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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.

Free Caging!!!

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Here's the story, before investing in Boaphile caging and racks, I built my own rack that I was able to hold most of my boa collection in. The rack themselves are no longer available as they have been used for other purposes. However, the sterilite containers are. These containers are roughly (it's been a while since measuring them) 40 inches long by 20 inches wide and 7 inches tall. These are certainly not ideal for an adult boa however they will work great for juvenile as well as bp's. I have roughly 25-30 of these, with locking lids available free for the taking.

We are renting a dumpster to do some spring cleaning starting on August 3rd and if they are still here when the dumpster arrives then out they go. They already have holes drilled and are in good shape overall. With a little bit of cleaning (they are out in my barn right now) they will last you for years.

Again, they are free for the taking. I spent over $500 for these if memory serves me right and here you can get them for free! Must be able to pick up in the 61953 zip code. I can certainly assist in the loading.

Griz
 
Mike, I will make you a deal. I'll hold them until then but if you don't show up I'll start charging you a storage fee! :)

I really did not want to throw them away. While some may need a little bit here and there, they are simply too nice to see get thrown away. They are yours for the taking. I'll go count them this weekend and let you know as I don't know if they would all fit in a standard van.

Bob
 
Mike, I went to the barn to get an accurate count of these and it appears as though my children have used them at some point to build a small clubhouse. Evidently, clubhouse use, as well as playing WAR, was not an intended design of these as quite a few of them now have chips/holes. The majority are no longer suitable for their intended uses. I will be putting them in the dumpster this weekend.

Bob
 
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