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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.

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I have bids on two of his auctions for corn snakes on ReptileAuction.com. He has a really good rating but I wanted to ask here anyways. Can his hets be trusted? The snakes for sale look great!

Thanks!

Sarah
 
My Bad

You know I thought of using the handy search tool just as I pressed the button to post here. Looks like he's well liked!

Sarah
 
I bought a few corns from him last year......they weren't old enough this year to prove out as hets, but they were very healthy, well shipped, and as he always promises, great eaters. He was great to deal with as well, I would buy from him again anytime.
 
Joe has been breeding corns quite a LONG time! He developed the morph now called lava corn and is working to breed it into various other color combos.

I have done a few deals with him in the past and they have gone fine. I would not hesitate to deal with him again, and I would believe whatever he says about hets. He seems to have great record keeping as far as I can tell. I think most of his snakes (at least the lavas) may now be registered in the new ACR (corn registry), so looking there will give you an idea of his record keeping too, and enable you to trace the ancestry of your new corns.
 
Wow I didnt know that about the Lava corn! Thanks so much! I feel confident now, and I hope I win these auctions!

Sarah
 
Joe is an avid contributor on the sister site; http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums

He has quite a good reputation there from those he has sold to. I have not directly purchased through him, but would not hesitate to do so. He already knows I have my eyes on some of his upcoming offerings.

- Liam Sevier
 
Joe is top notch!
I have purchased several corns from him and they are all great. He is one of the most down to earth big time breeders out there and has MANY impressive morphs. One of the first to debut the lavender stripes and opal stripes and on the edge of the lava morphs as well.

Although I gave the lava corn the trade name, Joe is the largest breeder of them and that would be the first place I'd go to buy one. In fact, I've been getting hets and others from him almost every year for the past couple! Joe produced the first lava lavenders last year and is ready to produce a few more 'new' varieties in the up coming seasons. Your money will be well spent with him.....no scam worries with this one!
By the way...I think it has been said, but search for his name (ecreipeoj) on cornsnakes.com and you'll see everything he is involved in.

Cheers,
-Jeff
 
Joe is a great guy with some awesome animals. I have made several purchases, and have been delighted with the quality of his animals. His hatchlings have always come to me healthy, voracious feeders and fast growers. He is, IMHO one of the best around, and would recommend him to anyone looking for a top notch snake, and a worry free transaction!!
 
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Just wanted to close up this thread by saying I bought four corns from Joe, a pair of amel hurricane motleys het butter and a pair of crimsons. They arrived yesterday after a bad mix up with the Fed Ex driver, he delivered them to the wrong house and left them on the doorstep! But I finally got them yesterday evening and they were fine, nice and warm and fat! It was a great experience and I couldnt have asked for more!

Thanks

Sarah
 
Well, actually I have seen that, but honestly, that happened so long ago, I really didnt take much from it. Mistakes happen. If Kathy Love says his corn snake hets are probably good, I think I am going to believe it! Only time will tell. And in the end I have four beautiful snakes!

Thanks

Sarah
 
All I can do is relay the things that happened to me. If you choose to iignore them, then that's up to you. You asked for references, I gave you one. If, in two or three years, when you have raised up your animals. They don't turn out as advertised. It will have been a long time ago. Will you ignore it then also?
Rick
 
Joe has been nothing but a pleasure to deal with for me. He's knowledgeable, honest, and has a great passion for corns. The corns I've received from him that are breeding age have all proven out to carry the genes they were sold as carrying. Obviously I haven't proven out the younger ones, yet.

His lavas are beautiful and he's done a great service to the corn snake community by participating in and even shipping out breeding loan animals to help get all of our hypos test-crossed to each other and is probably the major reason why we have finally proven hypo, sunkissed, ultra, and lava all out as independent genes.

I would have no hesitation, myself, purchasing animals from Joe.
 
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