lillyorchid
New member
Also to add, "his bug collection" that is "for sale".
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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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Inquiry Nick Hall -- sn8kecowboy84 -- Any info?
- Thread starter Pink Lady Exotics
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Thanks for adding that Allison. I took screen shots of that too but mine have to be divided up into about 4-5 images. LOL!
This guy just smells of scam all over and I had to bring it to light.
This guy just smells of scam all over and I had to bring it to light.
LOL! Wish I'd thought of that response. 
Yep Jen did a Great Job catching this scammer quick, everyone should give her Karma points ( I did 
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It appears all of the Nick Hall's, sn8kecowboy84, Hoobly ads I linked to "are no longer available".
Do you think he sold all of them last night?
).It appears all of the Nick Hall's, sn8kecowboy84, Hoobly ads I linked to "are no longer available".
Do you think he sold all of them last night?
Yep Jen did a Great Job catching this scammer quick, everyone should give her Karma points ( I did
It appears all of the Nick Hall's, sn8kecowboy84, Hoobly ads I linked to "are no longer available".
Do you think he sold all of them last night?
yep i hit her up with some too, a great job in a very small amount of time!!!
seems she drove that cowboy off into the sunset... YEE HAA
and the lone rider returns to broke back mountian 
Actually, the guy is sending all the wrong signals for being legit.
I doubt a legitimate concern in this situation would have gone into their profile and changed their email address to this:
Obviously I edited a couple of letters.
And maybe not as obvious is that once he changed his email address to something obviously bogus, he locked himself out of being able to post on this site any longer. Right now he is in limbo until he verifies the email sent to that new email address. Now, this is rather humorous because certainly that new email address is bogus (meaning he will NEVER get the verification email sent), and he can now no longer edit his profile to change back his email to something legit while he is in limbo. Sooo he quite simply just ushered himself right out of the door into a PERMANENT limbo.
Brilliant........
Actually, the guy is sending all the wrong signals for being legit.
I doubt a legitimate concern in this situation would have gone into their profile and changed their email address to this:
Obviously I edited a couple of letters.
And maybe not as obvious is that once he changed his email address to something obviously bogus, he locked himself out of being able to post on this site any longer. Right now he is in limbo until he verifies the email sent to that new email address. Now, this is rather humorous because certainly that new email address is bogus (meaning he will NEVER get the verification email sent), and he can now no longer edit his profile to change back his email to something legit while he is in limbo. Sooo he quite simply just ushered himself right out of the door into a PERMANENT limbo.
Brilliant........
That would explain why his named turned green. I don't think anyone ever said that scammers were the brightest people in the world. lol
herpguy311
New member
Interesting
Interestingly enough, I inquired about some of this guys ETBs he had up yesterday. By the time I got to my email this morning (his original emails got caught in Spam) I had received a second reply at 7:52 PM that they were all sold, 40-45 of them!
Interestingly enough, I inquired about some of this guys ETBs he had up yesterday. By the time I got to my email this morning (his original emails got caught in Spam) I had received a second reply at 7:52 PM that they were all sold, 40-45 of them!
Jarred, I am VERY glad you didn't get caught up by this guy. That is what I was trying to prevent.
Rich, I think that is HILARIOUS. I love the e-mail too, that is just classic.
I appreciate the good karma guys, thank you. I do think that anyone that would have taken a few moments to read over that price list and then look around, finding out that he has no BOI threads, no trader ratings, no website, and has never been heard of before, would have come to the same conclusion that I did. It was way too sketchy to ignore. Any time an entirely unknown person shows up selling some really high-dollar stuff in mass quantities, it makes me go "Hmmmm...wait a minute..."
Rich, I think that is HILARIOUS. I love the e-mail too, that is just classic.
I appreciate the good karma guys, thank you. I do think that anyone that would have taken a few moments to read over that price list and then look around, finding out that he has no BOI threads, no trader ratings, no website, and has never been heard of before, would have come to the same conclusion that I did. It was way too sketchy to ignore. Any time an entirely unknown person shows up selling some really high-dollar stuff in mass quantities, it makes me go "Hmmmm...wait a minute..."
herpguy311
New member
Thank you Jen for running him out of here I don't post much on here, but I do look around to buy, and just had to find out about these new animals that suddenly popped up on the market. Guess one never knows....
I don't post much on here, but I do look around to buy, and just had to find out about these new animals that suddenly popped up on the market. Guess one never knows....
Matt2979
My dawg has the bluuues.
You would think that everyone would catch on, but these guys prey on newbies those that just don't do a lot of online transactions. Someone new might have thought it to be a legit business. For this reason, I am very glad that you "outted" him so quickly. That's awesome!
lillyorchid
New member
Jen, if you have the Fire Fox web browser, you can install one of the add on's called "Screen Grab". It can take a picture of the whole page you have open. It is a nifty little tool to have around.
"Please spread some karma around before giving it to lillyorchid again."
Great info, I'll check that out.
Great info, I'll check that out.
Diane74
New member
Nick
Wish I had seen this thread two weeks ago, or six months ago would have been better. I have an idea where he would be getting these animals (if he really has them to sell). I know another person he deals with that sells some high end animals and large quanitities of reptiles in general. I did a search on both of these people and Nick is the only one that came up. I recently had a very upsetting situation come from a deal with him and it was posted all over facebook. Once I threatened to expose both of them the posts were removed. If an Admin would like to contact me I will be happy to explain.
Wish I had seen this thread two weeks ago, or six months ago would have been better. I have an idea where he would be getting these animals (if he really has them to sell). I know another person he deals with that sells some high end animals and large quanitities of reptiles in general. I did a search on both of these people and Nick is the only one that came up. I recently had a very upsetting situation come from a deal with him and it was posted all over facebook. Once I threatened to expose both of them the posts were removed. If an Admin would like to contact me I will be happy to explain.
Diane74
New member
Wish I had seen this thread two weeks ago, or six months ago would have been better. I have an idea where he would be getting these animals (if he really has them to sell). I know another person he deals with that sells some high end animals and large quanitities of reptiles in general. I did a search on both of these people and Nick is the only one that came up. I recently had a very upsetting situation come from a deal with him and it was posted all over facebook. Once I threatened to expose both of them the posts were removed. If an Admin would like to contact me I will be happy to explain.
Diane74
New member
Sorry about that. There was a glitch on the website for a second that said "Database error" and then there were 2 comments.
Thank you
Thank you
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
If you would like to explain, do it here. The story doesn't do any good if it doesn't get told.
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
(just thought I should add the disclaimer *if it can be posted within site rules*)