• 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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  • ShadowAceD
    Hey, man. I don't know if I saved your info wrong or what with your new phone, but I can't get ahold of you. Give me a call when you can. Have some major news to share with you.
    ShadowAceD
    You know ... for like ...ever I was wondering why you never responded back and I see it is because you wrote on your own page, goof. How are you guys? You ever get your phone working again?
    DesertRat73
    Nah, we mostly keep it for the kids, but they scored an xbox lol. How bout you guys? Was Santa good this year? Hows Bruce doing?
    DesertRat73
    Ouch! That's always fun. Turns out one of my wife's aunts flew in un announced, so now we have all kinds of plans tomorrow that we didn't have before. Gotta love it man, and she works sundays, so it's not looking good here. Sorry for the delay, I haven't been on in a couple weeks. Think I got burnt out on the net. lol. I hope you feel better soon.
    ShadowAceD
    I was going to ... then I got a nasty form of bronchitis ... it's going around in Tucson and Phoenix, so keep yourself safe from it as much as you can. I've been down for over a week. Coughed so much my throat's been bleeding.
    DesertRat73
    Hey ya. Well, you didn't miss much. Balls everywhere, then it was chams colubrids and geckos oh my... lol. Christian and LLL had the most for boas, hell, LLL had everything. Including an adult bci with a nice chunk of nose cut out, large beardies and monitors jammed into small deli cups. I was pissed. It being a wall to wall shoving match wasn't helping either. I expect repticon to be a bit better, fingers crossed anyway.
    DesertRat73
    She's working Sunday, so we will have to go tomorrow. Sorry. She just got paid today, and we'll just be able to get these cars looked at finally. Maybe we can all make it to repticon next month. We'll figure something out, economy be damned. lol
    ShadowAceD
    Sunday would actually be better for me. But if y'all can't manage that, it's okay, I'll just have to take a rain check. I'm sorry I haven't been out to visit. Money's been really tight for gas and everything else too. :-/ Military still hasn't paid us.
    ShadowAceD
    It should have all been done within like ten to fourteen days after Adam processed it all, which he did two days after we dropped everyone off to you. It's really frustrating.
    ShadowAceD
    Anything and everything, man. Honestly,what really screwed us over is that every single utility company out here ddid not wave ANY fees for us being military. Electric made us put down a 300.00 deposit just to turn it on. The realty company we are renting from only let us partially split up the security deposit and everything so that was like 1800.00. Then we evidently owe on some utilities and stuff back in FL that we were told were zeroed when we left. On top of ALL that? The military has yet to give us our money from moving.
    ShadowAceD
    Not really, man. Total paycheck to paycheck. Behind on some bills. You know, the usual stuff. Sill trying to find a job.
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