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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.

Bad Guy CCSB Reptile Rescue- Chad Griffin

Ccsb reptile rescue- chad griffin

I was able to call once i got in my car once i got in my car and charged my phone, i peobably should have gone back in and taken pictures, but they were very rude and hurried me out. Probably after noticing me scrutinizing their animals.
 
Lucille said:
First of all, I'm sorry you were sold a sick critter and there is no excuse for selling a critter like that. But you did have a chance to examine it prior to purchase, and if it had all that stuck shed and was lethargic, and you were already put on notice by the conditions you say you saw in the store, perhaps you should have not purchased it.
And it appears that your seller was and is willing to give you a refund, perhaps instead of calling the vet first you could have called the seller and returned it for a refund at that point.
While I reiterate that an ill critter should not be sold, I think in general it is best to communicate with the seller first if there is an issue, and see if there is a resolution prior to incurring vet bills.





How did you call if your phone was dead?


When you looked at the lizard in the store, didn't you see all of this?
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I was able to call once i got in my car and charged my phone, i called the vet ways down the road, i was almost home. And i noticed what appeared to be stuck shed and that the animal was underweight. I didnt know that what appeared to be stuck shed on the back was actually a skin infection. And tbh i wasnt going to ask for a refund, i had full intentions of keeping the animal and vetting it, but it was suggested i do that prior to posting to BoI pages, to 'exhaust all solutions'
 
chastityx said:
You hand picked this animal and didn't notice ANY of these issues that were apparently so worrying you drove straight to the vets? Also why are antibiotics not listed on your receipt? You want him to pay for a vet visit that gave you a typical dewormer without a fecal and calcium + refund you in full for the animal?
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I didnt drive straight to the vet, he was going home until i heard clicking noises, at which point i made an emergency vet appointment in case it was viral and could spread through my air vents, even though i quarentine in a separate room. Stuck shed and being underweight are things im prepared to treat at home.
 
And to speak as to why i took the animal home anyway, yes i was excited, but i have also been looking for a Tupinambis zuliensis female for close to three years now. They are impossible to find. I even tried getting a few people to import me one or two, and everyone came back with the same answers either it was 'out of season for them' or they could no longer import from Venezuela.

I new the animal wasnt 100% but i was willing to take on some stuck shed and weight loss. I already had panacur at the house and i can run my own fecal exams, so that wouldnt have been a problem either. But when i noticed the clicking and saw a bubble come out of his nose, thats when i got a bit panicked.

As to why i asked for a refund it was suggested for me to do so by someone in one of the BoI pages im on, in order to exhaust all possibilities for resolution, and im assuming so that when i posted, people couldnt say that i didnt give him a chance to make things right. Tbh i disnt really expect a refund. I did expect an appology. I did expect some kind of excuse as to why the animal was Sick, and why he was selling said animal at repticon. I HOPED for something along the lines of 'oh that one wasnt taken last weekend we noticed she was sick and she was supposed to be set aside for treatment. What i didnt expect is for a RESCUE to tell me that a vet visit where an animal with diagnosed with skin infections and a respiratory infection, and was put on antibiotics, was a waste of time.

And honestly. There is no way i would give that baby back to him. I get dont buy from crap holes like that, it only gives them more money to be crappy, and maybe i had a lapse of judgement, but i had been looking for a female T. Zuli for so long, and i had driven so far, i was willing to deal with the couple things i had seen, well, thought i had seen. And im willing to pay the vet bills. She will be well taken care of.

Im just upset that they are getting away with doing things like this. Im also curious as to why no one else has speaked out against them. Sence i have posted several people have come to me saying they had similar experiences, i dont get why i am the only one who has posted like this.
My one transaction isnt the entire motivation behing these posts, my motivation is that they are continuously lying, and 'selling' people (not rehoming, selling) sivk animals. And a good majority of people who get them dont know what to look for. A lot of there customers are first time reptile owners. Its just a shame, thats all.
 
