• 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.

USPS shipping

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I believe I have made it safely ashore.
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Fortunately this wasn't any sort of animal being shipped to me, but still.......

Delivered
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327
January 24, 2024, 11:49 am

Out for Delivery
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327
January 24, 2024, 6:10 am

Arrived at Post Office
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327
January 24, 2024, 5:17 am

Arrived at USPS Facility
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327
January 24, 2024, 4:23 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
TALLAHASSEE FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 24, 2024, 4:04 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
TALLAHASSEE FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 24, 2024, 3:41 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
JACKSONVILLE FL NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 24, 2024, 12:15 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
JACKSONVILLE FL NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 23, 2024, 2:43 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility
JACKSONVILLE FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 23, 2024, 2:24 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
JACKSONVILLE FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 23, 2024, 2:17 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility
SEMINOLE-ORLANDO FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 23, 2024, 11:22 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SEMINOLE-ORLANDO FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 23, 2024, 10:02 am

In Transit to Next Facility
January 22, 2024

Departed USPS Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 21, 2024, 12:27 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
OAKLAND CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 18, 2024, 1:46 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 18, 2024, 1:26 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 17, 2024, 10:25 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
OAKLAND CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 15, 2024, 8:00 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 15, 2024, 10:51 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
ATLANTA-PEACHTREE GA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 11, 2024, 1:31 am

Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
30267
January 10, 2024, 11:14 pm

Accepted at USPS Regional Origin Facility
ATLANTA-PEACHTREE GA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 10, 2024, 9:59 pm

Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
DOUGLASVILLE, GA 30134
January 9, 2024, 4:58 am
Shipping Partner: ZDA EXPRESS

Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
DOUGLASVILLE, GA 30134
January 9, 2024, 2:34 am
Shipping Partner: ZDA EXPRESS

Picked Up By Shipping Partner, USPS Awaiting Item
DOUGLASVILLE, GA 30134
January 9, 2024, 12:19 am
Shipping Partner: ZDA EXPRESS

Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
DOUGLASVILLE, GA 30134
January 8, 2024, 9:34 pm
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Would be funny if it wasn't so sad to see such obvious incompetence at work.
:face_palm_02:
 
Your package took the scenic route.
 
"In the interest of cost savings and environmental responsibility, USPS has offered the new 'scenic route' shipping service. For a low flat rate price, your package will be placed on the next USPS truck that isn't full, going anywhere. When it gets there, it will be placed on the next truck with room, going anywhere. When your package eventually gets to your regional facility, it will be placed on whatever local carrier's truck has room and will be delivered to your address, or one on your block.

Sending something more time sensitive than canned goods or fossil-bearing rocks? Try one of our other services:

Priority Express -- when overnight would be cool, but no problem if it get there later.

Priority Mail -- not really priority when there's a faster service, but we couldn't think of a better name.

USPS Ground Advantage -- our slowest non-specialty service. Whose advantage? You ask too many questions.

Media Mail -- want to ship 16mm films? Player piano rolls? Or do you just miss the good old days of 1938? Select media mail -- it's the next best thing to the Pony Express!

First Class Mail -- we wanted to call this "steerage class mail" but Congress wasn't having it."

In all seriousness, I get good service from my local USPS, sincerely. Those folks on the ground take a lot of flak and keep on keeping on.
 
What astonishes me is the number of times that package had to have been scanned while in transit and no one seemed capable of figuring out it was going the wrong way.

I am glad the Pacific Ocean apparently stopped it from going any further west. :rolleyes:
 
I once ordered from China and after 6 months they sent me my money back and very next day I received package, lol.
 
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