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    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.

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so before i go any further i paid 105 dollars for 2000 roaches this is what i got,i paid a extra 20 for express shipping,now i don't think this is near 2000 roaches,maybe 200-400 tops what do you guys think and how much should i ask for in return for a refund?
 
Looks at least over 1,000, cannot see how many are under the paper.
 
yea i really didn't bother him about the extra nor brought it up but pissed about the order i could of easily spent that 105 on crickets which was 1000 for 20 but went to him and got shorted =/ he says he will refund me fully i shall see except shipping
 
That's well over 1000. Count out 100 in a cup and compare it to the size of they entire order. I usually pay around $45-$50 per thousand, so the price doesn't seem out of line to me. Unless temps are well below freezing, there's really no need to express ship them. (I know it's too late to think about that). I had them shipped over our extreme heat wave with no die-offs.
Also, you really can't compare them to crickets, which will only last a few weeks at the very most.
Just my two cents.

Noelle

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shipping was personal preference i needed them today as i was out of feeders soon so yea it had nothing to do with temps etc.

after checking id say this is around 500 at most
 
we shall see here is what i did



the cup alone is 32 grams



with the roaches 71 grams minus 32 grams which brings us to 39 grams total for the roaches mind you not all are the same size i did pick out the obvious huge ones tho
 
I made a selection of one of the more densely populated, yet spread out, portions of the pictures and counted roughly 135 definite roaches. I would estimate that there were probably 10-15 that I didn't see. So we'll call it 150.
 

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i weight it to be more accurate so how much roaches is suppose is 39 grams?as stated it could be very less than that considering some roaches are bigger,i did takeout the obvious larger ones in the bunch
 
let me just say this i have placed and order with max before no issues nor is this a bad guy thread yet just want to clarify the amount,i was told to weigh it instead of counting
 
Rud3Bwoy said:
no issues nor is this a bad guy thread yet just want to clarify the amount,i was told to weigh it instead of counting
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You started a thread on the BOI to figure out how many roaches you had?
 
Ed Clark said:
Almando, did you contact Max before you posted this thread?
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yes i did.asked him to refund the amount today so i can pick up roaches locally as this purchase was not only for me but for a friend of mines,he said he can't refund me today because he has no funds on paypal nor any funds in his bank which he claims my funds are the one being transferred to the bank which he will have to refund me from,i paid since wednesday shipement went out thurs,got it friday.
 
Cannot believe I actually spent the time counting.LoL
At any rate, counting the roaches, individually, in the photo, and accounting for what must be under the pieces of paper, you do have at least 1000 roaches there.
 
I feel as if this BOI should never have been started. This could have been taken to a discussion thread however You also mentioned that this is not a bad guy thread "yet". Either way I still feel that if you really wanted to know how many roaches you have, you should count them yourself. However you are just resorting to laziness bring this to a BOI to have others do the work for you.

This is just my thought. Nothing personal.
 
Oh, and to clarify, I did not count the ones that are reflected on the side/s of the tub.;)
 
Kilzac said:
I feel as if this BOI should never have been started. This could have been taken to a discussion thread however You also mentioned that this is not a bad guy thread "yet". Either way I still feel that if you really wanted to know how many roaches you have, you should count them yourself. However you are just resorting to laziness bring this to a BOI to have others do the work for you.

This is just my thought. Nothing personal.
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Actually i was not being lazy,when i posted this i had no knowledge of counting roaches etc until some people here and facebook told me do a weight check.

i did do the weight count and it was only 39 grams

by the weight i got i only got 1000 or less roaches from the 2000 i ordered.
 
anyway ill settle for half my money back to order the other 1000 else where from another supplier locally.
 
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