joined
Aug 25, 2003
Messages
126
Reaction score
0
Points
16
Age
58
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee
Just a heads up..Greg Johnson contacted me asking about 2 of my boas. Then sent me a cashiers check for the right amount. He sent it priority mail cost him $5.45 to send it. I take it to my bank and they called the police and told me I was scammed. Well I hadnt shipped anything so Im not out anything except time but still. He didn't send extra to have it sent back(known scam)so not sure what he was doing with this one. Maybe he thought Id just ship and not try to cash it first.
Here is his info:
Greg Johnson
USA NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY
216 W Harrison Street
Fairmount,IN.
(760)279-4715
[email protected]
 

Attachments

  • 07071812131.jpg
    07071812131.jpg
    101.7 KB · Views: 357
I had the same guy contact me today in regards to my 1.1 DH Ghost/Pied pair. Same story, offered me $50.00 more after asking my final price. Asked for all of my info to send me a money order or check. He used this email address: [email protected]
 
i just ran into this guy, he sent me this exact check with 1,750, and sayed he would give me 50$ extra. i thought it was weird. but stupidly i deposited Online through my mobile app. if its fake, i doubt it will approve it. i told my boyfriends grandmother and she said it was a scam. i will rip the check, and email the scammer.
 
Yup, just got another round by that name. Cant even change his scam names. So many people know of his trickary already
 
FYI

When I saw this thread I just had to add what I have experienced and found out regarding whole thing. It would seem that he doesn’t only go after high end animals as my stuff posted is $100 and under. Not only do you have to watch out for the name Greg Johnson but there is at least another name Wilson Gran being used and I can only assume even more yet unknown ones. I got the same email question from both senders, "Still up for sale? get back to me with the final price", just yesterday. So I became very suspicious and did a little ISP research on the email address for "each person" only to discover they both have the exact same ISP address. So both emails came through the same computer/router and one can assume both are one and the same person. As was mentioned one the threads on this guy he is using multiple gmail accounts. The ones I got from the same ISP# were Greg Johnson ([email protected]) and Wilson Gran ([email protected]). I sent a little note back to "each" one of them with the attached email trail report showing the deed. Not gotten a response back and don't expect one. If you know where to look, depending on your email program you can find the detailed report of the path of the email along with all the identifying information. To make it easy, here is the ISP for these scamming emails. ISP#- 209.85.220.65 Also note that if someone has more than one router in their home or office the ISP#'s will be almost the same except for the last numbers. I also got an email today from "another person" with the ISP# 209.85.220.41 it also maybe the same person just a different router at same location though can't prove that. But the first 2 I gave with the same number is definitely the same person. So hope this helps you all and be cautious it is amazing the extent folks will go for a scam.

Regards,

Steven
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top