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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.

Rainforest Reptiles

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I recieved 3 gargoyle geckos from Danielle and Mike of Rainforest Reptiles (rainforestreptiles.org) and am very happy with the animals and their service. They promptly replied to my e-mails, did not hesitate to send pictures, and the animals were sent securely, warmly, and arrived in excellent health. I had a great experience dealing with them and would not hesitate to recommend them. Last I checked the site is still on its way getting up (I found them on Kingsnake.com classifieds).
 
add another to the good guy list

Michael and Danielle Fields of Rainforest Reptiles get 2 thumbs up in my book for 2 recent transactions i have had with them i have boughten 4 albino nelsons 3 sinaloans and 2 cali kings and all have arived in a well packed insulated box the animals are second to none in health and in beauty if anyone is has any worries about these people you need not be i highly recamend them to anyone A++++

Billy Blanchet
owner/operator
www.baystategeckos.com
 
I have never done business with Rainforest Reptiles, but I am not impressed with them at all. I just received this from them in response to two different classified ads where I am selling a Blue-tongued Skinks.

Hello,

My name is Mike and I am the owner of Rainforest Reptiles.
I was wondering what type of business this is?
Do you just breed?
Or do you buy and sell also?
I have just recieved a few shipments in and was wondering if you can use anything off of them? If you are intrested please contact me at 772-398-7636.

Thanks you for your time, Mike
Rainforest Reptiles
772-398-7636

I must say that I think this is pretty irritating. It smells of desperation. :toiletcla

Mike, I have no problem if you want to market your product, but don't do it by responding to all of my classified ads with stupid solicitations. There is a special section here on Fauna or the other reptile sites where you can advertize. Come on man, show some common courtesy.
 
I almost had a transaction earlier this year - without getting into all the details, they were unable to provide the animals...no problem. However, they were pretty slow about refunding my money. After their initial promise to send it, I had to send 3 requests for payment via PayPal - the last including the threat of lodging a complaint with paypal. I did finally get my money, but the effort and time that it took kind of soured me on Rainforest Reptiles
 
Well I've been meaning to start a thread about these folks

But with the new baby ETC just haven't found the time.


I'll post emails ETC about this in the next day or two when I find some time, here's the short version--
My business with them went less than well. Bought a chondro from them in May and after asking when they were going to ship and then waiting for an animal that wasn't shipped a few times Mike finally told me it had gotten injured and he couldn't ship it. So we talked about it and I decided to take another animal he had.(Told me he'd ship her when she healed)

Well here we go again, said he was shipping I'd try to call and email to confirm (no reply) so I waited around the house to be sure it wasn't coming. This happened a couple of times till I got him on the phone and asked if he even had the animal! he said he did so once again we arranged for him to ship and I told him that it had been very hot (in the 90s) so ship for a 10:30 arrival. Well he didn't and the Chondro didn't show up till the afternoon. Very warm but alive. I contacted him and left a message and later emailed him(got no reply to either) that the Chondro had made it but was over heated.

I cooled the animal down and put him in his cage, he seemed like he was doing OK that night but I found him dead the next morning. Again tried to email and call but got no response.

I will say up until I sent him the money he was quick to reply but after that he was real slow to respond to emails if he replied at all and if I called I got the machine or his wife who would say he wasn't there. I believe he only offers a live arrival guarantee(it did get here alive) but they should be shipped the way you pay for them to be shipped and arrive healthy. Like I said I'll post the emails and more info later today or tonight when I get time again. Randy

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That just sucks. If things went down the way you have described, then they owe you a refund plain and simple. Just because it was still barely alive when it showed up does not mean they have fulfilled their contractual obligation. They did not ship it as agreed. You paid for morning delivery, and it looks as though they did not send for morning delivery. Well, that is not your fault. It is their fault and their responsibility to get that animal to you on time and healthy. It would be good to post any e-mails that you may have in regard to this deal.
 
Well that is a big bummer. Can you check with the carriers as to what shipping option was payed for?

I had an animal arrive late even though a early shipping was payed for. The carrier themselves clocked in an early time to cover their own hides, they never even stopped by when they were supposed to. My wife was home all morning waiting by the door for the snake. We live in a quiet area so their trucks are loud and we can hear them walk up to our door. 6 hours later the package was left at the door on the "second delivery attempt". In fact they said they arrived the first time an hour and 15 minutes earlier than the scheduled delivery time, even better I was on the phone with my wife 5 minutes before they supposedly showed up in the morning, so I know for a fact she was waiting around. Also we live far enough away from the depot that it would be impossible for them to arrive that early just after loading their trucks.

Of course in my case the seller and I worked things out really quick, though there was still a dead snake and the seller ended up losing the money.
 
My transaction with Rainforest Reptiles was mixed - I acquired a beautiful baby ball from them - healthy, eats great - the problem is that they guaranteed it was female and it turned out to be a male - as it's a wicked cool ball - I wanted to hold onto it anyway - as a female it was a bit expensive as a male definately overpriced - Mike said he'd give me $100 off my next purchase - but they havent had anything that intrests me - I'm sure by the time they do Mike will have forgotten my discount we'll see. The other ball I got at the same time was properly sexed, healthy and a good eater too.
 
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