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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.

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Has anyone done business with Skip Seavey? I can't find anything on him! I looked up last week. He has no boi threads. I know he's newer to fauna than I am and is a contributing member w a feedback of 2. Both positive. Thank you!
 
he is cv exotics and i have bought a few things from them with no problem.
 
Wow, I don't know how I never heard about this...turns out I have known his brother since elementary school and live within a few miles of NERD.

Crazy.
 
Skip's a nice guy. I live close to their store and NERD's and have frequented both through the years. I actually walked into the store as the kid who stole the Killer Bee was leaving. I have thought about it quite a bit and still don't have it figured out exactly what I think should happen for the next who knows how long.

Anything and everything else aside, Scott was found guilty and served his time and will always have that felony to live with. Does that mean he should be blackballed forever? Maybe, I don't know, but I kindof feel not. I know locals who are moving Scott's snakes for him and I have mixed feelings about that one too, and the answer depends on what you think about my first question. I wonder what is supposed to happen to all his snakes if we're all supposed to treat him and anybody around him like the plague? Maybe he should just flush them down the toilet I guess.

Honestly, I don't have a horse in the race, I'm a gecko guy and haven't been in Scott's store since "the event" just because it feels weird and I still don't know what I think overall.

As it pertains to Skip though, I don't know that what went down that day in Scott's store makes him a bad guy to avoided. He's a nice guy, and honest from what know of him.
 
No problem with skip pretty nice guy. I have not been in since it all went down either still not sure about the whole situation. I do know he paid his dues, people make mistakes not sure if that should mean he should never own or sell another snake, there are bigger people in the industry that have made a lot worse and people still follow them like they are god. make your own decision on the matter. he still has high quality snakes that he has bred himself from his own stock. I think its time to let go and use our energy for something else like saving our hobby from HSUS and PETA.
 
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