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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.

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Mike Roe and Dave Vaugh = Bad Guys

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watch out for these guys

i got ripped off by
mike at
http://midwestreptilesandaquatics.com
and dave vaught at crazydavescorals
they live in fort dodge iowa
the paypal is
[email protected]
515-573-2291 their number

and their address

2311 15th ave
fort dodge, iowa
50501

for $650 for two wild caught etbs on kingsnake on oct 13th, they have lied to me over 50 emails now, i have shut down their paypal, the police in fort dodge know them and are inquireing, the bbb, the fbi, the postal services as its mail fraud, the ifcc as its internet fraud, i posted on ks basic info for people to contact me to get info on them only to be removed because of their tos, i have met others that got ripped and have sent me the info to prove it, so there you go, beware of these @#$#@#$ %#@@#$%% -d
 
Could you post details of what transpired exactly. How the snakes were shipped what exactly went wrong ect. I'm just curious as to happened ... Thank you


Laura-Lee Laberge
 
well its a long long short story

on oct 13 these guys posted on ks two male emeralds for 650, i paid that day in full, as per the amount on paypal they had to clear it , it took 3-4 days, cleared, a week later i called them, emailed them , they responded a few days later , said they would ship thursday for friday, friday afternoon i called ,and emailed, on monday they responded and said they would ship for wednesday,on wednesday i called-emailed they said it would be shipped thurs for friday, friday i called, emailed, -monday i called emailed and tues and weds and thurs and on friday they said mikes dad was dieing and would be back on the following monday and would ship for wednesday, remember this is now week three, that wednesday i called -emailed, dave said he wasnt aware of the sale, nut he would inquire, i then replyed nicely but agressively, mike responded saying theres been a mysterious outbreak of mites and no animals would ship,and they would send a company check or refund via paypal, a week later i called/emailed, the phones are no longer active, i made some legal inquiry , called emailed, and threatened legal action, they replied its not our fault, we dont control the post office, blah blah, i gave it two more days and began getting very aggressive, still polite, dave told me to f@#k myself, mike responded a couple of days later and said he'd paypal me, he did then cancelled it? i then sent a money request and dave cancelled that and again told me to f@#k myself, then i contacted the fbi and reported, the ifcc, the bbb, and shut down their paypal account, oh and the first thing was kingsnake, they not only did not cancel them out, they let them contunue selling, they sold these chondros to some people who i have been talking to after posting this info on ks before getting booted because of the tos policy, he also got ripped, i believe him he and i have exchanged all of our bs emails from these guys, so then mike and dave freak out because me and others shut down their paypal, and were like no anything but that were good guys and were not ripping you off, now remember these are the same things they are saying to these other victims,they told this guy that he was the only onewhom had not recieved his check, thats funny -they said the same thing to me? so then mike was sending me a certified mail money order, and even sent me the damn fake tracking number, i waited another week to figure that out, so now their email says have a great holiday , blah blah, i spoke to an investigator in fort dodge who says he knows them and will talk to their mom as shes bailed them out for internet fraud selling bunk computers, good grief -d
 
well its a long long short story

on oct 13 these guys posted on ks two male emeralds for 650, i paid that day in full, as per the amount on paypal they had to clear it , it took 3-4 days, cleared, a week later i called them, emailed them , they responded a few days later , said they would ship thursday for friday, friday afternoon i called ,and emailed, on monday they responded and said they would ship for wednesday,on wednesday i called-emailed they said it would be shipped thurs for friday, friday i called, emailed, -monday i called emailed and tues and weds and thurs and on friday they said mikes dad was dieing and would be back on the following monday and would ship for wednesday, remember this is now week three, that wednesday i called -emailed, dave said he wasnt aware of the sale, nut he would inquire, i then replyed nicely but agressively, mike responded saying theres been a mysterious outbreak of mites and no animals would ship,and they would send a company check or refund via paypal, a week later i called/emailed, the phones are no longer active, i made some legal inquiry , called emailed, and threatened legal action, they replied its not our fault, we dont control the post office, blah blah, i gave it two more days and began getting very aggressive, still polite, dave told me to f@#k myself, mike responded a couple of days later and said he'd paypal me, he did then cancelled it? i then sent a money request and dave cancelled that and again told me to f@#k myself, then i contacted the fbi and reported, the ifcc, the bbb, and shut down their paypal account, oh and the first thing was kingsnake, they not only did not cancel them out, they let them contunue selling, they sold these chondros to some people who i have been talking to after posting this info on ks before getting booted because of the tos policy, he also got ripped, i believe him he and i have exchanged all of our bs emails from these guys, so then mike and dave freak out because me and others shut down their paypal, and were like no anything but that were good guys and were not ripping you off, now remember these are the same things they are saying to these other victims,they told this guy that he was the only onewhom had not recieved his check, thats funny -they said the same thing to me? so then mike was sending me a certified mail money order, and even sent me the damn fake tracking number, i waited another week to figure that out, so now their email says have a great holiday , blah blah, i spoke to an investigator in fort dodge who says he knows them and will talk to their mom as shes bailed them out for internet fraud selling bunk computers, good grief -d
 
