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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.

Carson Phelps, herps etc. Good guy

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I highly recommend doing business with Carson. He took time out of his vacation to respond promptly to all my emails and questions and delivered an animal that was better than promised. I purchased a stunning female pewter ball python from him which I felt was a steal and one of the best deals I've ever gotten. His customer service is excellent and when I spoke to him he said he would be including a male yellow belly free of charge. I can't remember the last time someone just threw me a free animal the first time we did business, not to mention, the male yellow belly is a stunner. The animals were packaged perfectly and delivered exactly as promised. Carson is a good guy, he has my business and will in the future as well.
 
Nice, Carson. Always love to see the Fauna "Elite" (in their own minds) have to eat their words. Keep it up, man.
 
i also just recieved some ball pythons from carson phelps, and have to say that i couldnt be happier with them as well as the transaction. the animals are in perfect health and were well represented by his ad. carson always promptly responded to all emails, and called me the day the snakes arrived to be sure that i was satisfied. i will not hesitate, and in fact look forward to doing business with carson phelps in the future...thanks carson.
ed myers
 
The truth comes out! Carson is a great guy

Carson is always a pleasure to do biz with. Awesome animals and great prices.
 
I agree, I've done MANY deals with Carson and everything has been awesome!! Couldn't be more satisfied!!

PS: Thanks Carson, you really came through for me today 7-18-08!! I owe you bigtime!!
 
I agree 100% Carson is a great guy, we did some business on some torts and I am very happy and the torts are thriving! fair prices, professional shipping, promt service, what more can you ask?

thanks carson!

Scott Moser
Baltimore, MD
 
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