• 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.

Good Guy Joe Pierce

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I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. I recently made a purchase from Joe & the entire transaction was flawless, other than a slight hiccup on FedEx's behalf. Great looking animals with an insatiable appetite!! I wouldn't hesitate in dealing with Joe again.:)
 
I bought from Joe Earlier this year. I had Orginally payed for a Christmas hypo he had listed for sale, but when the female he breed it to produced no xmas/strw he realised he has made a mistake and informed me right away!

He quickly offered me a refund, however there were other clutches I had interest in. I told him to hang onto the money as a credit.

When the snakes I were interested in finally hatched he contacted me and everything went smoothly!

I would definately buy from Joe Pierce agian.
 
Just received 2 adult Corns from Joe for a great price. 0.1 "Pink" Snow and 1.0 het Orchid Stripe. Of course the genetics on the het have to be verified, but other than that I can say with confidence that all aspects of the transaction were top notch.
 
I purchased 1.1 tessera from Joe and I am very happy. He responded quickly to my emails and when he realized his emails were going to my spam, he was kind enough to call me instead. Snakes arrived healthy and I would definitely do business with Joe again.
 
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I recently purchased from him as well. Got a very good price and he was nice enough to put up with all my questions lol (first time buying live animals over the internet). It took a few emails to get their hatch dates and such, and after I got them found out they were never handled, but I'm guessing that's due to the fact hes got a lot of snakes! So its understandable. I've had these guys for a week and a half and so far so good! Very good eaters of f/t. Hes also got the beat guarantee I've seen! Live arrival of course, and feeding on f/t within 2 weeks. I would def recommend him! I got a pewter ph striped and a lava her lavender from him and both are beautiful, especially the pewter. A little smaller than I was imagining they'd be for 08/12 hatch but its prolly just because I'm used to having larger snakes now lol. Can't wait till they are old enough to breed to my male lavender :) I was able to loom up their parents on the CSA site and they def have interesting genetics :)
 
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