Well you are deffinatly persuing it the right way. Hopefully things work out for you in the long run. I'm curious to know how this all turns out. BTW Thanks for the additional info. Deffinatly guys to stay away form.

Laura-Lee Laberge
 
Is there any more info you can give me on Mike? We are looking for a mike in fort dodge Iowa and would love to have some new info on him


Alfredo Veloso
 
new info on the bad guys

so heres where we are, i have spoken to both parties several times from the first post, more people hav contacted me with the same story, dave has told me to bleep bleep bleep myself, but made the error in giving me mikes last name , his last name is roe, they are strange people, bad liars as both deny the transactions, all three of us that have well over 150 emails from these guys saved have the same stories only backwards and self incriminating, the fort dodge cops have visited mike, i wont know until monday, dave says i am a redneck cracker cause i am from georgia, wait i will paste it its fun-hold on, sorry about the language as i didnt write it,

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE THE DUMBEST GA. CRACKER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. I HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO THE COPS YOU IDIOT. AND ALL YOUR BULL<font color=red>[bleep]</font> IS GETTING YOU NOWHERE. JUST SO HAPPENS THAT MY BROTHER INLAW IS THE POLICE HERE AND ALL YOUR BULL<font color=red>[bleep]</font> PHONES CALLS IS DOING NOTHING BUT MAKING THINGS WORSE FOR YOU.IM ONLY GOING TO SAY THIS TO YOUR DUMB GA CRACKER ASS ONE MORE TIME IM NOT
THE PERSON YOU WANT . SO AS I STATED BEFORE GO <font color=red>[bleep]</font> YOURSELF!!! IM
SURPRIZED YOU CAN EVEN READ. AND AS FAR AS LUCK GOES YOU ARE THE ONE THATS NEEDS ALL THE LUCK HE CAN GET. INSTEAD OF TALKING BIG <font color=red>[bleep]</font> TO ME YOU NEED TO BE TALKING BIG <font color=red>[bleep]</font> TO THE GUY THAT HAS YOUR MONEY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT IMPRESSING ME ONE BIT. NOW IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEND YOUR STUPID EMAILS TO ME GO AHEAD BUT LIKE I SAID YOU NEED TO BE TALKING YOU <font color=red>[bleep]</font> TO MIKE ROE . FROM NOW ON I AM JUST GOING TO DELETE ANY EMAILS THAT COME FROM YOUR END .
From: <[email protected]>
To: "dave vaught" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: rip off

heres some more

> on 11/29/03 8:38 AM, dave vaught at [email protected] wrote:
>
> > GO <font color=red>[bleep]</font> YOURSELF IN THE ASS!!!!!! I NEVER TOUCHED YOUR MONEY AND NEVER HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH YOU . YOUR BEEF IS WITH MIKE ROE. DUMBASS.

and for fun this is mikes response to daves response to steves response"steve was ripped off too"

