• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.

Good Guy Karen Barker

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Over the winter I bought a Male Dbl Het Red Italian Leather Back from Karen and he has been everything she said he is right out of the box he was a really neat Rusty Red Orange color with beautiful side bars and as he matured he went into one of the most beautiful Red Orange shades I have seen. He is a big boy and one heck of a breeder he dose not mess around with the girls and always gets the job done; he has already Produced Leather Backs and Hypo Leatherbacks that are just as stunning as he is.

Karen was very easy to work with she held him for me for a few days while I waited for my pay check to clear so I could pay for him; her shipping methods are great and she emails or calls back quickly.

Thanks for a Great boy Karen!:thumbsup:
 
I agree! I just bought my second bearded dragon from Karen and my new little girl arrived today! Both times I bought from Karen the dragon arrived and looked even BETTER in real life. The dragons already look amazing in the pictures she takes, but in person they are much brighter and I even thought "Wow, she must have sent me the wrong dragon" because it just looked so much better. I will definitely do business with Karen again in the future. The baby that arrived today came a day late due to some problems with flights for UPS and Karen even called and made sure the package was well taken care of. She packages very well and the baby was alert and all ready to get out and run around when I got her even though she had been stuck in the box an extra day. Like I said, amazing breeder that really knows her stuff!
 
Received my red leatherback female in the mail today from Karen, and she's more beautiful than I could have imagined! As soon as I untied the travel bag she was in, she poked her head out, tasted my finger, and crawled right up my arm. She's very healthy, and is already eating out of my hand.

Great communication, awesomely smooth transaction, amazing shipping job, and a top-notch dragon - Karen, you rock!
 
I LOVE KAREN i have bought MANY dragons from her and got them from shows from her. shes is a very nice lady and i love doing business with her. lol if you read this karen its joey :)
 
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