• 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.

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Iguanalady

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Someone gave me a trader rating that I have never done business with, how do I report this?
 
PM Rich/Webslave. But it seems like it was already removed.
 
It was given at 4:30 this morning from spokanelizardlady. I am guessing it was because of the discussion in a BOI of them and they didn't like what I had to say, I will definately keep my eyes open to see if it posts. Thanks again! Denise
 
First off, only paying members can use the Traders Ratings feedback function. So that tends to limit the amount of abuse the system will be subjected to.

Secondly, if feedback IS posted, it remains.

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Sorry, but I cannot place myself (much less have any desire to do so) in the position of having to judge who is telling the truth in matters such as this.
 
Denise, was this an actual trader rating, or was it just "karma"? I don't see any trader rating registered for you.
 
It was not meant to be slanderous or anything else. I was just explaining the situation, I apologize if it sounded that way....this is the PM I recieved this morning.


Paid Participant





Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Nowhere
Posts: 129
Name : Wendy Childs

Trader Rating: (3)


Warning Level: 0 Trader Rating Feedback Notification

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This is an automated notification to let you know that this person has just rated you in the Trader Ratings system.

Have you rated this person yet for the transaction? If not, now is a good time! You can go to their Trader Ratings page by clicking the feedback score below their name.

If you did not conduct any business with this individual, please report the problem to an admin.
 
Hm, that's weird. I'm assuming it didn't show up since you do not have a paid membership, but it looks like Wendy is trying to play dirty and leave you a bad rating, even though you have never done business with her.

I knew you didn't mean anything bad by your post, but I thought it strange that you said that she had left you one, and it shows none on your profile. I would have questioned it as well had I been in your shoes. ;)
 
Thanks Cathy....It is such things like this that make me want to stay just a member....but I have all intentions of becoming at least a paid participant here shortly. So basically Rich is saying that if she left me a bad rating that there is nothing that can be done to change that even if I had never done business with her? That doesn't seem quite fair. I pride myself on making my sales right no matter what and have a good reputation, I would hate to see that damaged by someone just being spiteful.
 
Iguanalady said:
Thanks Cathy....It is such things like this that make me want to stay just a member....but I have all intentions of becoming at least a paid participant here shortly. So basically Rich is saying that if she left me a bad rating that there is nothing that can be done to change that even if I had never done business with her? That doesn't seem quite fair. I pride myself on making my sales right no matter what and have a good reputation, I would hate to see that damaged by someone just being spiteful.
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You would be asking me to take sides. In other words, one would be lying and I would be asked to chose which one. Can you PROVE she has never done business with you? Remember please, that I am not psychic and cannot read people's minds in order to be able to tell who is telling the truth or not. Which is exactly what you would be asking me to do. Then multiply that task by all the members on this site to whom I would have to extend that same service.

Thanks, but no thanks.

And for the record, I don't believe you have to be a paid member in order to RECEIVE a traders rating. You only have to be one in order to APPLY a rating to someone else. At least that was not in the specs that I gave to my programmer. :shrug01:
 
Denise, She might have hit you by accident or changed her mind. I know the system gives you a chance to edit the trader rating you give to someone for a short time after. It seems she was on an early morning tear this morning.

spokanelizardlady (3)
Rated Seller: ladywhipple02 (0)
Rating: Negative (-1)
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spokanelizardlady (3)
Rated Seller: gecko5 (-1)
Rating: Negative (-1)
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spokanelizardlady (3)
Rated Seller: EriksReptiles (12)
Rating: Negative (-1)
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Then she changed her user name to CrazyCresties.

Anyway, you don’t have any negative ratings.
 
Thanks Dennis....I sure hope she changed her mind because I never bought or sold anything to her at all. This is totally nuts!
 
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