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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

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Yeah, I know I should be more acutely focused on making this site a very profitable enterprise for myself personally and use it as best I can to pad my bank account, but I just got this email and it really rankled me quite a bit:

Fauna,

I am interested in advertising on your site but I'm concerned about the fact
that you are unable to remove regative posts from your site. Myself, and my
business partners have no problems commiting to yearly advertising but we
all agree to wait until you are able to be in a possition to delete negative
comments that are posted that may jeoparize our credibility.

We are interested in the largest space offered. Please notify us once your
rules change at Fauna.

Thank you.
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Sheesh, do these people REALLY think they can buy "protection" on this site with their advertising dollars? Are they really asking me to keep people from posting negative things about them in return for their spending some of their advertising budget for services here?

Sorry, bub, but it don't work that way here. If you are a "spade" then that is exactly what you will be called here. It's up to you to make the grade, not REQUIRE that such information be suppressed if it is not to your liking. Take a look around before you jump to confusions. In nearly ALL cases, the truth really does come out on the BOI. So if you have no fear of the truth, then you don't need "protection" from the BOI.

Damn, that irks me. And I have to confess that the email I sent in reply was probably not one from someone who is interested in getting money from them SHOULD have sent........

Yeah, I guess I'm just not destined to get rich off of this site...... :raspberry
 
Good for you, Rich.

As for getting rich, well....there's always the lottery. ;)
 
Wow Rich, I cant believe someone actually had the kahunas to send that. It almost seems like a ruse since there have been complaints about this exact thing lately (deleting posts). And of course the bad spelling by the sender doesn't give them any credibility either.....
 
WebSlave said:
In nearly ALL cases, the truth really does come out on the BOI. So if you have no fear of the truth, then you don't need "protection" from the BOI.
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I see this as an ethical, integrity based site and the BOI as a way for consumers to help protect themselves from the lying, scamming, no good slime buckets that take people's money, even kid's money, in bogus deals and either evaporate or send sick sub par animals.

Most of the deals on this site are not made by the very wealthy. Most are made by people where the loss of $1,000, or $500, or even $25 may be a substantial amount of money; the way this site is run helps people have a little more confidence in the honesty or lack thereof of any of the vendors.

For someone to want to 'paint over' negative remarks by or about a vendor is a slap in the face of integrity. I would tell them to take their large amounts of cash and stick it where the sun don't shine.
 
lucille said:
I would tell them to take their large amounts of cash and stick it where the sun don't shine.
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I think the "between the lines" reading of my reply to them pretty much said that. :hehe: But I do try to craft my words more tactfully.... :rolleyes:
 
I have to go with the way Ron is leaning, that its a ruse. A good laugh too. I wonder what they will do for me if I decide to start washing beneath my fingernails?
 
No, I don't think it is a ruse. It appears to be legit and they actually signed up for an account on my FaunaAds.com site to advertise. I won't give their name, but their is a thread about them in the Canadian BOI.

Anyway, this guy sent a reply to my latest email which pretty much shows how clueless he really is:

If your new site can last another 6 months, I would be very surprised. Best of luck to you in your new found interest.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
IF??? Guess they dont know you and Fauna that well do they? So i wonder how surprised they will be in 5 years when that site is STILL going strong?
 
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If your new site can last another 6 months, I would be very surprised. Best of luck to you in your new found interest.

These/this guy(s) really don't have a clue do they? Gotta love em......
 
Fauna,

I am interested in advertising on your site but I'm concerned about the fact
that you are unable to remove regative posts from your site. Myself, and my
business partners have no problems commiting to yearly advertising but we
all agree to wait until you are able to be in a possition to delete negative
comments that are posted that may jeoparize our credibility.

We are interested in the largest space offered. Please notify us once your
rules change at Fauna.

Thank you.
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They could have saved their fingers and just said:

Will you back us up when we start scamming people?

:uzi: :toiletcla
 
PaulSage said:
They could have saved their fingers and just said:

Will you back us up when we start scamming people?

:uzi: :toiletcla
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LMAO, that one really made me start laughing. Especially since thats exactly how you can read it if you read there request for protection.

Scammers dont fall far from the tree, but they sure do hit there heads on a ton of branches on the way down.
 
Golden Gate Geckos said:
Awwww... come on Rich, post your reply!!! :uzi:
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Sure, why not......

I'm really interested in how you would propose I delete "negative posts". So if someone were to post something negative against someone, who exactly is it that I should trust as being the one telling the truth in such a matter? Or should I just assume that only good things must be said about all business entities and they are incapable of doing wrong? And, of course, anyone saying negative things about someone is obviously lying and should be deleted. Gee, I really wish the world was like that.......

Sorry, but no one can buy "protection" from scrutiny on the BOI with their advertising dollars on my website. And I am truly offended that you would think such a thing could happen there. Please take you advertising money elsewhere that meets your rather narrow minded criteria.
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And my reply to that email about my "new" site.....

LOL!!

"New" site? Where have you been? The BOI has been up and running since April 13, 2001. FaunaClassifieds has been operational since April 17, 2002. With over 28,000 registered members and 40,000 hits per day, gee, just think how well it would be doing if it wasn't just a "new site" that hasn't caught on yet. Maybe you need to get out more so you wouldn't be so surprised so often. Maybe many things are just new to you, eh?

But thanks for the laugh............... I really love to have clueless people argue with me. Not much of a challenge, but it is certainly entertaining.
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Well darn, I guess I'm going by the first post in the version #1 of the BOI, but I think there were earlier ones that got dropped somewhere in a conversion. But in any event, it looks like the BOI is having it's 5th birthday this month. :?party: :?party:
 
Golden Gate Geckos said:
Right on, Rich!

BTW, how did you get the 'party' to post? I always get this: :party:
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:?party:

If that worked, then you have to add the ? so it's like this :? party: without the space after the ?.
 
Well, you know, I DO fix things around here occasionally...... :raspberry
 
Oh come on, Rich........ We all know you just sit on your butt counting all the money rolling in.

:rofl:
 
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