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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.

Bad Guy I was SCAMMED by Joe Oswald

Joe.

I’m not married. U must have me confused with someone else you scammed with this bar and switch. However, it’s good that you’re showing everyone your true colors by trying trying to drag the idea of a spouse into this topic. This is between us, no one else. And how can you argue with the pix I provided? We agreed on a pic ID of the animal and genetics. U sent me a different snake from the pic we agreed on. How can you argue with that. Just man up and own your mistake. Stop with the attacks.
 
You should look back at this entire situation about who is attacking who and who is involving more than just you and I...
 
For the record, the PayPal dispute he posted is not the case number. That one he showed was canceled because they did two for me when I called them. But one of them didn’t apply to this situation so it was canceled. This is the current dispute.

Case number: PP-007-147-046-099
 
Joe,

I tried handing it between u and me. Look at our messages. I felt honored we were joking around as two military guys making a deal. But u sent the wrong snake and then debated it with me saying it was the same one in the pic. So I asked some of my more well known breeders friends. They agreed it wasn’t the same snake. And please don’t tell me we only agreed on genetics. That’s a lie. U even tagged me in the pic and I showed u in messenger. Then u said, yes. U left me no choice but to dispute this. But in no way am I attacking u. I am providing the facts of our situation. “We agreed on a snake, u sent a different one from the pic ID.” Why couldn’t u just apologize and say u weren’t thinking clear. Then I would have said, ok. I get it. Right out of the hospital. Simple mistake. But u kept debating it with me as if I was wrong. That’s not right man. You’re wrong for that.
 
I don’t know about any snake serial number. U didn’t provide any paper work with the snake. We agreed on a picture ID. U tagged me in it. U said it’s the only one u had. Check the pic above from our messenger conversation.
 
You got THE snake YOU paid for, end of story.... if you want your money back you can send the snake back and I will gladly refund your payment and sell it to someone who knows what they want when they agree to make a purchase...
 
Joe,

I would like to. PayPal advised me to sit tight until it is resolved.
I am sure once the dispute is final, that would be the logical thing to do.

But u keep going back to “I didn’t know what I want.” I got THE snake that I paid for. The snake in the pic doesn’t match what u sent me. U are still blaming me. That doesn’t make sense. I wanted the snake in the pic we agreed on. U keep deflecting from that part of the topic. Everyone agrees they don’t match.
 
Even after you sent GotBoas the wrong snake he has still been nothing but respectful and just trying to work it out with you. Everytime he asks you the simple questions of why the snakes don't match you dodge the question. If you are saying maybe its because you were in the hospital and heavily medicated i suggest you look back and read the conversation you guys had. He even said all you had to do was apologize and own up to your mistake.
 
ozzie_1978 said:
You should look back at this entire situation about who is attacking who and who is involving more than just you and I...
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It sounds like you are desperately trying to divert attention away from the basic issue, which is that this buyer paid quite a bit of $ for a snake and you sent the wrong snake.

Do you still have the snake that the two of you agreed was the subject of the sale or did you sell it? My guess, from the attitude you are showing, is that you sold that snake.

It is good that the buyer is taking time to post here and elsewhere. As is constantly repeated here, the measure of a seller is how they do when there is an issue. You are not handling this issue well, the diverting tactics are not working, and if you will act in this unprofessional way toward this buyer, readers realize that you might do the same to them if they should choose to purchase from you and then have a problem.
 
You should really try reading the ad, it states that individual pics are located at the link provided. This was posted quite a while back.
 
Joseph, you are avoiding questions. I wonder why.
Lucille said:
Do you still have the snake that the two of you agreed was the subject of the sale or did you sell it? .
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No, you are just trying to find any way to slander me that you can... internet bullying at it's finest. I offered to pay the dude back. The one I sent him was my last 2017 male bloody salmon 100% het kahl albino. That's all I can do at this point.
 
ozzie_1978 said:
No, you are just trying to find any way to slander me that you can... internet bullying at it's finest. I offered to pay the dude back. The one I sent him was my last 2017 male bloody salmon 100% het kahl albino. That's all I can do at this point.
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You should look up the word 'slander'. It does not include opinions, and a defense to a slander charge is showing that the statement given is true.
I do have some experience here, and it seems to me that Good Guys don't throw around words like 'slander' that they have not looked up.

And you are still avoiding my question by diverting attention. Do you still have the agreed upon snake? We know what you sent him, the wrong snake. I'm asking where the right one is.
 
The attached SS shows the snake that is in the messages posted, it is definitely not the one that was shipped and received by Chas.

Chas, please post a full body picture of the snake you received.
 

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