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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.

Reptile Show - Venomous Included

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Carolina Reptile & Exotic Animal Show, October 30th, 31, Palmetto Expo Center, Greenville, South Carolina. 110+ reptile booths including venomous. Show's 7th year in South Carolina, 1st year at the state of the art Palmetto Expo Center. Seminars on reptiles throughout the day for the novice to experienced herper. Exo Terra $10,000 Reptile Wheel of Fortune, tote bags for attendees with manufacturer samples, promotional items, Reptile Care Magazine and show program. Show hours are 10am-5pm, but Saturday, October 30th, VIP's are admitted in one hour early. General admission tickets for sale all weekend beginning at 9:45am October 30th.
The show is in cooperation with the Southeastern Hot Herp Society and sponsored by Armstrong Cricket Farms, Exo Terra, Reptiles Magazine, Kingsnake.com and out new sponsor Glasscages.com. Top breeders from throughout the country, all reptiles including venomous, amphibians, supplies, tanks, books. Visit our website at www.reptileandexoticanimalshow.com
You can email us at [email protected]
 
Hey Neil are you going to be at the show?ME , Cathy and Monica will be working at it for Tony. Cathy started today with his crew distriputing fliers. Hope to see ya there...will be a great show
 
im gonna be there, rain or shine! unfortunately i've run into a few problems with ordering tickets for both the NC and SC shows, but the guys are always friendly and offer to work it out with me, only problem is i have to go a few minutes early to sit thru and talk everything out to get my tix. just might want to make it clear that the VIP tickets only get you in an hour early on saturday, not sunday. i made that mistake last year and i showed up early, found no one there, and walked right into the raleigh show till someone let me know there were no early VIP hours the 2nd day of the show. can't wait to see what they've got this year!
 
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