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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.

Bad Guy The Serpentarium- Lodi, Ca

But this isn't speculation. The things I mentioned were brought up by one of the involved parties. Robert said he was not paying Bill the remainder because his lawyer said not to. Bill posted the price that the business was supposed to be bought for, and the payment he actually received for it. Bill said he would not have gone through with the deal if he had known Robert was filing for bankruptcy. How is any of this speculation?
 
KORBIN5895 said:
Sorry Wes but after seeing how spot on your spidey senses seem to be in other boi threads I think you are being an arrogant and opinionated bully. Again both Robert and Bill are saying the SAME thing! How can one be lying and the other not? Get your head out of your butt and take an unbiased view. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. This has become an all or nothing situation.
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What we do know:

Robert withheld the info on his bankruptcy from Bill until after the sale. Both Bill and Robert have attested to this and there is nothing that mitigates Robert's culpability in this. Bill has now stated that he would not have gone ahead with the sale if he knew Robert was in Chapter 7.

You're right, that's not half of it, that's ALL of it. What part of that is speculation? And for the record, who here is stupid enough to think that this was accidental? Or who is thick headed enough to think that this one act alone makes Coral a scumbag?

In the end Bill lost a ton of money and Robert got the Serpentarium for pennies on the dollar. Those are the facts.

Now if Bill wants to be buds with the guy who screwed him out of so much money - well, then that's his decision. If he's doing it on his own accord, well, then I'm truly sorry I spent any time trying to stick up for him. It's obvious that those efforts have done nothing but strained his relationship with the guy who lied to him and cost him a lot of money. My bad.
 
And for the record, who here is stupid enough to think that this was accidental? Or who is thick headed enough to think that this one act alone doesn't makes Coral a scumbag?
 
Unfortunately my review about The Serpentarium was removed from Yelp. Apparently links to third party sites are not allowed.
 
meowmeowkazoo said:
Unfortunately my review about The Serpentarium was removed from Yelp. Apparently links to third party sites are not allowed.
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Ryan said:
Wouldn't surprise me one bit since he call and complains to I believe the lady at yelp a lot they are on a first name basest.
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Mine was removed as well. All but one of the negative reviews have been removed.
My opinion of Yelp has declined considerably.
 
My Gonyosoma just went through shed, all of his scabs from the Pseudomonas are gone with minor scaring. He is looking good! A few more weeks of treatment...
 
Wow. I feel kind of weird about this whole thread.

It was a reptile exhibit at The Serpentarium that got me into snakes in the first place.

Waaaaaaaaaay back in 2010.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/395518_304651582921377_1643279611_n.jpg

Without that little show, I would've never gotten my guys. Although I didn't deal with the owner directly and definitely did not buy anything, and I agree his whole presence in this thread has been a little weird. (I also skimmed as opposed to reading the entire thing word for word).

Just weird, I guess.
 
KORBIN5895 said:
Well Wes, according to Bill it wasn't.....
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And yet, here I am expressing my opinion that mr. coral and his wife are both guilty of illegal doings much as I did months ago. One would think that were I incorrect I might have heard about it from one of mr. coral's legal representatives.

Now, do you really want to re-open this thing again?
 
That's up to you Wes. I would like to point out that either you are wrong or Bill is a liar and weak willed individual that is allowing Mr. Coral to manipulate him and use him as his mouth piece.
 
KORBIN5895 said:
That's up to you Wes. I would like to point out that either you are wrong or Bill is a liar and weak willed individual that is allowing Mr. Coral to manipulate him and use him as his mouth piece.
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Not necessarily. Bill has his reasons for what he does which in no way reflect how I feel. mr. and mrs. coral are lying thieves.

You however, are a very unpleasant person with whom I wish as little contact as possible so, unless you actually have something other than venom to distribute, I will treat appropriately and no longer acknowledge your pathetic existence.
 
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