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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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Tire pressure monitor systems have a battery that can wear out after 5 years or so. Solution? Replace the battery for fifty cents or whatever a battery costs? Nooooo, of course not, one has to replace the entire sensor, $90 parts/labor per sensor, one in each tire. :angry:

It is useful to have the sensor, long before air pressure becomes a problem (flat on the freeway) one knows that there is a problem. But I wish I could just replace the battery.
 
I am in that position right now. I have one or more sensors that need to be replaced.
 
Yeah, and what happens 15 years down the road if no one makes those sensors any longer? :shrug01:

I'm guessing that they had to solder everything electronic in the sensor since those things will be spinning around at very high speeds. A guy I know put some aftermarket sensors in his Corvette and blew all four of them the first time he took the car out and did some, ahem, *spirited* driving.

Matter of fact, I need to replace the right rear TPS in Connie's car. Unfortunately it's not something I can do myself. These runflat tires have really stiff sidewalls so you can't very easily compress the deflated tire to break the bead in order to get at the sensor. Could be a real good way to loose a finger anyway trying. :ack2:
 
don't remind me I had one go bad ( seals went bad) I put over 120 lb of air in the tire over 3 days. The guy told me the tps for my truck is like 110 bucks. i just swapping them out for regular valves. i check my tires often enough lol that why I got a small compressor at home to make sure they up ( over inflated ) I my truck says 35 I put about 40 in them cause i know one the air reached outside temps i almost at 35 psi. ( air compressor is small so the air is warm when I use it most the time. (i seen it drop 10 lbs if i fill the tank and check it the next day ( with all valves closed)
 
The guy told me the tps for my truck is like 110 bucks.


If you are handy, you can order a sensor (sized for your vehicle) on Amazon.com much cheaper and save a bundle installing them yourself. My vehicle has a sensor in the spare as well, so if you want to install a whole new set of sensors in your vehicle don't forget to check your spare to see if it has a sensor. Make sure you have your vehicle manual or look the info up online, you may have to 'introduce' the new sensors. It does not seem difficult, you just have to know how to do it.

It is possible that swapping all of them out at one time might be good. Unless the sensor was deficient or damaged, if it went out after around 5-7 years it is most likely the battery. If one battery runs out, the others may not be far behind.

There are HUGE differences in quotes for the job depending where it is done so shop around if you don't want to do it yourself. Many quotes are significantly lower per sensor if you get them all done at one time.
 
I have seen them fairly cheap on ebay. People will change there rims and the sensors won't work in the new ones. It would be a good idea to have extras.
 
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