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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 REPTILE SCAM ALERT!! BE AWARE OF ANDRE CLAY

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REPTILE SCAM ALERT!!! Watch out for a guy named Andre Clay (Paypal Email: [email protected]) and Phone # 702-203-3013. He is from Cedar City Utah and spends alot of time in Las Vegas. I had done one previous deal with him about 6 months ago so I thought I could trust him. Andre had called me saying he had some high end boa's for sale. He said he was in a jam and had to give up his animals for quick sale. I agreed to buy
3 boa's from him. I sent the money via Paypal last Monday night and then the next day when we were supposed to schedule delivery of the animals I received a text(from his #) stating that he was in a terrible car accident and that the family did not know if he was going to survive. I tried to text here and there as I felt bad with the situation. The day after that I filed a claim with Paypal as I did not know the status of what I had paid for. I have no personal relationship with Andre, this was strictly a business deal but I still felt bad because I believed the situation. Within 15 minutes of filing a dispute with Paypal I received a phone call(much to my surprise) from Andre (so much for his life or death situation). He told me he had this horrible accident(in a tired and well acted voice) and wondered why I put a claim in with Paypal. After many texts back and forth for many more days the seller sends me a text and says his uncle dropped off the animals, WTF??. I have not received anything and have become quite frustrated with the whole situation. I have filed a police report and fraud alert with my bank. Keep your eyes peeled for this P.O.S.!!!! Please feel free to spread the word. This guy is a major waste of space. Thanks and have a great day!

Jon Sparks
 
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