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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.

Bad Guy Jeff and Christina Wise (Wise Reptiles) Stole Money from Benefit Auctions for Maggie

Has anyone informed Maggie yet that this is thread has new life again? Do we know if Maggie and Christine has come to a resolution or agreement? I'm more that willing to send the information to the local news but I am sure they are going to want to talk to Maggie. I want to get an OK from someone that knows her or from Maggie herself unless someone is willing to be a spokesman on Maggie's behalf then I will give the news and newspaper their contact info instead. Please let me know. I am more than willing to do 'this' I just need an ok from some one that is more involved with Maggie than I am. And when I say 'this' i mean I will contact news stations and newspapers around the Flint Michigan area or what ever area Christina Horn and Jeff Wise lives in.
 
Heard back from Jeff. He's made a promise to make good for me. We'll see what happens. I've already contacted attorneys local to him just in case.

Naturally, it was all Christine's fault, and now she's telling him things, but he'll be the bigger man and make it right...yada yada yada.
 
It's been going on for how long now and Jeff is all of a sudden is going to "make good"? Me personally, I don't like people who hurt, neglect or take advantage of women and children nor do I trust anything they say.
 
nor do I trust anything they say.

This x100
I want to believe Jeff will make good on this, since ya know, they STOLE from many members on here, and in turn stole from a grieving widow and her children, but I think we all know that's gonna be one chilly day in Satan's hood before that ever happens. :rolleyes:
 
I haven't talked to Maggie in a while and I don't want to bring this up. She's happy as far as I can tell and this would probably just open old wounds at this point. I too posted on ms. wise's personal and business page, linking to this thread and letting her know that NO amount of makeup will ever be able to hide the kind of person she is. I'm blocked now too.
Since no one has asked for my opinion, here it is. Let this simmer over the weekend and see what happens monday or tuesday. Maybe someone will hear from one of the companies they work for. It's been this long, let's not go rushing into things without forethought for possible outcomes.
They know we know again, let em stew a bit.
 
I haven't talked to Maggie in a while and I don't want to bring this up. She's happy as far as I can tell and this would probably just open old wounds at this point. I too posted on ms. wise's personal and business page, linking to this thread and letting her know that NO amount of makeup will ever be able to hide the kind of person she is. I'm blocked now too.
Since no one has asked for my opinion, here it is. Let this simmer over the weekend and see what happens monday or tuesday. Maybe someone will hear from one of the companies they work for. It's been this long, let's not go rushing into things without forethought for possible outcomes.
They know we know again, let em stew a bit.

I really think this, or something resembling this, is the best option for now. It's been 4 years, they are obviously either the exact same people they were before (in which case railroading them and spam-calling their employers and friends), or they are reformed/contrite to a certain degree and may yet be guilted into doing the right thing, if only to protect their new circumstances.

Let it breathe for now.
 
You guys are awesome! When the notice came in my email i said another prayer in hopes that these people will have to pay. And now that he is "owner and operator " of a business maybe the time is now
! :)

Just addressing him being the "owner" of a business. (And I use that term loosely.)

I'm LMAO at Jeff. He's not an "owner operator", he's locked into a lease purchase, on a truck he will never own. The companies LOVE those idiots, because they get the maintenance paid on their fleet and then some, all while giving you the illusion that you're in control. How do I know? I did exactly that same route about 15 years ago and you lose your butt 99.9% of the time.

http://www.nationalcarriers.com/Careers/LeasePurchase.aspx

Someone might wanna send a tip to the IRS to keep an eye on him. If I were a betting woman, I'd have money on him not paying taxes on any of that revenue he's bringing in. Easily six figures if he's doing it right, before payouts and fuel and such.

Thanks for the updates to the thread. I'm among those who didn't donate animals to fund drugs and vacations. I'm still convinced that in the end, there'll be justice. Or at least some reciprocal karma. None of us may ever know it, but it will happen.
 
I know a nice little letter was just sent to his future wife and a link to this thread. Who knows maybe she will care.

Don't know if it will do any good but Jeff will know this will never leave him.

Also, heard back from her over the weekend.
 

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Also, heard back from her over the weekend.

It's nice to know that she doesn't care if her husband/fiance is a thief and stole money from people. And that she doesn't care that this is what he is teaching his children. Awesome sort of people out there... :rolleyes:
 
I did the same as Dennis with the same results. I suspect we two were not alone in our efforts and I highly suspect that this has upset the little world those two scumbags are tying to create for themselves. I posted on the trucking page in the middle of one of their threads and on her personal and facepaint pages. I have no clue what happened as I am blocked from all, but were I a betting man I would be several conversations ensued about the past of these ... people. So long as no one trying to help Maggie and Rick becomes a problem here or drags Maggie into it I think we should just go calmly about our business and whenever the ugly scumbag heads reappear we should, politely but in numbers as great as possible, let the world know what kind of people these are. If you're not blocked, go right ahead and let them know how you feel, but please, make no threats and keep it PG rated. We all look better that way and that gives us all more credibility.
 
One can only hope that karma will grant both Jeff and Christina new companions in life that they fully deserve.
 
Same thing here. She's a real winner eh. Her response and mine in return.

Tanya Ward
Sunday 4:23pm
listen very closely..........i don? give a rats ass about you and your "family" business. do NOT MESSAGE ME AGAIN!!!! ITS YOUR PROBLEM, NOT MINE!!!

Sunday 5:48pm
You apparantly relayed the message, that's all I wanted. Thank You.
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Richard, what exactly has Jeff suggested, if anything, as far as a method/schedule for paying you back? Is he sending payments, writing a check, etc etc...? I'm curious what he meant, and how quickly he is moving on it...
 
Suppose to send a monthly payment and pay off in 5 months. Slow to start. Gonna remind him, and than find out if our chat message is as good as a contract so to speak, and go from there.
 
I haven't read all of the 270+ pages of this thread, but managed to get the gist of it. I was at the Michigan Reptile Expo in Taylor last weekend, and a few vendors had photos of Jeff and Christina on their tables, with the caption that they scammed money from a fundraiser.

Even though this happened 4 years ago, it's good to see that the reptile community is keeping this front and center, so people don't forget what those two did. I feel so bad for the intended recipients of the funds, and those who donated money and animals for the cause.

Kathy
 
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