• 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

I think somebody's playing limbo cause they went as low as they can go. This does not help reinforce my faith in people...:( to the max
 
I will say one thing, nothing against Rick... Rick right around when he received about 500.00 or so, he stated that he did not want anymore of the donations (in chat) and wanted the rest of the funds to go to Maggie and the girls. I am not sure If Rick remembers this, or anyone else for that matter. I was defnitely confused when it said that Rick received close to 1000.00 though.
 
StrictlyExotics said:
I will say one thing, nothing against Rick... Rick right around when he received about 500.00 or so, he stated that he did not want anymore of the donations (in chat) and wanted the rest of the funds to go to Maggie and the girls. I am not sure If Rick remembers this, or anyone else for that matter. I was defnitely confused when it said that Rick received close to 1000.00 though.
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i remember him thanking anybody who gave and he didn't want anything else, and that she needs it more than he does.
 
I honestly don't know how they can look at themselves each morning, knowing that they stole from a grieving family:angry: I guess guilty conscience is not a phrase they're familiar with :(:(
 
Not that I needed anything from anyone for the tornado damage that I went through but, this is why I made the statement that I did about auctions, donations, etc... I did NOT want this.
 
Hey, I am wondering if people can put in PayPal claims and disputes against them for the money. I know its been awhile and they received a lot of it in the form of gifts, but surely there has to be something we can do.
 
Dave,
Thank you so much for going the extra mile to bring this to light. I know it took a lot of work and was emotional to say the least when dealing with people we thought we could trust in a dark hour. My gratitude goes out to you.

Maggie,
I am so so sorry that this happened to you in your time of need. You, the girls and your son have and will always be in my thoughts and prayers. I am praying that we can collect all the funds owed to you from these scam artists.

Jeff and Christina,
Words can not express how I feel right now in regards to you two but I shall try. I am ashamed to of ever called you a friend and even more disgusted how you Christina could call yourself a friend of Maggie's. She called you for comfort and cried on the phone for hours with you in her time of need and like all good con artists you built up her trust and stole from her and her children. You guys need to make this right and need to make it right NOW. I am sickened at this development.
 
This has got to be one of the lowest things someone can do. If I was Rich, I would ban them for being scum bags.
 
I'm a little confused about how this went down as I was away from Fauna when the auctions were going on, etc. Was this money for auctions they won or were they acting as the "treasurer" for the Kimmel family fund?
 
StrictlyExotics said:
I will say one thing, nothing against Rick... Rick right around when he received about 500.00 or so, he stated that he did not want anymore of the donations (in chat) and wanted the rest of the funds to go to Maggie and the girls. I am not sure If Rick remembers this, or anyone else for that matter. I was defnitely confused when it said that Rick received close to 1000.00 though.
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I'm sure he does remember this and we were going to get together this week to discuss this but I just didn't have the patience to continue to be lied to by Christina anymore.

Oddly enough we have Christina to thank for providing the proof which ultimately ended up royally screwing herself. :shootfoot


Actual part of our conversation this evening:

Christina: Why would I provide a check?

Me: Obviously because you are not a smart as you think you are. :dunce:
 
I felt bad at the time and talked to a few people about not sending money. I didn't know the Wises other than having seen them maybe 2 -3 times before they started bombarding people via PM who entered the chat room. I know, because every time I went to the chat they would ask me in PM if I wanted to donate. I told Rick myself that if he needed anything to let me know. I have been talking to him for a couple years, but wasn't about to send money through people I had just recently met in a chat. I did think it was odd that relative newbies to the chat would take it upon themselves to hold these fund raisers, but I assumed that they were probably not new to the forums, and didn't think much of it.
 
i have always said that if an auction takes place... it will be my own, selling my own animals and donating my own money. absolutely ridiculous doesn't even sum up this situation.
 
liltanker said:
I'm a little confused about how this went down as I was away from Fauna when the auctions were going on, etc. Was this money for auctions they won or were they acting as the "treasurer" for the Kimmel family fund?
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they were putting on the auctions, collecting the funds, and were supposed to disperse it all to the kimmel family.
 
I will never understand how people can be so low. I know 3500 is a lot of money but IMHO it is nothing compared to what your reputation and honor is worth. This is low as you can go. Karma will come back and haunt her. The sooner the better.
 
DaveyFig said:
I felt bad at the time and talked to a few people about not sending money. I didn't know the Wises other than having seen them maybe 2 -3 times before they started bombarding people via PM who entered the chat room. I know, because every time I went to the chat they would ask me in PM if I wanted to donate. I told Rick myself that if he needed anything to let me know. I have been talking to him for a couple years, but wasn't about to send money through people I had just recently met in a chat. I did think it was odd that relative newbies to the chat would take it upon themselves to hold these fund raisers, but I assumed that they were probably not new to the forums, and didn't think much of it.
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Dave you cant feel bad about what you did. I wanted to win every auction, so in the end, I could send it personally to Maggie and Rick by asking for their PayPal addresses. I ran out of funds as well as the patience to deal with it.
 
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