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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.

Andrea Wetherholt, Bad Checks

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This is mainly a warning to everyone. A person claiming to be named Andrea Wetherholt from South Shore, KY sent us a personal check for supplies totaling $109.22. The check is dated Sept 21, 04. The items were shipped Sept 30, 04 and recieved Oct 6, 04. The check was returned stamped "Account Closed" and recived back by us today Oct 18, 04. I tried calling the number on the check and it was disconnected. I called the bank the check was written on and they said the account had been closed for almost a year.
Daniel had been in a hurry and processed the order without verifying funds first (He's already been scolded for it).
According to UPS, the person who signed for the package is MC Boy.

If anyone else has had any contact with this person, or done business with this person, please let us know.

Thank you
 
THATS FRAUD

to say the least. I would try to get a letter from the bank indicating that the account has been closed for a year. Certainly bring that evidence to the attention of the authorites in your state as well as her. What a loser!
 
Authorities

The authorities were notified before I posted and have collected all paperwork involved. Because of the $$ amount, it is most likely that nothing will be done, unless they find out that there are more complaints out there reguarding the same person.

The account has been closed so long that it is possible the person writing the checks isn't even the person whose name is on the checks.

I already tried to "notify" the person, the phone number has been disconnected.

As I previously stated, this is more of a warning....a "heads up" if you see the name.

Thank you for all your help though.
 
If this person actually lives in Kentucky you should be able to get the money back. I would find out what county the person lives in (according to the shipping address) and report it to the county clerk in that county. Kentucky has very strict laws on writing bad checks and will find the person for you and not only get your money back, but fine them heavily no matter what amount the check is. If the person refuses to cooperate they can be jailed. I know that it works, I have had to chase down a few people who wrote bad checks. Often they have done it to several other people as well.
 
I just found this website by googling the name Andrea Wetherholt. I too was scammed out of merchandise total amount $100. The check was returned closed account. Anyone have more info on how to get in touch with this person? I am in New York and it is a Kentucky address. I still have the envelope this person used to mail the check. We are already dealing with interstate fraud because the US Mail was used to send the money. Have any of you tried contacting ther police in that vacinity? What county is South Shore KY located in?
Thanks,
Mark Adkins
 
W.Wedeking said:

According to UPS, the person who signed for the package is MC Boy.
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Actually, that stands for "Met Customer, Boy." They did not get a signature or name and just handed the package off to a juvenile.
 
The Greenup County Attorneys Office (Kentucky) is compiling a case towards this person. Please call them at 1-606-473-7855 and get your information to them. They will attempt to recover your funds. No gaurantees obviously, but better than being shortchanged.
 
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