• 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.

Bad Guy memnoch1970

thanks for that post eric. everyone, im trying as hard as i can to make things right. im not a bad guy just bad circumestances. anyway 1 down 2 to go. all will be taken care of very soon. this is a horrible blemish on my reputation but i have no one to blame but myself. thanks for your patience all.:(
 
memnoch1970 said:
thanks for that post eric. everyone, im trying as hard as i can to make things right. im not a bad guy just bad circumestances. anyway 1 down 2 to go. all will be taken care of very soon. this is a horrible blemish on my reputation but i have no one to blame but myself. thanks for your patience all.:(
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This is definately a good start... Keep it up and you may be able to rebuild some of that tarnished reputation. You are trying to do the right thing and that is always a good thing. :thumbsup:
 
And a sincere apology makes a world of difference as well.

Glad to see you making things right, Chris.
 
chris contacted me vea email. he said he was going to make things right and also offered to sell me my dragons when he has them . i think it is great that he is trying or at least making an attempt.
 
Toni ...

he said he was going to make things right and also offered to sell me my dragons when he has them
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You did mean "send me my dragons when he has them", correct? You did already pay for them, correct?

And yes, good to see issues being resolved. :)
 
Im glad youre really trying to make things right. keep it up!

See what i said about these BOI threads? They can turn arund RIGHT quick! Not everyone is a BAD GUY. Crap happens, people make mistakes. So long as they are willing to TRY and make things right, thats all anyone can ask for. People deserve a second chance, and the chance to prove themselves.

This makes me Smile. Threads that turn out like this are the BEST! Again, KEEP IT UP! :D
 
NO not send me without paying i would still have to pay what he asks for them but he said he would send them out of good faith and then i would pay him . (but i would never do that ) i pay first ...... ya know i am just putting that part more or less out of my head , can't count on what isnt laid yet . and right now it's just about my money, LIKE I TOLD HIM I WAS VERY DISAPOINTED NOT TO GET MY BEAREDS I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY COULD THROUGH TRANSLUCENTS .
 
Toni.... haven't you already paid for beardies that have never been shipped? Have you already recieved your payment back? Why would you send more money for beardies? Maybe I am missing something... if so.... please point me in the right direction.

Thanks
 
Trying to translate..
I think she paid for beardies.. and is going to get her money back. At a later date when he HAS the beardies that she wants, he will sell them to her, shipping them to her first, with her then paying after she recieves them.
I think that's what she said.
 
ahh.... Ok. For some reason I kept thinking she was gonna be paying for the same beardies twice. That makes sense.
 
Thanks Wolfie, that does make sense now. Sometimes this old brain moves forward 3 spaces and then backward 9 spaces :)
 
On Sept. 27th, Memnoch made a post on Beardeddragon.org (that has since been removed by the administrator) regarding 11 free beardie babies that he was giving away....the only catch was he was charging $75 shipping per dragon, 1 dragon per order. We thought that was a bit much and believed that the charge was over and above due to trying to get around the $5 charge to advertise in the 'For Sale' forum. He promised Fedex shipping. To make a long story short and without giving info that is privvy to the org, his account has been completely banned.
 
whiskersmom said:
On Sept. 27th, Memnoch made a post on Beardeddragon.org (that has since been removed by the administrator) regarding 11 free beardie babies that he was giving away....the only catch was he was charging $75 shipping per dragon, 1 dragon per order. We thought that was a bit much and believed that the charge was over and above due to trying to get around the $5 charge to advertise in the 'For Sale' forum. He promised Fedex shipping. To make a long story short and without giving info that is privvy to the org, his account has been completely banned.
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That's the same type of ploy I've seen people use a lot on Ebay or such sites that don't allow the sale of animals at all....I'll sell you this $10 aquarium for $100, and throw in the (insert snake, lizard, tortoise of choice here) for free....

Folks who do it think they are being clever. I think it's just pretty lame....:rolleyes:

And yeah Theresa....a ways back he had said he'd refund her money, then give her a heck of a good deal on buying babies in the future.
 
Chris, you told me ten days ago that you were going to TRY and give me my money by the end of this week. It's the end of the week and no money or any contact from you to let me know anything either. I talked to Toni and she told me she has recieved no money or contact from you either. Looks like more of the same.
 
Yep he promised me to . he said that he sent me out money on monday but today is saturday and nothing , i did email him and he did not return back. :(
 
as i have set here for the last 45 mins and read this entire thread i have come to the conclusion that, i love the BOI lol.
 
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