Well, I see Steve must of told you to contact me like I told him. I don't know what the heck is going on. Like I told Steve, I sold my half of Midwest Reptiles and Aquatics to Dave the beginning of Nov. Now he's just crazydavescorals. Dave told me he couldn't afford the business anymore and wanted out. Then the next day he told me that I wanted to buy my half of the tanks, etc. I thought this was odd, since the day before he couldn't afford rent. But I just wanted out of the business after that, so I sold him my half. And I still haven't received all my money. Like I told Steve, if you want to know who owns the business now, have someone look in his garage at home and see that he's got all the tanks, etc from Midwest reptiles and Aquatics running! I don't have one single thing from there. Also, Dave says he wasn't in Midwest Reptiles and Aquatics, but the IRS has him as the Primary Partner for Tax Investigation? I think this proves that I'm not involved with Midwest Reptiles and Aquatics anymore and haven't been for a while now. Also, the PayPal account you sent funds to was Dave's, I have nothing to due with that account. And the e-mails you've sent to me weren't written by me. Only the first few at the beginning of the transaction and when I spoke to you on the phone.
Like I told Steve, I'm willing to pay for half the amount you sent because I was involved at the beginning, but I don't know whats happened the past four weeks.
The next thing is, what's the deal with the tattoo thing? I've owed a state licensed tattoo studio for the past 5 years. Not some homemade crap out of my house! I don't know where you been getting all you info, but alot of it is wrong.
Like I said I'm more than willing to pay half your money, just so I can get things back to normal, but I won't assume responsibility for all this stuff that's seems to been going on. I didn't even know all this was going on until the police talked to me the other day.
Mike

fun huh? sorry to make all of you read all of that, good grief, d
 
Ripped off!

I'm one of the other people that Damien spoke of. Everything Damien has said is true. My situation is exactly the same as his, the timing, the emails, the lies, the excuses and the no money yet!
I paid for a neonate Aru GTP. Everything looked O.K., I called and talked to Mike and he sounded professional and seemed to know what he was talking about. That was 10/21 and ever since then I have recieved promises and lies.
Somehow these guys have gotta pay (one way or another)!
Steve

:mad:
 
Midwest Reptiles and Aquatics is Closed for Business!


Midwest Reptiles and Aquatics has closed it's doors as of Nov.1st
Any outstanding refunds, bills, etc will be taken care of in a timely fasion.
We regret the inconvience.
Click to expand...

The refund is owed to you by the owner of Midwest which is mike.

I do not think Dave owes you anything.

But then again I did have problems following the story
 
I have heard from both Mike and dave. They each say that the other owes me.
I sent my paypal payment to dave@midwestreptilesansaquatics.
They both say that they were partners until early November. I recieved emails until Nov. 23. The web site was there until Nov. 23 or so.
I purchased this snake on 10/21. They were partners at that time. I bought from Midwest reptiles, not Mike or Dave. The fact that they were the owners makes them responsible for this.
They are both saying now that Dave bought Mike out in early November.
I don't know who the hell to believe! But I'm sorry that I ever dealt with them
Steve
 
I was Jacked for $270.00

I also was ripped by MIDWEST REPTILES AND AQUATICS!!!
I have been in contact with Damien and Steve and their emails are the same as mine from Midwest Reptiles And Aquatics (we all have several back and fourth but no animals and no refund).
I will post more details when I have more time later!!!!!
 
Thanks

Thanks Bruce. I have already filed a complaint with them, the BBB and the local police. Now just waiting to see what happens next.
Thanks again
Steve
 
I don't know what is with these idiots who keep ripping people off even though they know they are being turned in. Notice that the URL of the Internet Fraud Complaint Center has the letters "fbi" (as in FBI) in it. Click on the URL and see the words "information repository" on the website after the introduction mentions that the thing is run "jointly by the FBI."
Do you think the FBI is ever going to discard the information it is getting? I don't think so. Tough luck for you punks out there.
 
ditto

the funny thing here is they "mailed us" fake refund checks, all of us have the stunns, so monday i believe all of us are going to post fraud charges with the us mail services, thats 3 felonies! the uspo always endites, tee hee, d
 
sorry-cool word though

no -i mean gets, busts, catches and prosecutes, finds charges against, indicte, d
 
Sorry, I didn't even think about that word.... indict....

But, while I'm at it (and I really don't mean to embarrass you, I truly have no idea what you are getting at)....

What did you mean when you said...

....all of us have the stunns....

I left my Thesaurus in the car.... lol

Neil
 
stubs

lol? first off neil you couldnt possibly embarass me, if your sniping me for fun, fine, thats got <font color=red>[bleep]</font> to do with this forum, as myself and others have been ripped off by bad people,, now go waste their time as i have posted their info, i cant edit for some reason or i would, i dont see a spell check hee either, this post is purely informational, and fact based, as there is no defense for the silent party, they robbed us end of case, do i know you neil? should i? you sure seem fond of me, i would be concerned with what others are saying to you on these forums, as i have said before this doesnt bother as i can not edit, so have fun, its still irrelivant, thanks d
 
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