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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.

Bad Guy Walker Smith aka landrine mcbride

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Got me a scammer boys!

This douche canoe tried selling me some water dragons. I got an email from the scanner email walker Smith uses these days. The same time I got the copy and pasted message from "landrine" (what, did you flip to a random Lord of the rings page and pick a name?)

Google search shows nothing
Facebook says she doesn't exist
Google+ has nothing on the new email account

I'll post the texts, emails, and all the other goodies shortly. Watch your back friends, they just keep trying.

P.S. if you wanna see where they stole their pictures from, go to youtube and check this bad boy out

https://youtu.be/fGVMN8W-MkY
 

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Couldn't find it on a quick search but yeah, definitely same dude, definitely scammer, definitely annoying.
 
Wow Croghan, im glad he didn't get you thats really messed up. Thanks for the heads up too!
 
He's a little busy beaver, he contacted me today, in response to my wanted ad for Conspics, it's pretty funny he uses the exact wording just changes the species.

Start reading from the bottom up, it's copy & paste emails.

From: walker smith <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: San Esteban Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa)
Date: September 21, 2017 at 8:13:59 PM CDT
To: Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]>

i have never receive postal money orders only Paypal

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
I was ripped off through PayPal for $2400 6 yrs. ago, I’ll never use Paypal again, I’ll send postal money orders, what’s your address?

On Sep 21, 2017, at 8:05 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

it will be easy to make payment through PayPal okay.do you have a PayPal account?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
I’ll take all 4, give me your address and I’ll overnight a postal money order tomorrow.

On Sep 21, 2017, at 7:56 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

i bought them from Landrine from Australia he is a breeder.so how many will you take?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
Who’d you get them from? It’s important to me to have unrelated bloodlines..

If there not of my bloodline, I’ll take them.

Thanks!
On Sep 21, 2017, at 7:49 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello here are some pictures so when do you want them?im giving each for $200

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
Let’s see photos, then decide, I may have them picked up, but again, lets see photos of the 4 you have..

Again, Thank You!

Lynn
On Sep 21, 2017, at 7:37 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

I have 4 now available and i live in Georgia so will you be able to come over to my place or will you want me to get them ship over to you?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
How many do you have for sale mate? What’s the price per conspic? YES SEND PHOTOS….I’m located in MO.

Thank You!

Lynn
On Sep 21, 2017, at 7:32 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Mate,how many will you take?where are you located and will you like to see some pictures?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Big Time Reptiles <[email protected]> wrote:
YES, as the ad states, please call, or email your # and I’ll call you….

THANKS!

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
417-588-7900
On Sep 21, 2017, at 2:07 PM, walker smith <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello are you still looking for San Esteban Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa)


The photos he sent of the conspics belong to Hubert Cumberdale.

Definitely a scam artist.

Avoid like the Plague!

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
Walker Smith Scam

Unfortunately I have to join you guys. Walker Smith tried to scam me too. Fortunately I looked him up on the BOI first. Thank you all.
He answered my ad that I was looking for Black Milk snakes. He sent me nice photos of Black Milk snakes and said the same things the same way that you guys posted here. Too bad he didn't have the snakes in the photos. When I told him that he was exposed on the BOI and I knew he was a scammer he said this:
> On Sep 21, 2017, at 1:01 PM, walker smith <[email protected]>
hello im not a scammer okay,just need a new some for them so we need to trust each other here okay

He used a different number: 7865482135 I told him if he can prove that he is not scamming me then we have a deal. That's the last I heard from him.
Buyer beware of Walker Smith or whatever his name is.
 
mbeach said:
Unfortunately I have to join you guys. Walker Smith tried to scam me too. Fortunately I looked him up on the BOI first. Thank you all.
He answered my ad that I was looking for Black Milk snakes. He sent me nice photos of Black Milk snakes and said the same things the same way that you guys posted here. Too bad he didn't have the snakes in the photos. When I told him that he was exposed on the BOI and I knew he was a scammer he said this:
> On Sep 21, 2017, at 1:01 PM, walker smith <[email protected]>
hello im not a scammer okay,just need a new some for them so we need to trust each other here okay

He used a different number: 7865482135 I told him if he can prove that he is not scamming me then we have a deal. That's the last I heard from him.
Buyer beware of Walker Smith or whatever his name is.
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Curious, how did he originally (very first time) make contact with you? Thanks
 
mbeach said:
I have an ad on fauna and on Kingsnake: ISO Black Milk Snakes.
Thanks
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I see your ISO "Wanted" Milk snake ad on Fauna. It does not list your email or phone number. Did he/she private message you on Fauna through their Fauna account here? I'm trying to see if they have an active Fauna account still open here or not. Thanks.
 
Yes. He PMed me from my fauna ad, I gave him my email and that's how we started our communication. He had me excited until I found this BOI chain. Thank you all.
 
He saw my fauna ad, PMed me, I gave him my email address and that's how we communicated from then on. We also texted twice. In my last email I told him to prove to me that he had the snakes I wanted and to prove that he was not a scammer and I never heard from him again. Hope that helps.
 
mbeach said:
He saw my fauna ad, PMed me, I gave him my email address and that's how we communicated from then on. We also texted twice. In my last email I told him to prove to me that he had the snakes I wanted and to prove that he was not a scammer and I never heard from him again. Hope that helps.
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What is the name of the account the person used?
 
You know how your account's name, the username, is mbeach?

What is the account name of the person who PMed you?

Not what is in the name field. Not how you were contacted. Not how the conversation went.

The username / account name. That is what is being asked for at this point.
 
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