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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 Mike Matson (Mike's Phat Frogs) sold me a WC snake as CB

Black Adder said:
Not sure how any of these latest posts pertain to the title of the thread any longer?
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When someone has more interest in attacking those standing up against a bad guy than he has in attacking the actual bad guy, I think their motives deserve the spotlight. But you're right. My point's been made and it's up to the readers to decide what they believe. I've already given him more acknowledgment than he really merits. Unlike Barry Lambert, 'I'm done'. :eek:
 
I received a $150.00 payment from Mike moments ago. He has settled an old debt. I think he is correct in that he paid me back $500.00 when the original amount was $450.00. Mike could have easily ignored this, but he stepped up and settled.
 
tcp2 said:
I received a $150.00 payment from Mike moments ago. He has settled an old debt. I think he is correct in that he paid me back $500.00 when the original amount was $450.00. Mike could have easily ignored this, but he stepped up and settled.
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That is good news indeed Tom, happy for you
Still does not make up for the vast majority who are still deeply out of pocket or the cyber bullying or the continual back and forth here on Fauna with "others"

But you have your long awaited settlement, I truly feel you got lucky.....
 
Kevin that cyber bullying is bs. Go watch the video.

Had a good talk on the phone tom. Thanks for the post
 
tcp2 said:
I received a $150.00 payment from Mike moments ago. He has settled an old debt. I think he is correct in that he paid me back $500.00 when the original amount was $450.00. Mike could have easily ignored this, but he stepped up and settled.
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That is wonderful news! That is really stand up.


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I was thinking about it today and if Jing wants a replacement snake I would be ok with doing that. However, I would prefer her to choose a CB species that is much easier to keep than the imported species.
 
I really think that Mike can case by case deal with the people that he has had problems with in the past and start to put this to bed. Sometimes you have to resolve a problem even if you do not think you are wrong. When I talked to Mike I told him that my business literally did millions a year in animal sales, and each week gave out credit that we may not had agreed with or knew was not warranted. The Barry and Jay posts are going to take a little more work. If the three of them can take a deep breath and stop answering each post with something to make the other person look even worse, this can die a painful but peaceful death.
 
tcp2 said:
I really think that Mike can case by case deal with the people that he has had problems with in the past and start to put this to bed. Sometimes you have to resolve a problem even if you do not think you are wrong. When I talked to Mike I told him that my business literally did millions a year in animal sales, and each week gave out credit that we may not had agreed with or knew was not warranted. The Barry and Jay posts are going to take a little more work. If the three of them can take a deep breath and stop answering each post with something to make the other person look even worse, this can die a painful but peaceful death.
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And right there you have the crux of the matter....the three of them, Mike, Jay and Barry really NEED to stop baiting and taunting each other and TRY and move on.
Easy to say but very hard to do I know with all the bad blood spilt already
 
tcp2 said:
I received a $150.00 payment from Mike moments ago. He has settled an old debt. I think he is correct in that he paid me back $500.00 when the original amount was $450.00. Mike could have easily ignored this, but he stepped up and settled.
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That's great to here!

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I was thinking about it today and if Jing wants a replacement snake I would be ok with doing that. However, I would prefer her to choose a CB species that is much easier to keep than the imported species.
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It speaks volumes to see someone swallow their pride and do the right thing. I'm not saying you are 100% at fault in this situation but I think your offer would be a good solution.

As for the you and Jay situation, I got nothing. It is getting kinda silly though.
 
Jeezus Keerist on a pogo stick please stop with the threats, chest-thumping, sniping, insults, etc. and answer what should be a very simple question:

Mike Matson stated the snake he sold to the OP was a farmed import and the ads he posted as screen shots also include that information.

Jay Sommers and Edward Kowalski have both asserted that there are no farmers for this species.

No one has posted proof either way.

Is there a public list and/or registry of farmers available? If not how can a buyer verify whether a particular species is "farmed" or not when determining whether to purchase a farmed versus wild-caught import?
 
bcr229 said:
Jeezus Keerist on a pogo stick please stop with the threats, chest-thumping, sniping, insults, etc. and answer what should be a very simple question:

Mike Matson stated the snake he sold to the OP was a farmed import and the ads he posted as screen shots also include that information.

Jay Sommers and Edward Kowalski have both asserted that there are no farmers for this species.

No one has posted proof either way.

Is there a public list and/or registry of farmers available? If not how can a buyer verify whether a particular species is "farmed" or not when determining whether to purchase a farmed versus wild-caught import?
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Whether it is a farmed import or a wild caught specimen is irrelevant, if the OP had contacted Mike after the first vet visit, the resulting drama may have been avoided. As it stands now, Mike is being very generous by offering a different snake species as a replacement.

If he continues on this road, especially with the apologies he has been giving to those that deserve one, he is well on his way to mending his reputation & I may be getting my next pacman from him (he has some nice ones), I would be confident that if something went wrong, he would act professionally.




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Melissa just message me anytime. Facebook messages I pay more attention to as I get the alert notifications.

Melissa I tell ya what. I have about 5,000 tadpoles right now. You pay shipping and I'll send a frog for free.


Snake-Queen said:
Whether it is a farmed import or a wild caught specimen is irrelevant, if the OP had contacted Mike after the first vet visit, the resulting drama may have been avoided. As it stands now, Mike is being very generous by offering a different snake species as a replacement.

If he continues on this road, especially with the apologies he has been giving to those that deserve one, he is well on his way to mending his reputation & I may be getting my next pacman from him (he has some nice ones), I would be confident that if something went wrong, he would act professionally.




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jrsexotics said:
Melissa just message me anytime. Facebook messages I pay more attention to as I get the alert notifications.



Melissa I tell ya what. I have about 5,000 tadpoles right now. You pay shipping and I'll send a frog for free.
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That's a nice offer, not needed, but nice.


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Snake-Queen said:
Whether it is a farmed import or a wild caught specimen is irrelevant,
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Not when advertising a critter for sale. If I know a particular species is not farmed so only options are CB or WC, and I ask if it is WC and get a negative response, that leaves CB.

if the OP had contacted Mike after the first vet visit, the resulting drama may have been avoided.
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Agreed.
 
Jet76 said:
That's great to here!



It speaks volumes to see someone swallow their pride and do the right thing. I'm not saying you are 100% at fault in this situation but I think your offer would be a good solution.

As for the you and Jay situation, I got nothing. It is getting kinda silly though.
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It might have spoken values to Mike's character if he would have resolved this, and many other problematic transactions, as soon as they come up. Instead, Mike has waited until the problems were brought into the public eye and decided to pay his dues ONLY NOW that this latest Barry and Mike tag team has tried to bring down Jay Sommers.

Coincidence that NOW is the time Mike decided to finally repay 1 of his victims, as he and Barry are trying extremely hard to give themselves credibility as this latest fiasco here on the BOI unfolds? I'm sure.

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Integrity is what you do when NOBODY is watching, not when it gets drug out into public for everyone to see and several BOI threads down the road. Thats called getting caught. Someone that gets caught in numerous shady behavior does not deserve my money or business. These are living animals we are talking about, and if you have a suspect character I will find a better one, trust me.
 
snakesareawesome said:
Farm bred Leioheterodon... I'd love to hear the details on that.
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I don't throw my wholesalers under the bus as they buy thousands of dollars worth of frogs from me yearly. They received them as farmed. They were advertised on the list as farmed.

She did not message me with any issues for 40 days. Then sends and email demanding a refund or she will post a fauna bio.......

Not the way to go about it
 
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