• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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

DAND said:
I guess Christine won't be making the website I won the auction for. :( Guess I shouldn't have been so patient.
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Dave, I am sure your website will be created. Although, I would talk to the source as I am not going to speak for that member.
 
Jeff and Christina, The fact that check numbers don't match is just icing on the cake. If Maggie states she didn't get it, that's all I need. She didn't get it.
If I were you, I would start worrying about the several law enforcement members here if the funds aren't sent ASAP.

You can call it in "oversight" or anything you want but those funds need to get the right place, now.


The members of this forum will not rest on this issue. You have my word on that.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
Jeff and Christina, The fact that check numbers don't match is just icing on the cake. If Maggie states she didn't get it, that's all I need. She didn't get it.
If I were you, I would start worrying about the several law enforcement members here if the funds aren't sent ASAP.

You can call it in "oversight" or anything you want but those funds need to get the right place, now.


The members of this forum will not rest on this issue. You have my word on that.
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You can surely bet that I will not! They have involved a lot of decent people here in this mess. I am sick to my stomach and extremely irrate at this situation all at the same time. I can only imagine what some other people, like me, who befriended these two feel right now.:angry:
 
Dennis Hultman said:
Jeff and Christina, The fact that check numbers don't match is just icing on the cake. If Maggie states she didn't get it, that's all I need. She didn't get it.
If I were you, I would start worrying about the several law enforcement members here if the funds aren't sent ASAP.

You can call it in "oversight" or anything you want but those funds need to get the right place, now.


The members of this forum will not rest on this issue. You have my word on that.
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AMEN BROTHER!!!!! (I never sleep and I never forget)
 
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Ok....this pisses me off even more :angry:

Chuck can't rest in peace when he wants to knock the crap outta you from the grave!!!

omg...
 
So the donation I made went straight to their pockets rather than to Maggie?

That is probably why they never replied when I asked them to confirm that they received the paypal payment. Go figure!!!
 
Dennis Hultman said:
The members of this forum will not rest on this issue. You have my word on that.
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Who's gonna rest when it's over??? Im not, this is some crap i will never let them live down. It wont be any, oh you handled it the right way so it's okay. no pad on the back from me!:nonod:
 
This is just wrong in every way. I mean OMG I'm SHOCKED, this is sad and shameful. If I were them I would not be able to sleep at night! I hope you guys can take this to the law, I hope they have to pay that money back or give it to Maggie and get some time behind bars.

This must be the Christina that went around posting that she'd make site banner for reptiles, banner's worth $5.00... o.0

I remember asking how the auction thing worked, that we wanted to donate or auction off some of our Bearded Dragons and Leopard Geckos!
At the time we had over 65 baby dragons and was wanting to send the money to Maggie BUT Christina said NO that it HAD to be done through her, that I wasn't allowed that she was taking care of it and the money went to her ect.. I was confused and just let it go.. At the time I just thought they were a BIG part of this site and working with Rich or something.

Shame on you both.. How disturbing!!!


Amanda
 
I definitely wasnt donating to the "Christina beat me out of some deals fund" I was donating to the Rick and Maggie fund. This really burns me up.
 
Who came up with the idea to let them do this auction thing? Or who put them in charge of the money ect..?

That's alot of money, sorry you guys tried to help Maggie and the family out and it went right into their pockets..

Full of greed the devil is at work!

Bad part is every last bit of it must be true as neither of them is here posting.. :(
 
Wow...

I had seen these auctions and would have gladly tried to get several animals for sale if I had had the funds.... I'm not very active here but even I was greatly saddened by Chuck's passing and at the time I thought the auctions were a wonderful idea.

I hope that the money does eventually make it's way to where it should have gone (hopefully, but not likely, without further steps being taken).. And to think the Wise's are buying animals with those funds :angry: :angry: :angry:

If Jeff and Christina thought they could fool fauna, they are very mistaken :NoNo:


I'm so sorry that you have to go through this Maggie! :(
 
joseydiann said:
Who came up with the idea to let them do this auction thing? Or who put them in charge of the money ect..?

That's alot of money, sorry you guys tried to help Maggie and the family out and it went right into their pockets..

Full of greed the devil is at work!

Bad part is every last bit of it must be true as neither of them is here posting.. :(
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They don't have time to post here. They are too busy buying snakes.
 
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