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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.

"Lizard King" says I'm a scammer

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I have never heard of him, done business with him nor do I wish to. He wrote "This guy is a scammer don’t send him money". I have NEVER scammed anyone as anyone who has ever purchased anything from me can attest. Either this 'Lizard King' has me confused with someone ese or he's just a trouble maker.
 
Here's that claim:
Lizard-king said:
don't do it I send him 500 for the snake and he didn't ship it to me and start telling me a bunch of lies and when told him to send my money back he blocked my phone number his number is 409-422-6008 be careful don't trust that guy for a minute he probably don't have any reptiles he must stole those pics from somebody!
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@Lizard-king , post your evidence in this thread.
 
He never sent me money, I never spoke to him, I never blocked his number and 409-422-6008 is not my phone number. Is this slander?
 
I think it is a foolish buyer who got scammed by a professional scammer, and this happened because the buyer (@Lizard-king ) didn't follow simple safety procedures (by putting their own phone number out on the internet). Happens all the time, and will continue to happen to those people who refuse to understand that (a) failing to use PM is dangerous, and (b) sending money via any 'Friends and Family' sorts of services is equivalent to walking down a dark alley with cash hanging out of your pockets and a T-shirt that reads "Rip me off -- I'm easy".

Check out this scammer report on another forum: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1149219-new-level-sophistication-scammers.html

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It seems that 409-422-6008 is associated with a professional scammer.

Here's another BOI thread about @Lizard-king : https://faunaclassifieds.com/forums/threads/miguel-angel-guido-in-california.521880/

I'm not going to screenshot it, but the mentioned FB account ("Leugim Legna Odiug" -- 'Miguel Angel Guido' backwards) seems to be the person in question but has quite different information about employment than is mentioned in the thread at issue:

Lizard-king said:
Beware this guy is a scammer do not send him money he doesn’t have the snake but he scam the wrong person I work with the police department and I have his info I will get to him he doesn’t know we can get to him with his IP address and the person he used to have the money be safe everyone
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If 'Lizard King' got scammed I'm sorry for him but it wasn't by me. As I said, I never heard of him, from him, and I most certainly never scammed him. In fact, he never contacted me about the snake in question.
 
Well ... I can vouch for you as I did email you about the snake in question and you were quick to respond that she had already been adopted .. no scam here! :)
 
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