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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.

Is Dan Wilks AKA 'TheOddBall Source' the same Dan Wilks as is AKA 'DesertFossorials'?

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New (eight days prior to this posting) user @TheOddBall Source is possibly the same Dan Wilks of @DesertFossorials. This latter account hasn't been in use for a few years, but when it was active seems to have been a serial scammer. The former account is resistant to playing nice.

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Those screenshots are from here, probably soon to be deleted (as these things tend to go).

Anyway, this is an 'inquiry' BOI thread, and my question is: does anyone have any clues as to whether these are one and the same Dan Wilks?
 
You all are truly ridiculous. They are sold lol. You all need to get jobs or something, this is unbelievable. I will sell my snakes elsewhere.
 
Well, there, we got that location info. That really didn't need to be so hard; a little cooperation would have gone a long way -- would have limited it to my initial request, and then a simple response.
 
Well I check my account and see two messages from someone who isn't an admin requesting information. So yes I wasn't too cooperative. Please delete the account I have zero interest in false accusations and slander. Respectfully, I'm out.
 
Chris25080 said:
Never know, dude could have moved?
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That's totally possible. Asking for location was the first step in my establishing who the person is; it takes some internet sleuthing sometimes to figure out who's who, and that's borderline impossible without a city and state. But it is true that the question of this thread has not necessarily been answered.
TheOddBallSource said:
Well I check my account and see two messages from someone who isn't an admin requesting information.
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Yes, when you sell animals, sometimes people will request information from you. Sorry if you weren't aware of that common occurrence. Best to take those requests as calling for other than hostility, since not many buyers want to deal with a hair trigger seller. Be aware that the other herp classified site requires a photo of your drivers license and a photo of you in order to open a seller's account; if you go off on them they're not likely to want you around.
 
Hey look who came back out of the wood work. Would have been better off not commenting here as we still know it's you bud. Also I thought you were taking your business elsewhere?? Guess Morphmarket must not have let you in.
Returnofthewilks said:
The issue isn't a customer asking that info, but someone who isn't and admin who feels like being a slanderous snoop, because they have made a contribution. Good for you man. The account deletion worked well too lol.
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