• 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.
  • 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.

Bad Guy memnoch1970

Water Snakes

Cathy,
I forgot to select all when I copied these so I copied the dates for each e-mail.Im not a computer wiz yet.Sounded like he just wanted them gone,
I bought them.I have been into snakes since I was 7 years old ,and I used to have water snakes.Just trying to get my childhood back I guess.
Thanks,
Eric
 
Water Snakes

Cathy,
Stupid me trusted him to keep his part of the bargin,so I never stopped payment.According to my bank statement he has cashed it.
Thanks,
Eric
 
That's OK Eric, I'm pretty easily confused. ;)

I understand what you're saying. Did he ever say how he was going to ship them? I know it would cost more than $40 just to ship (unless he was going to go with USPS, eek), so it just seems weird that even if he just wanted them gone, he would be dumb enough to sell them for a price that would end up costing HIM money to get rid of em.

Like I said, I'd stop payment on the check....it'll probably cost ya half of the payment, but at least he won't have it.
 
You should still be able to stop payment, I think....I had it done to me one time. I had cashed the check a couple of weeks prior, and the bank took the money out of my checking account.
 
Water Snakes

Cathy,
He never said how they would be shipped.He has already cashed it.
Thanks,
Eric
 
I know it has been cashed.....but I would still call your bank. Like I said, I had it done to me a few years ago, and had cashed the check beforehand....they took the money out of my checking account (even though I had physically cashed it). I suppose it depends on your bank, but it may be possible....especially if fraud was involved.
 
No problem, Eric...good luck. Let us know if you make any progress.
 
i just heard from chris he called after i have called and left message , he says he will make it right / sending out water snakes and paying back the money he ous both of us , i hope he is cincear . he sounds like it .
 
Toni,

Why do you suppose that he will maintain contact with you, but no one else? Seems really odd....
 
I was wondering the same thing, Cathy. Perhaps because Toni is the only giving the benefit of the doubt?
I presume Toni is female (and please forgive me if I am wrong!), so it might make sense Chris would call a female before he'd call any guys he's PO'd.
 
I sent Chris another email yesterday, still no reply. BTW, he shipped the first batch of beardies through USPS($26.00) even though he charged $50 for the shipping. Notice I said first batch. He has still not sent me the second batch and still has my money. He owes me $235. Yeah, I feel like he's hiding from me. What excuse could he have? He doesn't have a leg to stand on. Now we know that he has three people's money. Who else will pop up that he owes money to? I won't buy any of his excuses, he has admitted to Toni that he does not have our beardies and that he spent our money. Plus, he does not bother to contact any of us until Toni finally hunts him down on his phone and corners him. I left several messages on his voicemail days ago. Actions speak louder than words and his actions have said quite a bit.
 
for me . i was a cop years a go and i told him on his voice message that i had his address his phone and his bank with all his info , and if he knew anything about the law at all his signature was on my check and so is his girl freinds , i would take him to court and file charges agenst him for fraud , i would also file for any costs incured for doing so and that includes plaine tickets , he could be facing jail time and so could his girl for sineing it . also , this would be more expensive then returning my money and i gave him a certain amount of days to contact me , then i followed up with his voice again, this is why he contacted me back .it seems like from how he talks a big part of his money is from buying and selling . and thats no way to keep aflote , but if he don't have the money to give back he needs time to dig it up . i just keep on him until i get it . no threts just facts . this guy don't want to sit jail time someone presses charges on him he is goin to be sittin in jail and have a perminant mark on his record . no one will ever hire him for nothin,he will be screwed . he called back fuck was in his words a lot of times and telling me not to threten him , i told him i am not thretning just stateing the facts.,,,,,,,,,,,
 
all bad

FWIW;

I have never heard anything good about Chris,and 1 out of 20 of my customers has had a go in with him, check out the listings and banter on www.talktothefrog.com , he is a cheat and a liar
 
Chris called me at work tonight.He said he will be sending out my water snakes
Wednesday morning.I will reserve further comment until Friday.
Thanks,
Eric
 
natimus56 said:
FWIW;

I have never heard anything good about Chris
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I mentioned earlier on this thread that I had a good transaction with him. I don't like what I am reading now about him, but that doesn't change the fact that my transaction with him for some bromeliads went very well.
 
everyone please accept my appolgies. eric your snakes are going out tommorow. toni i have talked to you and have things lined up. i had a horrible thing to deal with up north, i will not get into it because all the gossip queens on here will say im lying. so with that said i will right things with these three individuals and the rest can go on to another gossip colum. nautimis... from swinnings exotics. dont make me laugh. everyone knows what scumbag vendor you are with your diseased animals you sell. your just mad from being banned from talk to the frog. swannes exotics pull that name up on boi see what you find. im very sorry again, to top it off my computer was crashed when i came home from all the damn porn some of my roomates were watching.idiots. anyway all will be fixed
 
memnoch1970 said:
everyone please accept my appolgies. eric your snakes are going out tommorow. toni i have talked to you and have things lined up. i had a horrible thing to deal with up north, i will not get into it because all the gossip queens on here will say im lying. so with that said i will right things with these three individuals and the rest can go on to another gossip colum. nautimis... from swinnings exotics. dont make me laugh. everyone knows what scumbag vendor you are with your diseased animals you sell. your just mad from being banned from talk to the frog. swannes exotics pull that name up on boi see what you find. im very sorry again, to top it off my computer was crashed when i came home from all the damn porn some of my roomates were watching.idiots. anyway all will be fixed
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Gosh Chris....thanks. All of those who originally were telling folks to perhaps have some compassion and patience with you are now the "gossip queens", huh? Jerk.

Note to self......next time, just listen to Rick and let the guy hang himself. :censored:
 
cat..... this is what im talking about. that was not aimed at you or anyone in particuliar. thankyou CAT and all who had something decent to say. im just sayin there are alot of people who come to this section of the forum for entertainment. to stir shit up etc etc.
 
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