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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.

Inquiry John Perkins AKA geckoman2 (inquiry)

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Has anybody ever made a purchase from Mr. John Perkins? I was considering purchasing a corn from him and couldn't find anything in the BOI so i just wanted to ask everyone.
Thank you, Cody Mathers
 
Cody... I havent purchased anything from him but I would check his posts through his Profile and see if you could any response that way. To do that, you click on his name.
 
here is the conversation that spawned my decision
geckoman2 said:
SORRY PYTHON BREEDER BUT I SOLD THE MALE ADULT OKKEETEE I SEEN UR LOOKING INTO ME ASKN QUESTIONS WELL JUST TO HELP U OUT NO I HAVENT EVER SOLD ANY1 ANYTHING ON FAUNA I HAVE ONLY MADE PURCHASES N I FEEL SORTA OFFENDEED THAT YOU WOULD EVEN POST LIKE THAT ASKN ABOUT ME ALL U WERE ASKN TO BUY WAS 2 CORNS A REALLY SIMPLE DEAL U SEND MONEY PAYPAL I SHIP NEXT DAY WITH LIVE ARRIVAL GURANTEE IM NOT A SKAMMER IM JUST NEW TO FAUNA SORRY IF I SOUND MEAN BUT IM ALITTLE AFFENDED LIKE U R TRYN TO SAY IM A SKAMMER OR SOMETHING
THANKS FOR UR TIME BUDDY
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my response
Pythonbreeder99 said:
The BOI threads are simply to find information about people who you are unfirmilliar with. Anything and everything posted on there are not there to offend anybody but simply to gather information. I apologize if your offended by my BOI post but I believe your reaction was a tad uncalled for. The only reason it was posted was because I was a bit sceptical about the use of the words "u" instead of you and "ur instead of your. Which came off a bit unprofessional.
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his response to that
geckoman2 said:
sorry that my spelling isnt to ur liking but i didnt finish high school im not the smartest man in the world but im not an idiot but by me using u instead of u is alot easier for me sorry im not a big hot shot like you in school and all im not a skammer by no means n if you think i am suspicious just becuase of how i spell then WOW n im not a professional i dont know where u got that from n wouldnt even want do sell u anything anymore after sayn im suspicious cuz of my spelling so thanks for the kind words and the inquiry ur real professional
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Cody, in all honesty, I think you made the right decision. You are very level headed and people have even asked me if I have had any dealings with you. I have even gone so far as to tell them to try you out and let me know. I am REALLY glad that you thought this one through.
 
im not even into corns but i know now to not even bother looking at his ads i may get yelled at for asking a question:shrug01:
 
StrictlyExotics said:
Cody, in all honesty, I think you made the right decision. You are very level headed and people have even asked me if I have had any dealings with you. I have even gone so far as to tell them to try you out and let me know. I am REALLY glad that you thought this one through.
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Thanks Dean. after reading some horror stories here I am always cautious when dealing with people who dont have reputations here. I would warn everybody about John. I dont think he is worth dealing with.
 
what baffles me is that he joined fauna 3 months and he is already having an attitude with potential customers i would think along with many others ether he rethinks how he treats people here or he wont last long in this biz.
 
Cody, while I know this thread isnt about you, the feedback will get there, trust me. Soemthing about you makes me think that you will have many good things said about you that will be my pleasure to read. I have had a couple of convos with you in the last couple of months regarding deals, so be patient. But people are defnitely paying attention so just know, not to do anyone wrong or I will be on you hard.

If you ever need advice, know that there people all around that you can ask here on Fauna.
 
capt._howdy said:
what baffles me is that he joined fauna 3 months and he is already having an attitude with potential customers i would think along with many others ether he rethinks how he treats people here or he wont last long in this biz.
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Russ, I dont necessarily think its "attitude" entirely. What I think is wrong here is that he one, doesnt trust anyone and two, comes off not being the brightest Crayon in the box.

All we have to go by here is how he comments (types). It might be why he would rather speak on the phone as well, who knows. If it truly is attitude, he will never survive in this hobby, thats a fact.
 
i totally agree with u about the whole attitude but Dean me and u both know the way he is starting out isnt looking good to protential buyers, he may just need to learn the "ropes" and there is alot of people out there that can help him.
 
capt._howdy said:
i totally agree with u about the whole attitude but Dean me and u both know the way he is starting out isnt looking good to protential buyers, he may just need to learn the "ropes" and there is alot of people out there that can help him.
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I totally agree with you Russ. However with his standoff-ish style, and grammar, its not gonna be likely that someone mentors him on here.

puckett26 said:
That last reply of his hurt mu head reading it. :(
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thanku 4 every1s kind words i dont really care how i spell and im not a skammer and if u dont want to do biz with me then dont.Sorry i do have an anger problem and i do blow up and yes my spelling is the reason i want to talk on the phone sorry im not as good as all u
 
geckoman2 said:
thanku 4 every1s kind words i dont really care how i spell and im not a skammer and if u dont want to do biz with me then dont.Sorry i do have an anger problem and i do blow up and yes my spelling is the reason i want to talk on the phone sorry im not as good as all u
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That has nothing to do with it..You should be happy someone inquired about you..Instead you decided to be inmature,and not take the time to think about what an inquiry means, and wig out on someone..As far as the phone thing,you could have just called off the trade and moved on...Instead you had to again act inmature,and start a bad guy thread on a good seller???..Way to go...If I may ask,how old are you by the way...?
 
He responded to one of my ads last month wanting to trade some phibs, inverts, or ratsnakes for one of my leos. I declined a trade since I did not see anything I wanted and I got blown up at.

He definitely exhibits a sheer lack of professionalism in most of his posts.

Spelling and grammar definitely has its upsides but it isn't everything. I'd be willing to do business with someone who conducted themselves with a level head and common courtesy even if they happened to use 'txt speak'.

My two cents :)
 
It was in my ad, which can be found HERE

I deleted his PMs unfortunately :(

It wasn't a huge deal, I was just a little confused by his reaction to my post. Didn't think much about it past that!

And whoops, sorry, it wasn't last month but earlier this month. :eek: Lost track of time, it seems!
 
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