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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.

Wanted TRADE: High End One of a Kind Custom Gaming PC for Ball Pythons

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I used to breed ball pythons while ago but ended up selling my entire collection in 2010 when I went back to grad school. Long story short, after buying my nephew his first ball (beautiful super Enchi) for Christmas this year, I am really getting the itch to get back in to breeding. I plan on buying snakes, but I also have a very high end custom gaming PC that I was thinking about seeing if I could trade for a handful of snakes or a small starting collection. The PC market is crazy right now and everything is super expensive, so I am hoping there may be someone out there that wants a high end custom gaming rig and would be willing to trade for one.

A ton of the PC is completely custom and I promise you won't find another rig like this. The case is the Lian Li O11 Mini Snow Edition that I made a completely custom standing GPU mount for, so that the GPU is mounted on the side of the case, next to the motherboard, where the 240mm side fan mounts are located (I am using a Gen 4 riser). This is a custom dual loop system with the CPU and GPU each being on their own independent water loop. The tubing, res, and blocks were all custom frosted by me. The memory is Trident Z Royal but I custom painted it white and swapped the "crystal" RGB strip for the diffused RGB strip used in the Trident Z Neo line, because I think it looks much butter (But I can switch back, if preferred). I also painted or vinyl wrapped many parts of the build in white (such as the silver accent on the SL120 fans, I painted white). Along with that, most of the wiring in the case was custom made by me to fit the build exactly.

Specs:

Case............................................Lian Li O11 Mini

PSU.............................................Silverstone SX800-LTI

Motherboard..................................Asus Crosshair Impact

CPU.............................................AMD Ryzen 5950X

RAM.............................................G.Skill Trident Z Royal 64GB 3600 CL16

GPU.............................................EVGA 3080 XC3 Ultra

SSD1...........................................Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus 1TB

SSD2...........................................XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 2TB

Custom Loop:

CPU Block...................................Bitspower Crosshair Impact Monoblock

GPU Block...................................EK 3080 XC3 Block (stock backplate customized to fit)

Pump1.........................................EK FLT 120 DDC

Pump2.........................................Swiftech MCP35X w/ MCP35 tube res

Rad1............................................Hardware Labs GTX 360

Rad2............................................Hardware Labs GTS 360

Tubing.........................................Bitspower 14mm hardline, soft tubing used behind the motherboard

Fittings........................................Mostly Bitspower, some other brands (50+ used in total)

Flow Meters.................................1x Bitspower Touchaqua Octagonal flow meter, 1x Barrow flow meter

Fans.............................................9x Lian Li SL120 UNI Fan

Misc:

2x Lian Li Strimmer Plus 24 pin (second one used to hide USB cables)

1x Lian Li Strimmer Plus dual 8 pin

1x 8 port RGB controllers (not being used currently, but will be included to all for more RGB options)

3x 6ft 90 degree displayport cables will be included connected to the GPU (with the system set up, it is difficult to access the cables, so I leave them plugged in).

The original boxes and most accessories/manuals for all hardware components will be included with the rig. This includes both controllers for the Strimmer cables and two controllers for the SL120 UNI FANS. I also removed the RGB strips from some of the watercooling parts, to cut down on cable clutter. Those will be included separately.

Timestamps and photos: https://imgur.com/a/ckkGbNg

For what I am looking for in a trade, value wise, total MSRP cost of parts was around $7k (I can provide breakdown upon request) and current market value of the system is over $8k. As for morphs, I am looking for a variety of combos (prefer no single dominant/co-dom morphs) and I am partial to Pieds, Clowns, BELs and morphs of similar genes (Mojave, Lesser, Mystic, Phantom, etc) but I am open to anything. I would also be interested in a trade that includes setup gear such as racks, tubs, thermostat, etc.
I am located in the Cleveland, Ohio area and would prefer local (no shipping) but I am willing to drive within reason to meet.
 

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