• 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.
  • 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.
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  • BenR
    Hi Jamie,
    thanks for posting! I'm glad your fire spider is turning out so nice! I would have loved to keep that one if I didn't already have so many others I was already raising up. Thanks!
    caffeinecynic
    I bought a fire spider from you in '14. I actually emailed you earlier this year to let you know he's still one of my favorites and the loveliest fire spider I've ever had the pleasure of seeing, but I wanted to post it here, too, since I just found your Fauna account. Thanks for doing business with me. Would definitely buy from again. :)
    A
    Hey Ben, My name is Art Torres you sold me the 09 Lavender albino tiger I still have her and she is doing great she is alot bigger now thanks for the healthy snake, Im still looking for a breeding size female for my 13' het albino tiger I havnt had any luck finding a good match for him, let me know if you hear of anything, THANKS (626)975-3360 art
    D
    She was produced by allen belcher. Yes the picture I saw was of it still in the egg. Can I ask how you knew that?
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    im sorry about that didnt try to do that on purpose, but yea i just wanted to fix my mistake didnt mean to put that on purpose ur a good guy to me have no dought that u havent breed those
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    Hi. I want to buy either the $125 male or the $175 male, both of which you have pictured. Could you e-mail me at [email protected] and let me know what size (lengthwise) they are? I'm really leaning toward the 175 but both are beautiful snakes for the right price. Also I need your mailing address because I'm afraid that i'm a little old-fashioned and will have to send you a check. Add 50 bucks for shipping you say? Look forward to doing business with you. Sincerely, Christopher
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