• 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.
  • 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.

Bad Guy Ray Pittzer Bay Area reptiles bad guy

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I think this guy is out of the business .Hope so ....
Sorry to say he was a great customer of mine for years but towards the end he decided to screw us over . last transaction he took animals from us to the Orlando reptile show and was going to drop off the surplus and the sold animals money on his way past us on his way home .
well needless to say that was over a year ago and while he promised to pay us for a few months now he just dropped off and wont return phone calls or emails .
At any rate just thought I would share my experience in case he pops up again .
balance he screwed us for is 3390.00
Michael Cole
Ballroom Pythons South
Guess its time to track him down and have him served ....
 
I'm sorry to hear this. Ray did give up the reptile business just over a year ago. It's going to be hard to track him down now, he passed away on Monday. I've known Ray since high school, we married and had two children. I know he wasn't the easiest person at times, but I'm sorry this happened to you.
~ Michelle
 
senusenu said:
If I am reading this right, no claims can be made on his debts from the surviving estate after he passes away?
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You are not reading that correctly. Read all the way to the 'unless filed' part.

I do not mean in any way for posting this link to be insensitive, I am sorry for his passing; but it is a time based statute and claims against the estate must be made timely.
 
Lucille said:
You are not reading that correctly. Read all the way to the 'unless filed' part.

I do not mean in any way for posting this link to be insensitive, I am sorry for his passing; but it is a time based statute and claims against the estate must be made timely.
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Geez well I look really stupid. I only glanced through it and did totally miss the part about filing. Ugh.

I'll just shut up and go away.
 
senusenu said:
Geez well I look really stupid. I only glanced through it and did totally miss the part about filing. Ugh.

I'll just shut up and go away.
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Jessica don't feel that way, the only bad questions are the ones you don't ask.
 
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