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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.

Pomona super show

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Whoever was not able to make it down I will give you a run down. First, Rami put on a good show from a show goers stand point. I say it like that because from a sellers point, there was a lot of others to compete with. However it did bring in more shoppers. It was a win/win all the way around. I left feeling it was the best show I had attended for me personally. The building was big with ALOT of venders. The usual guys like Marki, Jeff Luman, Noco, etc were there with amazing animals. With this show you got a big selection from Snake Keeper and BHB. There were tons of booths with dry goods, every type of lizard, spider, you name it. There was even birds, face painting and purses! There was a really good variety of ball pythons besides the usual. You got to see some newer genes, multigene combos, and first rate examples of the different morphs. There were deals all over, I think I got one of the best! I also got worked! I sold a pastel lesser 66% het clown that by the looks was het for $160. Walking through it, I found atleast half a dozen different kinds of animals I contimplated getting into. I ended up getting into something else. This show had something for everyone. I have to say I think it was bigger than N.A.R.B.C. Pet Kingdom had their giant torts out for everyone to see. The owner of it, Matt, worked at the San Diego Zoo and has a ton of knowledge along with his staff. South Bay Tropicals had a bunch of their animals out there. Mike the owner and Ton (from storage wars, who is a partner of Mikes in some of the breedings) were out mingling and posing for pictures. Talk about pictures......Brian Barczyk was bombarded with people wanting pictures. He was so gracious and smiled for every picture, but thanked every one of them for coming to the show and stopping by to say hi. I jokingly said that he should charge $2 for each picture and he said no, he likes doing it. This man is on top of the industry (scaleless), most BIG breeders still have a hard time looking at his level (not all), but he is gracious. As corny as it may sound, I compair him to Wayne Gretzky. Wayne was by far the best, but down to earth and treated everyone with respect. Brian is my Wayne of the snake industry, and I feel so privedged to call him a friend. All I can say about that man is .......CLASS! We have all seen the guys that just want your money and not even give you the time of day.....thats NOT him. Ok, on to a personal side......I purchased a new rat rack from Brian Fountain from Morph Evolution ( http://morph-evolution.com/ ). The guy is a really good stand up guy that I always enjoy talking to and coming up with some of the stupidest s**t to try and make him laugh. He always has nice snakes but, well his racks are top notch. I would really recommend anyone in need of a rack getting ahold of this guy. Maki from Pacific Coast Reptiles........LOVE HER! I got the best deal in the whole show, and it was from her. Even with Brian Barczyk and a long list of others telling her they thought she had a pastel (probably super pastel, which is so hard to tell) puma, she sold it to me as a pastel ivory just to be sure! Thats a HUGE difference in price!!!! There is NEVER a doubt what your getting from her. She is so first class and has great business ethics are at the very top. I so recommend anyone wanting a high quality animal coming from the best to go look up her site www.pacificcoastreptiles.com and see what she has. Watch for her in the near future to have OFY stuff. I did get a absolutely beautiful enchi kingpin breeder male from BHB (along with another) to replace my pewter kingpin. Yes I know the pewter kingpin has another gene but no compairison! Once again, another HUGE order from Layne Labs........lets just say it was over $2000 and I did not see one bloody rat. These guys just make it too easy. Usually when you find someone who is the best, you get the :I'm the best" attitude......not there. John (the owner) and his staff are always helpful. Call Jenna and place an order....you wont be disappointed (http://www.laynelabs.com/ ). Yourgeckoguy.com was awesome.....yep I now have about $2000 in leopard geckos that I traded for balls. I guess I now am a leo breeder too! Really nice guy, and super helpful. Didn't try and take advantage of someone clueless like myself! Lastly, whoever took Heathers (heathers herp.....ladyohh on here) phone.....your lucky you got out without having the crap kicked out of you....and the guy who took Colettes (snake keepers) gtp:angry::angry:


Well in part......YOU MISSED IT!!! Try and catch the next reptile super show that Rami puts on because they really are that good. www.reptilesupershow.com
 
This was my first time attending a reptile show and it was pretty awesome. I went there to buy a couple of plants for my terrariumterrarium and ended up buying my 5th bp.

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