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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 Jeff and Christina Wise (Wise Reptiles) Stole Money from Benefit Auctions for Maggie

zzzdanz said:
Less than 1/3rd have filed complaints?..All the scum/scammers must love seeing that...how long does it take to file a complaint? 5-10 mins?..no excuse
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Yep, less then 1/3 filed a complaint. :( It would have taken less than 5 minutes. All the information needed to file was posted here a number of times. It just baffles me as to why there were so few who filed. :shrug01:
 
And those people who haven't filed are probally the people screaming the loudest when a scammer is revealed..
 
kdecke02 said:
I'm still trying to get after him for child support. he's got 6 years of arrears to pay, so if we can't get both of them at least we can get one of them on that front. I'm not giving up either!!!!
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I'm not an expert here, but It's my understanding in Florida, if you fill out all the paperwork, the state takes over, and issues an arrest warrent for deadbeat parents. I think you need to persue it a little harder. Good luck.
 
brd7666 said:
I'm not an expert here, but It's my understanding in Florida, if you fill out all the paperwork, the state takes over, and issues an arrest warrent for deadbeat parents. I think you need to persue it a little harder. Good luck.
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:iagree:That is what stage of the process I am currently in. Right now I'm just waiting for a court date. I was told to expect 3-4 months for one. Considering how slow Friend of the Court in MI is, 3-4 months will be rather speedy. lol
But don't worry, I will keep you all posted.:thumbsup:
 
Does anyone know where they are right now? At some point during all this they were apparently headed my way, to Texas. I had talked to some friends about an appropriate welcoming party. But I never hear that they were actually here, where are they?
 
lucille said:
Does anyone know where they are right now? At some point during all this they were apparently headed my way, to Texas. I had talked to some friends about an appropriate welcoming party. But I never hear that they were actually here, where are they?
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They were not there long and are now in Indiana.
 
David, you seem to be keeping up with them and for that, the community here owes you thanks. I would appreciate an email if they ever return here. I don't know if I could succeed welcoming them in the way I had intended but I surely would do my best to do what I could.
 
lucille said:
David, you seem to be keeping up with them and for that, the community here owes you thanks. I would appreciate an email if they ever return here. I don't know if I could succeed welcoming them in the way I had intended but I surely would do my best to do what I could.
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I will be keeping up with them until I am satisfied that they have paid in full for what they have done. Were they to go to jail, lose their children, pay all the monies back to both families and be the recipients of a public flogging I still would not be satisfied. :toetap05:

If I hear that they are back down there again I will gladly shoot you off an e-mail my friend. :thumbsup:
 
amercnwmn said:
Ok so in 260+ pages it may have been mentioned, but has anyone put the basic info on RipOff Report.com?
http://www.ripoffreport.com/

Granted it's not much, but every place it can be posted, it should.
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Great idea. Thanks for the suggestion. I will post it there shortly.
 
There's another one: http://flakelist.org
Someone else actually was linking me to a scam email I'd received, thought it might be worth looking into.

Like I said, may not be much, but these types of things tend to get around, it might make it easier for others not in the reptile community to catch wind of it.
 
hey guys,

first let me say sorry to rich and every other moderator for my last post.

secondly, i thought it proper for me to come here and wish my husband a happy birthday! I'm 100% positive this is where he would be right now.

Love you guys xo
 
Hey Maggie. No harm done. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.

Yeah, I'm sure Chuck would be here and we would all be wishing him Happy Birthday.... :(
 
Herpster said:
hey guys,

first let me say sorry to rich and every other moderator for my last post.

secondly, i thought it proper for me to come here and wish my husband a happy birthday! I'm 100% positive this is where he would be right now.

Love you guys xo
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Glad you're back, Maggie, and we all hope that you and the kids are coping well with this anniversary...as well as can be hoped for, anyway. It's the "firsts" that hit me hard...with my family and friends. I'm sure you understand that.

I hope in time that you can the kids get to the point where the pain subsides and you can remember all the sweet, wonderful, GOOD times that you all shared with Chuck...and I hope that time comes soon!

Much love to you and the family, Maggie!

Hugs-
Donna
 
WebSlave said:
I haven't checked, so could someone tell me whether or not there is a full moon out the last few days?

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On 1/3/2011 9:25 PM, Christina Wise @ FaunaClassifieds wrote:
> The following message was sent to you via the FaunaClassifieds Contact Us form by Christina Wise ( mailto:[email protected] ).
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> I need access on my mrs wise actually would prefer a new Id as I am not mrs wise anymore but I need to be able to post something
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> Referring Page: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/
> IP Address: 184.222.166.95
> User Name: Unregistered
> User ID: 0
> Email: [email protected]
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On 1/4/2011 1:11 AM, WebSlave wrote:
> Until you show me some kind of proof that you have paid Maggie back the money you stole from her, I really couldn't care less about anything else you have to say.
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> Rich Z.
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On 1/4/2011 2:01 AM, Christina wrote:
> Whatever that's fine I will come after fauna now because my non involment with it and fauna slamming me for my soon to be ex husbands crap that's okay I gave you the chance like the lawyer said and was hoping you wouldn't go this route..... remove the thread there is non factual information in it about myself now and close it no more from this day out you will be getting a letter from my lawyer and I gaurentee you won't be happy
>
> May God Bless you day in and day out!
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:rolleyes:
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I would love to know if this actually came to fruition? :rolleyes: I seriously doubt it, but curiosity has gotten the best of me.

Wayne
 
MedusaCoils said:
I would love to know if this actually came to fruition? :rolleyes: I seriously doubt it, but curiosity has gotten the best of me.

Wayne
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I hope you weren't holding your breath on that one. No attorney would take this case, and even if Christina could find some ambulance chaser who would, my opinion is that she doesn't have the $50K+ they would require to proceed to court.

Most people think they can get attorneys to take their case on a contingency basis. They only do that when the case is a slam dunk and a LOT of money is involved. So they are likely quite unpleasantly surprised when the attorney requires a $10K retainer to even begin proceedings....
 
WebSlave said:
I hope you weren't holding your breath on that one. No attorney would take this case, and even if Christina could find some ambulance chaser who would, my opinion is that she doesn't have the $50K+ they would require to proceed to court.

Most people think they can get attorneys to take their case on a contingency basis. They only do that when the case is a slam dunk and a LOT of money is involved. So they are likely quite unpleasantly surprised when the attorney requires a $10K retainer to even begin proceedings....
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Holding my breath on this? Nah!! LOL! Just curious.

So if you had a dollar for every time someone has made that threat, would Rich Z be well off? :bolt01:

Wayne
 
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