• 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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  • WebSlave
    I suggest we take this to private message since we made need to discuss passwords, and that would be best done in private.
    M
    Good afternoon.
    My original account name is "mre7195". I no longer have the email account tied to that username.
    I opened a new account name "megaheadturtle" which is under my personal email.

    I was pointed in your direction by another member so that I can eliminate any confusion. Thank you.
    P
    I would like to keep this as my active account. Feel free to “merge” any accounts that are causing an issue into this one or simply delete the other accounts. Thank you very much. Appreciate it and I apologize for not following the guidelines. Won’t happen again.
    C
    Why is gangemiw still allowed to post all of his crap? His account needs to be deleted he is constantly ripping people off and selling imports as “established” or even claiming they are “CBB”. Not to mention he was also charged for smuggling turtles. I personally have experienced his shenanigans and have proof of it and I know of plenty other people that do to. Why is he still allowed to continue posting and ripping people off.
    WebSlave
    Until and unless I make a change that states otherwise, BOI style comments have NEVER been allowed in the classified areas. And those sorts of comments all ended on the entire site once the Board of Inquiry went away.
    WebSlave
    I reply to all emails sent to me. Probably you have your spam filter for your email processor set too high and my reply(s) got sent to your spam folder. Nothing at all I can do about that.

    FYI, member name changes are only permitted for contributing members. It appears you are not, so the best I can do is to merge this new account into your old one returning you to your previous member name.

    If you do not still have access to your old account (RandR), please let me know ASAP before I do the merge which will delete this new account. Private message please, in case we have to discuss a password change.
    T
    So apparently making a duplicate account is a no no. I tried contacting the site on numerous occasions about a name change but never got a reply. If you could switch the other account to this name and delete this one i would appreciate it. If not just delete the old account please.
    J
    Hi Webslave, messaging you regarding getting rid of my “duplicate” account. Please PM me in regards to how I can fix this. Thanks
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