• 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.
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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 Scammer: Adams12/Wilson John/[email protected]

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Still trying the same thing.
 

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Just took care of this since you posted this thread (and thank you for the notification). In the future, please use the report post function as well so it alerts site staff members rapidly and directly. I only happened to refresh this forum a bit ago.
 
He’s been killing me all day, he’s sent emails for several different species. I finally told him that the only snakes I had left were still eating lucky rabbits feet. His name attached to the email is David.
 

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Gah... Same thing with David guy today! About my artwork and what not same exact email. Told him he wasn't original with his scams. Heard this one too many times
 
I mean I went to all this trouble to take a screenshot, might as well add it to the pile. :p
 

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Grade F for creativity with this scammer. I mean really, at least make an effort.

joking, of course..I wish this guy would get some kind of real job!
 
I received a notification through my private e-mail, From Adam12. When I clicked the link, There were no E-mail in my fauna account from Adam!!

M.
 
I could never understand that offer of an extra however-many $$$, as to me it SCREAMS "scam", and you'd think would warn people off, but I read somewhere that when people do respond to something obvious like this, it indicates to the scammer that they are an easy (and greedy) mark, so it's essentially a sort of pre-screening device.
 
He is quite possibly the worst scammer I have ever seen. He will email me still with new threads after i make him send a fake check to an address
 
Adams12 contacted me a week ago with the SAME exact massage in that original post. I emailed him back, but never heard from him

Searched here and found this

WTF is wrong with people? And why is this industry so susceptible to these clowns?:shrug01:
 
ChadRamsey said:
WTF is wrong with people? And why is this industry so susceptible to these clowns?:shrug01:
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It's not just this industry, the scammers just work through dozens of different ads.
 
My business partner got this one:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Mountain Spring Rosy Boas!!
To: Kayla Cornblath <[email protected]>


Thanks for your quick reply.I'm going on a business trip but I will instruct my assistant to prepare and mail your payment so i need your full name,mailing address and cell phone number.Am paying by Certified Cashier Check .I'll add Extra $50 for keeping it in my favor.I will also make arrangement for pick-up which will be after you must have received and cashed the check.Awaiting your info.
Thanks
 
You should reply back "OK, we can wait to do the transaction when you get back. You know how unreliable assistants are. they might mistakenly send too much money and then I'd have to mail you back the remainder. Best to just keep the transaction between us." :)
 
Got this today from a user going by freng12

Still up for sale?let me know the final price and get back to me via my email [email protected]

His join date is within the last week, he has no posts, states that his location is California without a specific city, and his name is "wilsonjohn." This is clearly a duplicate account to the "adams12" account, and should be banned.
 
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