• 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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    Please send email and I will send you pics also got a guy in North Atlanta buying all baby wytangerines eclipses all 65... So the $3000 stands for racks incubators and adult breeders and rest juv
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    Super leo, super leo clown, super leo pied super leo clown pied,have been made and bred/proven, Evan Stahl made a super pinstripe and proven/bred,and a handful of super spiders have been made, but most die soon after birth, but some have been made recently and are thriving(bumblebee het clown to bumblebee). Regular woma super is white but lethal like hidden gene is,Not trying to diss you here, but I think it would be a good selling point for you to at least mention the possibility in your add, even if you don't want to beleive it, no genes haven't produced a super as of yet, people simply haven't wanted to try with calico and have made thier decisions based on one clutch nobody can prove exists, but after discovering the leo and pin and seeing how they look so similar to the dominant form most agree it's impossible to have a dominant without a super. Again, sorry if you are offended, just though it may help, if you want me to I'll delete my posts
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    I did a trade with Vanessa Lane everything was perfect, I want to give her a really good trader rating.
    wnicholas
    snowgyre
    I don't even remember what thread that was from? Sounds old if I signed my name that way.
    snowgyre
    Rich, thanks but no thanks! I've dabbled with crazy-go-nuts hot stuff before and I've since learned my limitations with the stuff. I've got an aunt who's Thai, so you can imagine the stuff she's tried to feed me over the years! I enjoyed reading your thread though, it's always interesting to see how people grow these things. Thanks again!
    allreptiles1966
    Lol. It was.I got in my nose the 1st time and it was painful for about 2 hrs!
    I'll send some seed and powder to you if you'd like?
    Send an email or pm with an address and i'll ship tomorrow.
    Rich
    dragonlvr64
    Happy New Year to you as well. I was happy to help! Hoping the board will be able to stay up and running! Peace and joy in the coming year!
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    vanessa, i really appreciate yr saying this. seriously, thank you. this transaction with the buyer could have all been handled privately... but at the end of the day, one of my snakes is reported dead, so i must take my lumps. unfortunately those lumps are forever and will cost me a great deal. but yes, many of these folks are jackals. do you have a website? best way to email me is [email protected]. thank you vanessa. -paul
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