• 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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i ordered a dubia starter kit and 50 butterworms and i didn't receive my butterworms so i pm'd him no answer he was on and once again i pm'd him again no answer i don't care about the butterworms it's the fact he's avoiding me do not buy from him brandon was awesome in the beginning when i had millions questions but now no answers thanks for reading i wish this was a good guy report
 
This confuses me.
I just did a trade with Brandon. He sent my stuff prior to me shipping his stuff, then in the middle of the deal we made another deal and he sent me that stuff as well!! I was very busy and Brandon waited patiently for two weeks for me to finally get his stuff sent out.

I understand your frustration with seeing him on and not getting a reply. I do not always see PM's either when I am on. I dont look for them unless I am expecting them. Do you not have an email for him? How long did you wait to post this Bad guy thread? Did you just receive them today.

I sent Brandon an email with this link and if he doesnt get to it in a couple hours I will call him.
I can guarentee this is just a misunderstanding.
 
i waited 48 hours dont have his number if he fixes this i will change this from a bad guy to a good guy i contacted monday nothing and nothing tuesday nothing today nothing i hear nothing but great things about him i wish i didn't have to do this but i did maybe he will contact me now
 
I did a trade with Brandon for a 500 lot of dubias for 3000 mealies and 200 hissers. Everything I got was great. It came in good time, he replied to all my PMs and messages! He was very polite! I can't believe he'd avoid you. I really think something must be stopping him from getting back to you. I really think you should give him another shot, or at least find out what went wrong.

-Jeremy
 
i definitely will great guy in the beginning i will fix this if he responds i feel so small that im doing this but i don't know what else i should do this is my first time ordering from a person i don't know i usually will go and pick them up thanks again for reading this i know he will make this right
 
sadly now that you have made a bad guy thread....you cant change it to a good guy thread...dont jump the gun next time, because you cant take it back now =(

I do hope it works out well for you in the end tho and this gets resolved...as well for the guy this thread is about, he seems to have some happy customers and I hope it stays that way
 
I haven't heard anything from Brandon yet. DO NOT BUY FROM BRANDON!!!!! So i didn't jump the gun and another thing i received a very light count on the dubia.
 
I really don't know why he hasn't gotten back to you. Brandon is a good guy, something must be up, because there are a lot of happy customers from Brandon. :shrug01:

-Jeremy
 
David, Brandon hasn't been back online since the 29th. He might not have a clue that you have issues with the deal. It is likely that he hasn't seen the pm.

How did you pay him? Was it through paypal? If so, you sent the payment to his email address. ;)
 
People say they will contact Brandon for me, and no word from him yet. Everybody seems to be getting ripped off by him. LOOK AT HIS REVIEWS!!! BRANDON IS A SCAM!!!
 
I haven't gotten a hold of him, but something must be up. He always got back to me as soon as possible. Brandon isn't a bad guy.... something isn't right.... not sure what, but I am working on finding out....

-Jeremy
 
Sorry man I have not heard from him. We were supposed to do another trade but I havent heard from him for that either. I did not call him because in our private chat you said it did not matter.

I am curious though to the other reviews you were speaking of..
 
I did say that but i want people to know what he did was wrong. Find one of his adds and you will see his reviews then click on them. Thanks for trying.
 
Well man I still have at least a hundred butter worms for you if you want them.
Im not sure how long they last, I keep them in the fridge and have been taking them out a couple times on the weekends to do some trout fishing. They seem lively when I take them out but again I dont know how long they last. My Red/yellow foots and my burmese brown torts love them.
 
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