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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.

Dan Wolfe at dwherp.com, GREAT person!!!

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I recently finished a transaction with Dan Wolfe. He posted some for sale ads before winter hit. I saw a female piebald python that I fell in love with. I emailed him and he responded in very good time. Since winter was coming, he held on to and fed my new baby 'till weather was good enough to ship. In the middle of winter, I saw a male pastel that I also thought was exceptional. I called and he agreed to ship when weather was good enough. He said he would feed them and take care of them like they were his own. Dan is a man of his word. I picked up the animals last night from the airport and got home to open the box. Once the snakes were out I was VERY impressed with them. The pastel is a perfect example of what a true pastel should look like. The piebald is breathtaking. They were very well fed, nice and thick. Very active and have already taken their first meal an hour ago. I called him a few times while he had them and asked for weights and pictures. Within a day I had an email from him containing all the info I requested. I could not be any more pleased with his service and great looking ball pythons. The packaging was very good, the box would have to be run over to kill the snakes. I would not hesitate to buy from him again. His animals are clean and healthy, and ofcourse the service was amazing. This was a lot of $$$ for me to spend, but at no time did Dan make me feel uncomfortable about the transaction. Overall great guy, and exceptional animals. Thanks Dan!
Brandon Gauer
 
No doubt about it. I had the pleasure to deal with him a couple of years ago. Excellent service and quality animals.

Regards
 
Dan is a good guy and he has wonderful animals. We have purchased several Ball Pythons from him and each time it's been a flawless transaction. He is definitely on our "A" list.
 
I also bought

a male het pied, excellent specimen... Great animals.. Also he sent me a christmas card.. Thanks Dan....
 
We recently purchased a female albino from Dan and she is flawless. More importantly (at least to us anyway), Dan is very professional and friendly. In addition to being very helpful before and during the transaction, he has answered all of our questions since we received the albino. We got exactly what we wanted and we would definitely do business with him again. Thanks again Dan!

John
 
UPDATE!!! These snakes are amazing!! They are growing really well and have been healthy with no issues. The pastel is keeping his yellow also. Thanks again Dan!
 
Just finished a great transaction with Dan, A++ all the way. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Just bought a couple of animals from Dan. I can only endorse the positive comments already made. First Class!
Rob
 
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