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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.

Good Guy Tammy Aldrich of Draggin tales

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Hi,
I just had to take a moment to compliment Tammy Aldrich of draggintales. I recently sold her a dragon that I believed to be female...unfortunately it turned out to be a male. I told her to send it back and I would send her another and she aggreed. I received my dragon fine and on time but hers was for some reason sent to Texas instead of Florida. She was supposed to receive the dragon on Tue and although it did not get there till Fri, Tammy was awesome and was even calming me down that she would be fine. I offered to refund her shipping cost and she refused saying it was not my fault and that I filled out the label correctly. She also called me to let me know that it finally arrived safe and sound.
I just want it on record that I would do business with her again in a heartbeat and anyone who is thinking of possibly purchasing one of Draggintales beautiful dragons should know that she is a wonderful business person who truly cares about her dragons.
Dale DellaTorre
 
Hands down... one of the best! We purchased a couple of babies from her this past year. Both are AMAZING! Gorgeous dragons with super appetites and loads of energy. Would definitely purchase from her again :)
 
I agree 100% but if you want to make it known you should post your own thread so she has more good guy threads instead of just responding to mine :) She deserves her good guy status and it is nice to know that someone who has a big name and has had a presence in the trade for so long still takes their time and deals more than fairly with every customer.
 
I'm surprised not to find a new thread than this one, but I'll happily update it. Tammy is still as awesome as what was said a year ago!! I received a dragon and can't believe how healthy and energetic it is, right out of the box. Last year I bought one locally that took a solid 24 hours before it even thought about eating.

Tammy took time to answer more questions than I probably should have even asked and it IS very obvious that she takes pride in what she does, and FULL responsibility in the little lives that she helps to create.

Tammy, thank you for an awesome experience!! I would be willing to put my name on the line and recommend Tammy Aldrich of Draggintails to anyone looking for a quality dragon!!
 
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