cms530
New member
On August 31st I sent Kelvin Soto a 50 lot of bearded dragons. He promised to pay me but hasn't and after many phone calls he changed his number. I have been ripped off again. $1312 later. Stay away from this guy. Cindy
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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.
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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.
Bad Guy Touch of Class Reptiles
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underanohiosky
New member
Jesus.. someone has to sue this guy eventually, he's a well documented criminal! He should absolutely not be allowed to even own, let alone distribute anything that breathes..
Geez! There are 4, count 'em, 4 threads started about Touch of Class!
Can the Mod's combine them into one thread? Please?
Randal Berry
Can the Mod's combine them into one thread? Please?
Randal Berry
I second that, please combine the threads. There is a reason why it is suggested (or use to be suggested) in the BOI Rules that one do a search for the topic of their thread and then add to an existing thread, NOT start a new thread. It keeps it simpler that way!
Wow,is there a record for most "BAD GUY" post running simultaneously ? Should be consolidated as Kelli suggested .Maybe Harald can handle this one .
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
I asked if it was acceptable to do that a long time ago - about a different thread, of course. The simple answer is no
Ed Clark
New member
Thats very unfortunate Cindy
In this business its strictly get paid then ship. dont hold out any hope of being paid by kelvin soto.
He has shown to be the wrong guy to do business with.
cms530
New member
I am living and learning for sure. I have totally lost hope in getting paid. I just hope others catch up with fauna and don't do business with this guy. It's a bummer because one bad guy can make others second guess about the good guys.Thats very unfortunate Cindy
In this business its strictly get paid then ship. dont hold out any hope of being paid by kelvin soto.
He has shown to be the wrong guy to do business with.
Olexian Pro
New member
Cindy,
So sorry to hear that you too hav had problems with touch of class.
This is the contact information that I received from them a month ago. They arent too good at answering their phone, but I hope this helps.
305-827-5019 ask for Kelvin the owner
[email protected]
I just recently got hit by them as well and may (enphasis on may) be getting a refund this wednesday. I will let you know how it goes but my point in mentioning that is that this may be a good time for you to hound him as well. The man owes you money, don't let him get away with that. I'll loan my support in any way I can.
Hope you are able to reach a favorable out come for your complaint as well. I agree, this guy needs to be shut down.
Jason
So sorry to hear that you too hav had problems with touch of class.
This is the contact information that I received from them a month ago. They arent too good at answering their phone, but I hope this helps.
305-827-5019 ask for Kelvin the owner
[email protected]
I just recently got hit by them as well and may (enphasis on may) be getting a refund this wednesday. I will let you know how it goes but my point in mentioning that is that this may be a good time for you to hound him as well. The man owes you money, don't let him get away with that. I'll loan my support in any way I can.
Hope you are able to reach a favorable out come for your complaint as well. I agree, this guy needs to be shut down.
Jason
cms530
New member
Thanks Jason, I hope you do get your refund. I had his personal cell phone number and called him many times. He ended up changing his number. I will try calling the business number but have pretty much given up any hope of getting my money back.
This guy just does not stop does he?
I love that I got the ban-hammer for calling him out in his ad. Guess I wasn't too far off, just picked the wrong place to call him out!
I love that I got the ban-hammer for calling him out in his ad. Guess I wasn't too far off, just picked the wrong place to call him out!
cms530
New member
He needs to be removed from the classifieds. By posting complaints, he will eventually not be able to advertise.
I agree. He should be banned from being able to post classifieds until ALL his debts are settled.
Trouble is he posts on Kingsnake like crazy to.
Trouble is he posts on Kingsnake like crazy to.
cms530
New member
With Kingsnake, three complaints against him and he will be able advertise there. I just hope others are aware that they can report his abuse in Kingsnake.