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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.

Erik Stoops. Center for Reptile and Amphibian research bad guy so far.

Last year, the CFAR claimed to hatch the first clutch of Kofiau chondros... there was even a write up in Reptile magazine about it. On another python forum, I questioned it because they claimed this first clutch included maroon neonates... since then, many other folks have hatched kofiaus and ALL have been YELLOW neonates... NO maroons in 10+ other clutches. When I posted this info on the other forum, some jumped all over me about it... saying that I shouldn't be calling into question these "respected" breeders. I am laughing now.......
 
Red kofiaus, leucistic gilas, albino gilas, leucistic blue tongues, het. for albino chondros...there seems to be pattern here.
 
To whom it may concern,
I have been in contact with a representative for Erik Stoops who sent me payment in full for the Bolens. I received it yesterday while I was out of town and am just now having the chance to post it.
Currently I have been paid as agreed and I no longer have any Outstanding issues with Erik Stoops Nor the center that he represents..
 
Wow good news Michael, glad they finally got around to taking care of the debt.. I guess this is how you recover debts owed by Eric IE make it public ... Randy
 
Many left to pay

Now let us hope that the others ripped off by Erik Stoops aka Center for Reptile and Amphibian Research also get what they are due.

Making it right with one person helps but does not clear up the earned BAD GUY title.

I also hope that if by some miracle Erik Stoops aka Center for Reptile and Amphibian Research does make restitution to others that he stole from that they will add their statements to this thread.
 
Ballroom said:
To whom it may concern,
I have been in contact with a representative for Erik Stoops who sent me payment in full for the Bolens. I received it yesterday while I was out of town and am just now having the chance to post it.
Currently I have been paid as agreed and I no longer have any Outstanding issues with Erik Stoops Nor the center that he represents..
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i wonder if erik has a yellow streak down his back.. he had to have one of his minions contact michael and let him know he was getting refunded... couldnt do it himself and personally apologize for the troubles michael had to go thru..

what a shame, but at least michael got his money and that's whats important.
 
Yup...congrats Michael. It couldn't have ended any other way and still have been right. CASE CLOSED!
 
Congratulations! Glad it worked out for you! Sure hope everyone else gets taken care of as well. Then it will be over.

I don't think that dealers and breeders realize how many "lurkers" read these threads, but seldom comment. But we do watch, make purchasing decisions, and pass recommendations on to others, based on what we see here. So to all sellers, please take note of how you take care of customers and resolve issues, especially once they are brought to the BOI. We are quietly watching!
 
Glad you stuck to your guns Michael and got what you should have all along...paid for your animal!
 
Michael I am glad that you finally got your money. It is unfortunate that you had to come to this board to get it. It is my opinion that after reading all of the posts it is obvious that anyone dealing with Eric Stoops had better use a great deal of caution and get the money up front.

Geoffrey Schrock
 
Awesome that you actually got your money Michael. You know that would have never happened had you not posted this thread. Thankfully now people know to think twice before dealing with cfraud or whatever that 'organization' is called. I'm guessing Erik may be regretting his decision to try and rip you off after this thread....
 
Ghi Reptiles said:
Just out of curiosity Mr. Taylor...how can you manage a collection that is in Arizona when you are in NY?
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Someone should have checked the IP Address on that post. I bet it didn't come from 'new york'.
 
You are right

You are right, he is a snake. I am an artist and me and other artist have done work with him and never been paid.
 
I hate to bring up an old thread like this, but i really think people should actively be aware of Erik Stoops AKA Erik Daniel Shein as he goes by now.

i had some personal dealings with this man before I knew of this thread, I have been to his home, seen his Collection.

While I am not out money, except for silly things do to my own generosity. This man is an expert liar, and will go to no end to put on one hell of a show..

hate to admit it but i followed along to this mans words for a long wile.


I will not publicly bash him other then what was said or go into detail of things. i have emails and other things but, I don't see a point posting them.


if you really MUST no Shoot me a PM , i will give the emails i do have and answer any questions i can about him.

just do your selves a favor and stay away from this guy, it appears he has recessed into the shadows again, deleting his Facebook, With the exception of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arkwatch/174638819266624?sk=wall which is still ran by him from what i understand.


Don't be suprised if he pops up with a new name or some varient of his existing name. if you are dealing with someone that lives in cave creek AZ looking for shingle backs, rough scales, boelins, diamond pythons, green tree monitors or other high end reptiles avoid this guy.

ive seen his freezer of death as well claiming "they were all sick" when they arrived, diamond pythons, 4 shingle backs....couldn't figure out why the hell he would keep them..

bah i am going into too much detail....Becareful of this guy.
 
Yeah, he's all over the net as Erik Shein and Erik Stoops. Arkwatch is the newest baby, I guess.
 
its seems that no one understands this deflamation of character is when you see bugs bunny on fire you put him out that's deflamation of character how hard is that to understand lol:D
 
So here we are 13 years later. Erik has been seemingly soliciting 'investors' for movies that never happen. My aged parents have 'invested' tens of thousands of dollars without a contract for supposed Netflix riches that are coming 'next week' for years. I want to thank the administrators of this site for maintaining the forum as a source of information about his past history for us family members who are trying to deal with this. If anyone has pertinent information for me, let me know at my email. [email protected] Thanks.
 
Sang said:
I hate to bring up an old thread like this, but i really think people should actively be aware of Erik Stoops AKA Erik Daniel Shein as he goes by now.

i had some personal dealings with this man before I knew of this thread, I have been to his home, seen his Collection.

While I am not out money, except for silly things do to my own generosity. This man is an expert liar, and will go to no end to put on one hell of a show..

hate to admit it but i followed along to this mans words for a long wile.


I will not publicly bash him other then what was said or go into detail of things. i have emails and other things but, I don't see a point posting them.


if you really MUST no Shoot me a PM , i will give the emails i do have and answer any questions i can about him.

just do your selves a favor and stay away from this guy, it appears he has recessed into the shadows again, deleting his Facebook, With the exception of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arkwatch/174638819266624?sk=wall which is still ran by him from what i understand.


Don't be suprised if he pops up with a new name or some varient of his existing name. if you are dealing with someone that lives in cave creek AZ looking for shingle backs, rough scales, boelins, diamond pythons, green tree monitors or other high end reptiles avoid this guy.

ive seen his freezer of death as well claiming "they were all sick" when they arrived, diamond pythons, 4 shingle backs....couldn't figure out why the hell he would keep them..

bah i am going into too much detail....Becareful of this guy.
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Done, thank you!
 
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