• 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.

How do you leave feedback for someone? Trader Rating not working

They don't need to be a paid member to start a good guy post on you. (Imo, more important)
 
goReptiles said:
There are a few forums that allow trader ratings without having to pay. I have never really seen it abused, but I see how 'bad' people doing that.

I agree with those who feel it is unfair that if they pay and leave a rating, but they cannot receive the same in return because their customer wasn't a paid member. That isn't fair. I was going to sign up, when I saw you had to pay to be able to leave a rating, but I would like to be able to reap some benefit if I have to pay to leave positive remarks for someone who isn't a paid member.

Because there are so many unpaid members, it makes me not want to pay, as I won't reap any positive ratings for transactions. I would hate to ask everyone I do business with if they're a paid member, and if they're not then too bad they don't get a rating from me. I'm not doing something that I can't get back in return. I'd like to be known as a good seller/buyer, but if there's no guarantee that I'm going to be benefited, what's the point?

*My two cents**
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There are other benefits to being a paid subscriber, the Trader Rating system is only one of them...frankly, the best way to build your name is through participation, and it is that realm that the benefits become noticeable and worthwhile.

(Speaking of which - the Member Benefits Table kinda needs an update, Rich)
 
Too bad that's how it works. I am suspicious about a possible poacher and feel they need to clarify if their toads are CB or poached. BTW its technically a protected species and there are state laws regarding taking them from the wild. The sellers are not being forthright with me and what they have told me make me suspicious about how they acquire the toads. Especially the last email i got from them.
 
Rabbit87 said:
Too bad that's how it works. I am suspicious about a possible poacher and feel they need to clarify if their toads are CB or poached.
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I don't quite understand how being able to leave a trader rating would help in this situation? Trader ratings are to leave feedback for people that have done business with each other.

You could always make an inquiry or info thread on the BOI...

-April
 
Thank you! I am still learning my way around here and just learned that I can't leave ratings/comments LOL so I will go to the BOI and re-post there. Thanks for some direciton! :))Its really appreciated!
 
kinda sucks

i cant get many ratings at all because everyone i am doing business with is not a contributing member but me, only thing I am able to do is leave good feedback for NON Contributing members..... doesnt seem fair....
 
kanozig said:
i cant get many ratings at all because everyone i am doing business with is not a contributing member but me, only thing I am able to do is leave good feedback for NON Contributing members..... doesnt seem fair....
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Perhaps. Perhaps not. If someone you piss off comes here and creates 10 false registrations simply to bombard you with 10 negative feedbacks, how fair will you think that will be? And how fair will you think it is when we tell you that we aren't going to do anything about it without YOU providing rock solid proof to us about those false registrations?

There will be no way to express any rebuttal to those negative feedbacks at all. So then what will you think about that situation?

Think it can't happen?
 
I recently became a contributing member but I am still unable to leave ratings ?
Thanks for any help in advance
-Huston
 
Some of the features aren't accessible on unused accounts (I think the "start" is 10 posts for karma, for example). The site is also experiencing some technical difficulties which may affect its ability to process the membership. This can also be affected by the payment method - ie, echecks must clear before the membership will be processed.

Rich is working on getting things sorted out; so hopefully the technical stuff will be fixed in the near future. For the time being, make some posts (eliminate that from the equation).
 
Sorry, but among the issues exhibiting themselves with the server problems is the fact that PayPal payments are no longer showing up to update the accounts here. So I have to check for email notices, and the try to match up those payments with the member names here and update the accounts manually. Quite frankly, there is often no match at all between the info in PayPal and the info in a member's account here. And if their ISP (Yahoo, for instance) is blocking emails from this site because of the settings they have in their spam blocking (I presume) then they will never get my email about the problem. Which leaves the payment in limbo and no way for me to contact them about it.

So in such cases, my only option is to wait for them to contact me about the problem with their account not being update.

All in all this whole week or three has been a real pain in my buttocks.
 
Ok Rich, what info of mine do you need to match the payment to my account
Thanks
-Huston
 
RJK890 said:
I understand that having the trader rating system "pay to play" is an attempt to encourage members to contribute to this site.

However, I would like to point something out.
I just completed a transaction with a Contributing member.
He left me positive feedback in the trader ratings.

I have not renewed my paid membership at this time and can not leave him positive feedback in the trader ratings.

That just seems bass ackwards to me.

I am able to be left positive feedback, and receive trader rating points as a non contributing member.
The contributing member, that paid his dues is not able to get the credit that he deserves for our transaction.

On a whole nother' subject:
Has anyone else noticed that Chris@TSE still has the #4 all time leading trader rating?

The trader rating system could be improved, IMO.
(Especially if the BOI goes away.)
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If the boi doesnt get dissolved,most people are ok with a goid guy post in the boi. Thats how half of my customers use since not being a paid member. And easy to look up.
 
I just re-subbed today. I have some snakes I am expecting next week and I'd like to leave feedback/ratings then. My PayPal info matches my account as far as name, but my location has changed by 15 miles. No rush, but I'll let you know if it doesn't kick in by next week.
 
I agree with RJK it would be great if something could be done with the trader ratings.
I have done three deals with other members on the site and we all are in the same boat.
All three deals went smooth and everyone was satisfied with the deals.
But its a big secret :)
Love to see some change in the future to what we have in place.
Love the site I am on it every day as I am sure most of you are.
 
This has been a long simmering issue here, and quite frankly I've about had my fill of answering the same questions with the same answers.

So here's the deal. Yes, I can open up the Trader's Ratings to all members, paying or not. But anything anyone enters there will be set in stone. None of the staff here will listen to, much less act on, ANY complaints from anyone about what sort of rating they applied to anyone, or had anyone apply to them. It will be what it will be, warts and all. When I get a chance, I'll set up a poll for this and that will tell me where you all want the chips to lie. Then when someone complains, we will simply provide them with a link to that poll and leave it at that.

And no, I am not inclined to pay for some complicated custom programming to be put into place there. The Trader's Ratings module is already a custom coding job that I had to pay for to have it implemented in the first place. So what you see now is the way it will remain except for ANYONE, bogus registrations and all, to vote on YOUR rating.

I'll put a link to the poll in this thread for interested parties to locate easier. I will spell out there as many of the caveats that I can think of so people will hopefully fully understand what they are voting on.

So be careful about what you wish for.
 
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