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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.

Inquiry Mike Qiang (big apple)

female ,almost 3 ft , i will send u the pic later if u intresting ?

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: lewisi cross

I need to see the full body including the tail? any damage? how long is he/she? Male or female?

thanks,
ty






-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Zhang <[email protected]>
To: Ty Park <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 11:30 pm
Subject: Re: lewisi cross


From: Ty Park <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:08 PM
Subject: lewisi cross

please send me more photos of the one you are selling.

thanks,
ty
 
Stay Clear!

typherp said:
After talking to him on the phone, exchanging emails and looking at the post, I have decided that this person (Mike Qiang or Mike Zhang), would be someone I do not wish to send money upfront. He refused my offer of personal visit to purchase the iguana. Please take extreme caution when dealing with this person.
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I contacting Mike today by phone 909-706-8629 in regards to the Cyclura n. lewisi he has posted here on Fauna classified. I offered to send a friend with cash for the purchase of the Iguana ($1500.00) he told me that would be fine, he could meet my friend at MIDNIGHT:reddevil:. I told him that wasn't going to happen:NoNo:. The conversation went from there to him asking me whats your name? I responded Lynn Peterson of Big Time Reptiles, I then asked who I was speaking to, he said Mike, he sounded very familiar and I asked are you sure its not Jose Perez, he then hung up:shrug01:.

I would stay clear of this guy!

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
417-588-7900
 
typherp said:
i do personal visit but not for , cause u guys dont k anything about cayman iguana . u should be read my post again , i just wonderning , do u understand english ? cause i m already wrote which 1 is for sale . sounds u have eye problem . also u can come my place take lokk , but i dont sale for you ! ! !

For your information....I have more than 60 C. lewisi cross....so I think I know a lot more that you do. You told me that your 2010 baby is 3 feet long....that is impossible. My 2010 babies are around 18 inches and my 2008 are around 3 feet.
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WHO TOLD MY 2010 HACHING IS 3 FT ? BY THE WAY , ARE U THE STAND ? ? ? IS THAT MEANS ? THEY MUST LIKE U IGUANA LENGTH WHEN EVERYONE HAVE IGUANA ? ? ? DO U C SOME IGUANA GROWN SLOW ? ? ? ? GO STUDY MORE KNOWLEDGE MAN ! ! !
 
so just have him post the pics with tomorrows paper and can of mountain dew so its recent and gives a size perception if you know him all we're asking is for proof..Ty breeds them ...
 
Mike, I am offering you $200 if you post a photo with tomorrows paper and can of mountain dew like Pat has suggested. All I am trying to do here is to protect people from being scammed. Please prove me wrong!
 
typherp said:
Mike, I am offering you $200 if you post a photo with tomorrows paper and can of mountain dew like Pat has suggested. All I am trying to do here is to protect people from being scammed. Please prove me wrong!
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I WILL , I WILL TAKE THE PIC WITH TOMORROW NEWS PAPER ! I M WAITING YOU 200 ! ! ! ! DONT BE LIE ! ! !
 
Ty make sure it has the mountain dew can so it narrows size down and you know it's his photo. big apple.just being careful..so don't take it offensive..hey maybe of him holding paper and Ig...so you know who your dealing with..hell I'm almost tempted to go to Cali just to see this personally..
 
typherp said:
Awesome...looking forward to it. What time do you think you will be posting the photo here?
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DONT WORRY I WILL DO TOMORROW RIGHT WAY . CAUSE I NEED EVERYONE KONW YOU MAKE THE TROUBLE ! ! !
 
typherp said:
After talking to him on the phone, exchanging emails and looking at the post, I have decided that this person (Mike Qiang or Mike Zhang), would be someone I do not wish to send money upfront. He refused my offer of personal visit to purchase the iguana. Please take extreme caution when dealing with this person.
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Maybe I'm missing something here that is obvious to everyone else, but the prospective buyer is indicated as being located in Punta Gorda, FL, and the seller of the animal is listed as being in Pomona, CA. Is the buyer willing to fly out to CA from FL to view and buy what I have gathered is a $200 animal?

BTW, if you have ANY doubts about the REAL NAME of the person you are dealing with, I STRONGLY suggest that you take any discrepancy in that info as a big red flag on the field. That is one of the main reasons I require this info in a user's profile. Please use all tools at your disposal to make a wise buying decision.
 
No Rich...the iguana he has for sale is $1500. I am offering him $200 to post a photo with of the iguana with tomorrows news paper so that I can see for sure that he has the iguana he says he has. Please read ALL the posts.
 
i can help the process if needed..i am 15 minutes away from pomona.i can meet up with mike personally and inspect the iguan in question and take pics
 
typherp said:
No Rich...the iguana he has for sale is $1500. I am offering him $200 to post a photo with of the iguana with tomorrows news paper so that I can see for sure that he has the iguana he says he has. Please read ALL the posts.
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I read enough of the posts to raise a question about the "personal visit" statement, thank you. $200 or $1500, very little difference considering the cost and time of travelling across country. Considering the time and expense of that venture, it just didn't add up to me IF the locations are accurate in both profiles.
 
rich,thats why i offered to go to pomona and meet up with mike to take pics of the iguana.i am only a hop skip and a jump to pomona..i use to live in the area.
 
WebSlave said:
I read enough of the posts to raise a question about the "personal visit" statement, thank you. $200 or $1500, very little difference considering the cost and time of travelling across country. Considering the time and expense of that venture, it just didn't add up to me IF the locations are accurate in both profiles.
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I'd assume the OP would have someone local to Mike pick up the animal.
 
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