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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.

New from Kelli and Partick!

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Ok, today was a good day. I got 2.2 geckos I have wanted for a long time, and I got a date with a totally hot girl this weekend! :p

So here are the pics:

Opened up a box from Kelli to find two smiling faces..

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The male: DBL het RW and Patt

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The female: Patt het RW, from hypo tang lines. She is in shed.

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oh oh! And I got a sweet new pin :p

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Then I got these from Patrick, of www.Saurian.net. I have been getting more and more into Aussie geckos, and I cant wait to add more Oedura to my collection!

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Thanks for looking!
 
Awsome Matt!

Nice leos! I think ill have to get one from Kelli.
 
They all look great!

I didn't see those two on her sales page! :( You sure got some nice genes in them both to work with.

The last 2 geckos are cool, breed any yet?
 
Thanks :). The last two are amel northern velvet geckos, and these are my first velvets.

The male I got is on her available page, the female is not.
 
That’s a lot of nice goodies there Matt. It’s like Christmas all over again! Those Oedura are amazing… I’m jealous. :)
 
WOW. Those amel northern velvet geckos are awesome! I wish you good luck when breeding!

Yes, Aussie geckos are sweet. I have wanted them more and more and this year I am finally getting 1.2 amyae and 2.2 smooth and possibly some amel velvet geckos! Those are just sweet looking!!

Don't you love that feeling when you get new geckos??

Congrats on your new additions! Erik
 
Beautiful geckos...those velvets are beautiful...they all look great...the ultimate good day.
Good luck on the date too!!
Robin
 
Good luck on the date Matt! Buy her flowers, it will steal her heart away. At least it worked with my man...well that and his love for herps ;)

Beautifullll geckos. Those velvets are making my eyes water :)
 
Thanks! Like I said, I want more velvets already. I love their look. I am thinking of selling my ciliatus to make room for them, screen cages along my windows :).. ahh the possibilities. And I cant wait to produce some killer PAs with Kelli's gems I got :)

Thanks all!
 
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