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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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    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.

Inquiry RacksAndReptiles Brandi Schaffer ??????

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I tried to search for her on the BOI but came up with nothing.

Anybody know anything about her?

She posted this add and if she's willing to seperate then I was thinking about getting a spider or 2 from her... I'm just a little curious about the wording of her ad, though I don't know if it really means anything.

her ad:

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126802

Any input is appreciated. Thanks guys.

-Danielle Mank
 
Might want to try Eric Schaffer. Brandi most likely is his wife. I have dealt with Eric once at hamburg. Bought an adult mojave male ball python from him. Was a very beautiful snake. Healthy and eating good. Thing is also a BREEDING MACHINE.
 
I did a search on Eric Schaffer and came up dry, looked at their site and it is brand new, looked at the ad and felt funny, then scrolled down to the replies. You might want to pm MagickalMorphs and see what they were talking about there.
 
The sale thread I was referring to appears to have been deleted.

Someone asked her at one point if the animals were purchased wholesale from Turtle Xing and she acknowledged that yes they were. She's also been caught a few times saying the weight is X amount, then when she actually goes to check it it's quite a bit less.

Little stuff, but enough to make most of us not wanna do business with them I think.
 
I know eric and the younger kid from turtle xing were in business together at one point. Not sure if they still are. Hard saying though. My deal was in person for a visual morph. Can't really screw it up. But eric has always been straight up with me.
 
i would like it to be known that at no time did we say that the snakes were purchased from the turtle xing. we do not buy our animals from a pet store i breed my own snakes and only purchase my snakes from professional breeders. i would like to know if you are able to tell me where you seen that we said we bought them from turtle xing and it will be corrected. i think it was just a misinterpretation of what was really said witch was i know turtle xing we are family but not connected in business in any way other then a breeder/supplier (me,us,racksandreptiles.com) to a retail sore (turtle xing) sorry for confusions on adds we are working on bettering ourselves at knowing the fauna community and the use of its contents. I GARANTEE ALL OF MY REPTILES NO EXCEPTIONS IF I CANT GARENTEE IT I WONT SELL IT. and thank you to those who have been patient with us in understanding how hard it is to start up multiple businesses and work full time at the same time. i well always make sure that you are 100% confident in what you are buying from me by answering any questions you have and providing you with anything that you need to make your decision when purchasing our products
 
Sorry, I read about 5 words of your illegible font and gave up.
 
Type normal!

The crazy colors, font, and underlining turns people off.
I looked at your add and gave up. It's frustrating trying to read that crap.
 
Eric,
Have you actually produced any of your own snakes? I mean, in one of your ads you were selling off your entire breeding stock, but nothing was breedable. Unless you count selling possibly gravid females as breeding your own snakes.
 
i have changed my ad to make it easier to read sorry about that but thank you for your tips keep them coming they are much appreciated. as for my collection yes i do and have produced my own snakes. and as far as my breeding stock list those snakes listed are just toes that i have left and included in that list is some that i purchased for my breeding stock that i will now not need. half of my collection was already sold before i listed here on fauna
 
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