Photo proof where it was suggested to ask for a resolution.
 

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Here is the full itemization for what i spent, cefa drops is an antibiotic, and is what was prescribed for the respiratory infection.
 

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chastityx said:
You hand picked this animal and didn't notice ANY of these issues that were apparently so worrying you drove straight to the vets? Also why are antibiotics not listed on your receipt? You want him to pay for a vet visit that gave you a typical dewormer without a fecal and calcium + refund you in full for the animal?
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It was, the cefa drops was prescribed for the resp infection, i posted a full itemization of what was spent right before i posted this, i couldnt figure out how to add the photo in the quick reply
 
Jessica, you need to identify the other party in post #25. Anonymous third-party quotations are considered a rule violation here.
 
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It was, the cefa drops was prescribed for the resp infection, i posted a full itemization of what was spent right before i posted this, i couldnt figure out how to add the photo in the quick reply
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I see it now! I couldn't read it in the text message photos. I just saw the large copy of the panacur/calcium receipt and was confused where the antibiotics were coming from. Thank you for clarifying. Most of the time when you're sold an animal they usually want the opportunity to take care of it themselves(usually going to their own vet) if an issue is found right away. I do hope they can offer some kind of resolution to you. And of course i hope the little one starts feeling better soon.
 
chastityx said:
I see it now! I couldn't read it in the text message photos. I just saw the large copy of the panacur/calcium receipt and was confused where the antibiotics were coming from. Thank you for clarifying. Most of the time when you're sold an animal they usually want the opportunity to take care of it themselves(usually going to their own vet) if an issue is found right away. I do hope they can offer some kind of resolution to you. And of course i hope the little one starts feeling better soon.
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I never really cared for a refund or anything. I just wanted some sort of appology. Or some sort of reason like a miscommunication. But instead he offered up rude comments, lies, and bad customer service.
 
Sorry about that, im new to the sight, well i mad ean account a while ago but havnt been on except one other time until now. Here are photos of several people who have stated their experiences with them.
 

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I will state it differently. Post #25 shows a conversation. In order to comply with the rules here, you will need to identify that person with whom you were communicating. It currently is a case of third-party anonymous quotation.
 
Sorry about that. Here it is, i had quickly read over your post and assumed you were talking about when i said people had commented, which probably needed proof anyway. But here is the convo pre, marker
 

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i agree, phil. truer words have never been spoken. the supposed 'rescue' thing is one of the most common scams in the herp hobby. i am so sick of them in the online classifieds that i browse. odd though, as almost all of these 'rescues' wont take something with no resale value like an RES, but they are all over BPs.
 
Snake-Queen said:
It's a CSL exemption, not 501c3 tax exempt ... it just means they can solicit donations that are not tax exempt.
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LOL yeah so can I, it's called a GIFT!

Hey, I have about a dozen snakes that were all given to me, many with health issues! Anyone wanna help cover their vet bills? :rolleyes:
This is a joke please don't send me money.

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Further, I messaged CCSB on Facebook with a link to this thread so they can participate if they choose.
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Don't hold your breath waiting on a response.
 

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bcr229 said:
LOL yeah so can I, it's called a GIFT!

Hey, I have about a dozen snakes that were all given to me, many with health issues! Anyone wanna help cover their vet bills? :rolleyes:
This is a joke please don't send me money.


Don't hold your breath waiting on a response.
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Yes, the indication I took from him is that he thinks Fauna is a waste of his time.

It never fails to confuse why someone has no interest in defending their reputation. "Having better things to do" does not make me assume that you're just that good and don't "need" to defend yourself.

Instead, it makes me assume that you don't give enough of a :censored: about your reputation or how the public perceives you, and that you don't care about customer grievances to address them.

And if you don't give a :censored: about your reputation, then I don't give a :censored: about giving you the benefit of the doubt.
 
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