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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.

Inquiry Lance Hansen - Any Information?

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I have a pending transaction with Lance, which appeared to be going well but is starting to feel abnormal.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/member.php?u=196636

He is pretty new to the site and while he had several adds posted there have all since been deleted. He added an old "bogus" tracking number to the Paypal transaction, and has disabled private messages on this website. I did email him directly, but I'm wondering if I am being to forgiving in this circumstance and should just immediately charge back/cut ties.

I'm going to wait a little longer before starting the process, in case anyone here has any input.
 
Don't wait Zach. Bogus tracking number and deleting posts means 100% scammer.
 
When he deleted the BRB for sale post that I saw the OP had commented on, he deleted it with notation 'sold'. He just joined this month, listed 3 things for sale which are now all deleted (as mentioned). Giving bogus tracking and disabling messages is a very big cause for concern. Did you speak or text with him or get a phone# or was your only contact via PMs? His ads had said he prefered to meet in person but would ship but no other contact info was given in the ads.
 
I have an email address for him, but there has been no contact via that avenue either.

I submitted a charge back, which I'm sure will get approved shortly. It all seemed fine until it wasn't, but I suppose that's how the best scammers are. This is why I have trust issues lol
 
I sent him money for that trio of BRBs too. I have his number we texted a few times and he has yet to ship the animals. gonna file a claim now
 
I have been talking to Lance on facebook, and the LHansen here on Fauna is an impostor. Lance has told me that he contacted the Fauna moderator team to discuss the fake profile in greater detail. With any luck, the IP address can be verified and maybe even provided to local authorities for investigation, since this is now a case of identity theft and defamation towards the real Lance and his business.

What was the paypal address that you sent money to? The address provided to me that I sent money to was [email protected] - I wonder if Paypal would escalate our claims if we provide all this additional evidence...
 
Just got this BS.
 

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