• 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.
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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 agree that if he said that according to labor laws he's bound to pay you minimum wage. Just go ahead and post that what you said to me, that he said it to you and your parents. Trust me, I DO understand, my children were once in your shoes and someone tried not to pay them.
    JHB Reptiles
    Im sorry for not posting that, but he was never a bad guy till later on in the last month at DFR, I didnt know he would do this!
    JHB Reptiles
    What Im trying to tell you is that he said to my face and my parents face that he will pay me, so minimum wage comes out to 1800 for the amount that I have worked a guy from the labor board told me, he needs to give me that "MINIMUM WAGE" he has no other way to pay me under minimum wage only over minimum wage. Ok!
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    Deborah

    I am a member on both Reptilegeeks.com and thetegu.com

    I do not really want to get involved here on fauna. too many crazies. There is a post detailing this riff between "Lisa" and bob Sloan. first of all "Lisa" is Marissa Miller from Levittown, PA. She does not live in NE. Her name is not Lisa. That violates the rules here ob fauna. There is a new complete post detailing the deal between these two. It is under the Heading LBenton by the_lizard_King. Check it out. Post it here if you want. Just FYI. Sloan is bad, but he did send her the snakes and they were in a relationship. Also, Marissa/Lisa is Sloan's female counterpart - she is just as bad as he is. but using her sex as a girl to play on the heart strings of the members here and elsewhere.
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    Yes, I knew about the sites, the problem for me sometimes is that I use only one hand on the signs so I have to modifiy some of them to be one handed and easy for the dog to see. I dont like them to be too subtle because I am teaching owners to use them and if there are two or three signs that are close, but with only subtle differences the owners end up giving their dogs the wrong commands.
    My own boxer knows about 45 signs and we communicate well but teaching all of that to an owner is easier said than done.
    deborahbroadus
    Glad to be of assistance. Feel free to ask anything. There are also some great
    web pages showing signs (but you probably already know this)! :)
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    I just realized you said you are deaf. So you would be great to teach a deaf dog sign language.

    Someday when I am stumped for a sign for something I am trying to teach a dog I might come to you for advice.

    I try to make all signs one handed so I can hold the leash, treats and whatnot in the other hand. Two handed signs are just too difficult to manage most of the time
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