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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.

Insurance at shows?

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Anyone carry extra insurance, in case "Little Johnny" or "Big John" gets bit by a reptile that you are selling?

I am concerned with the sue happy culture. I sure wouldn't want to loose our house of such an issue.
 
Personally I don't let anyone handle my critters at shows, so that is not an issue for me. And it is not for the bite factor, it is the spreading of disease/parasite factor. I am very set in my ways in that regard. If it means I lose a sale then so be it. It is better than losing my entire collection.
 
while just coming off the show circuit

( yes a show/expo junkie ) every show that I attended you had to sign a waiver that leaves the show promoter from being liable for your action/s. That doesn't keep you yourself from being sued by a potential customer or a customer. I got to at a point where minors were not allowed to hold or " pet " my animals. The theory that I had was if the parent once they picked up the animal to observe and if they themselves allowed the minor to hold, it was of their negligence and not my liability. But of course with the inflated what ever term ( I forgot the term ) of lawsuit, anything is possible. I have NOT heard of any law suites stemming from shows/expos. I HAVE heard of law suites including one of us of our store in the retail pet store. Ours was a parrot that nipped the employee that wasn't happy with us just paying her medical bills. She wanted compensation as well !
 
I'm with Sammy. We don't allow our personal animals to be held at the shows due to the risks... but if a customer is interested in purchasing one of the young ones available we will allow them to hold it after cleaning their hands. (We don't ususally bring any little ones back home)
In our case though, as far as someone suing, a hatchling bearded dragon isn't going to inflict enough damage for someone to fuss over - and if they did; they'd be the laughing-stock of the aisle... and the court room!

Vickie
 
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