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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.

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I am so pissed and frusterated. I bought around 2,000 lobster roaches off of here and they were shipped to me ups. I thought they were being shipped overnight but they got shipped ground and ups confiscated the package and has been holding it for two weeks now!!! they will not tell me anything at all because I am not the shipper so the shipper has been talking to them and they told him they are still looking into weather it is legal to ship them and they will to release them to me untill they figure it out. Well I think two weeks is long enough come on now I dont even know now how many will actually still be in the box let alone alive. I am so pissed that was a lot of money spent to get nothing and the shipper is now trying to tell me that ups is telling him they are illegal in my state I am in california and have had them shipped by big bug breeders and never heard of that I think it is bs any help thanks
 
You need to check your state laws about them. Some roaches are illegal in some states. I don't know what is right in this case, but you need to find out for your own sake.
 
How did they know what was in the box? I have shipped lots of lobster roaches to CA and never had any problems......I remember your inquirey several weeks ago, sorry I did not earn your business.
 
UPS does random box checks. If it feels warm,cold or smells they usually automatically check it.

I shipped a box of Frozen mice and on the tracking said stopped for box check. And they held the box and destroyed it due to having dry ice in it. Which someone there clearly didnt know dry ice is allowed to be shipped when under 5lbs.

Anyways might be a idiot employee that thought your not allowed to do this. It happens and nothing you can do. Thats why its random
 
I have known a few people who worked for UPS..When it comes to shipping certain animals,and in this case roaches,they can find out within minutes if its ok or not.I guess they went on one long union break.Sounds like people have already said they have shipped them with no problems..Two weeks wait time on a simple answer is rediculous..Even in a bad economy people who make good money like them still take their jobs for granite and dont do it right....
 
I just recently had a "random" box check.. It was quite interesting, box m.i.a. for two days and then a call from UPS "head of security!" It was an interesting shipment.. Never had one like that, it was from here in az. to michigan.. And, I must admit.. I thought a nice female mojave ball python at 600 grams and lovin life was in some serious stuff.. I thought it may have been some "new law", "thin line", type of deal, but the customer of mine had to drive two hours to get the pack and she was fine, all that really mattered, but I am seriously weary of UPS after that.. They are definitely scanning packs.. Yes.... Thermo, xray, cut right open, oh yeah!!!
 
RichsBallPythons said:
I shipped a box of Frozen mice and on the tracking said stopped for box check. And they held the box and destroyed it due to having dry ice in it. Which someone there clearly didnt know dry ice is allowed to be shipped when under 5lbs.
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You have to declare that there is dry ice in the shipment on the airbill and label the box.
 
SPJ said:
You have to declare that there is dry ice in the shipment on the airbill and label the box.
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I know the laws and it was printed on the box according to FAA regulations. But UPS hub said its not allowed but clearly was.
 
RichsBallPythons said:
I know the laws and it was printed on the box according to FAA regulations. But UPS hub said its not allowed but clearly was.
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Then they were just screw-ups that don't even know what they can and cannot ship. Actually.....that's not all that surprising.
 
UPS is one of the worst shipping companies I have ever had to deal with (short of USPS). I spent 2 hours in a UPS hub trying to explain to the woman what a bearded dragon was cause they stopped a shipment at the end of its trek (made it from california to the UPS local to me in NC and got stopped). They kept thinking it was a crocodile or venomous or a snake :rofl:

They certainly employ some "scholars"
 
The only people who they hire that are qualified for their job are the truck drivers..They dont mess with all the handling stuff,they just haul the packages and dont really care whats in them...Most of the people who handle the packages,like the delivery/pick up drivers,and the various sorters and inspectors are usually hired cause a friend got them in..Needless to say,UPS works of the good ole boy system..
 
I have had them say they "only ship reptiles not snakes".:shrug01:

Last I checked snakes were reptiles and so I argued with no chance of winning. Then they said they ship lizards & geckos. I had replied "OOPS I maent that was a gecko I was shipping" :D

She didn't go for it. So I had to drive 10+ miles to the next place and I dropped it off. They asked what I was shipping. I said a gecko and away it went.

Conclusion.. What they don't know will not hurt them. :thumbsup:

I have had a few other small problems with them. But all in all pretty good and ya just have to kiss butt and let them hear what they want..
 
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