• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.

TO THOSE WHO SHIP DELTA

What's the relevence? This is about "Pets", mainly Dogs and Cats that are shipped through Deltas Pet service, not cold blooded animals sent Cargo or Dash.......Apples to Oranges?
 
I know delta and continental have a field day when you try to ship animals even snakes. Once they know you they might not. But I have to jump through 30 flaming hoops to get my animals shipped with them. They have the drug/bomb dog come out and sniff it, then i open up every bag unless it is venomous, then sign off on it all. It is like damn I coulda drove it there by the time im done. But I have never had an issue even if a plane was late. Have you ever been inside their hub. Its like 85 degrees in everyone around me. Can't help puppy mills shipping out unhealthy dogs and they die in transit. I don't think it is delta's fault at all
 
bigdogg said:
I don't think it is delta's fault at all
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I think that is part of what the link is saying. Though the article did point out that at times Delta accepted critters that were not within specifications, there were accounts of critter deaths that could not be attributed to any lack of care.
 
Did you take it as a negative thing against shipping reptiles via Delta? (That's the impression I got, but not how I read the article.)
 
Thats exactly what i got. The heading pulled me in thinking negative, but the article itself says different. False negative.
 
Wow......Someone decided to leave negative Karma because evidently I know nothing about shipping through Delta, even though I've shipped and continue to ship through Delta on a weekly basis.......

And yes, I'm a known shipper through Delta.........
 
Eric, get a paid subscription, you can see who left you feedback plus it supports our site.:)
 
EricIvins said:
Wow......Someone decided to leave negative Karma because evidently I know nothing about shipping through Delta, even though I've shipped and continue to ship through Delta on a weekly basis.......

And yes, I'm a known shipper through Delta.........
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Your comment was pretty accurate...and I'd be willing to lay a wager on the identity of the person that gave negative karma. Since I agreed with your post from the start, I had no qualms about overpowering the negative you received
 
I've shipped a large number of adult dogs and puppies and received many (I'm a ex breeder) using Delta, and never had one problem. I have used many other airlines and Delta is the best when it comes to shipping puppies!!!! There are a lot of loser pet owners and breeders that ship unhealthy, drugged and old dogs which sure isn't Delta's fault.
 
What is the motivation to use Delta in 2012?

Driving to and from the airport for both the shipper and recipient is expensive and troublesome, time and money wise.

The shipping itself is expensive, and they haven't offered live arrival insurance in years.

What is it that appeals to you as a Delta shipper, for those of you that use them?
 
robyn@Pro Exotics said:
What is the motivation to use Delta in 2012?

Driving to and from the airport for both the shipper and recipient is expensive and troublesome, time and money wise.

The shipping itself is expensive, and they haven't offered live arrival insurance in years.

What is it that appeals to you as a Delta shipper, for those of you that use them?
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Because I can't ship 175lbs in animals for the same price through FedEx or any of the overnight services, or even a 17x17x10 box, with my volume discount.......

Or, I can't ship to Puerto Rico or Hawaii in the same time frame for less than it would cost me to ship through FedEx......

So it does come down to transit time and cost, seeing that most Flights to decent sized Airports only take a few hours from one end to the other, if you know how to work the Delta commuter system.........

I for one would switch over to South West exclusively if they would offer service to more Airports in the US, as South West is a whole lot cheaper than Delta, with the same level of service........

All of this is Export excluded......Totally different can of worms there.......
 
Yes, I was discounting exports in my thoughts, but you are right, for heavy packages, or very large packages, that makes sense.

I was thinking standard 12x9x6 packages : )
 
robyn@Pro Exotics said:
Yes, I was discounting exports in my thoughts, but you are right, for heavy packages, or very large packages, that makes sense.

I was thinking standard 12x9x6 packages : )
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Sometimes you have to think outside the box?


The Airlines are definately not for the average Hobbiest, but they do have their place in the trade.......
 
robyn@Pro Exotics said:
Yes, I was discounting exports in my thoughts, but you are right, for heavy packages, or very large packages, that makes sense.

I was thinking standard 12x9x6 packages : )
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I ship venomous snakes 99% of the time so I use Delta.

I've been using Delta Dash for 30 years. They have misplaced two boxes during all these years. Both of these were found and rerouted with no causalities.
 
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