• 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.
  • 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.

Good Guy Tom Clarke-- Awesome

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I bought a female het hypo yellow leather back from Tom and she is awesome. I recently bred her and got 25 eggs from her. she is healthy and loving. Great transaction!!!
Thanks for all your help Tom.
Thanks David Pollard
 
lanceheads said:
Here we go again......
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what do you mean? he purchased a dragon from tom and is happy. What does your statement mean? And why do you feel it belonged in this good guy post. Tom is a good guy by comparrison to most of the "designer dragon" breeders.
 
spyder79 said:
what do you mean? he purchased a dragon from tom and is happy. What does your statement mean? And why do you feel it belonged in this good guy post. Tom is a good guy by comparrison to most of the "designer dragon" breeders.
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Very simple Brian,
I know you have been following the other threads, the back and forth btw Ed and Tom. This THREAD, in my opinion, would have NOT been posted IF the two previous threads have NOT been made.


Randal Berry
 
lanceheads said:
Very simple Brian,
I know you have been following the other threads, the back and forth btw Ed and Tom. This THREAD, in my opinion, would have NOT been posted IF the two previous threads have NOT been made.


Randal Berry
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thats possibly true. but you have no idea what prompted the OP to comment about his transaction with tom.
 
spyder79 said:
thats possibly true. but you have no idea what prompted the OP to comment about his transaction with tom.
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Sure I do.

You think the OP just logged on the BOI, and never looked at ANY other posts, and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom?
The negative posts about Tom courtesy of Ed, PROMPTED the OP to post this thread.
If the OP, posts that he NEVER saw the two threads regarding the parties involved, is either lying or stupid.


Randal Berry
 
IT DOESNT MATTER AS THE OP IS A CUSTOMER OF TOMS AND PURCHASED A ADULT YELLOW LEATHER BREEDER FROM TOM. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO POST A GOOD GUY THREAD ABOUT THEIR TRANSACTION.:thumbsup:
 
munchkin1020 said:
I bought a female het hypo yellow leather back from Tom and she is awesome. I recently bred her and got 25 eggs from her. she is healthy and loving. Great transaction!!!
Thanks for all your help Tom.
Thanks David Pollard
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Cool, have a pic you can post?

Best wishes on the eggs! :thumbsup:
 
spyder79 said:
IT DOESNT MATTER AS THE OP IS A CUSTOMER OF TOMS AND PURCHASED A ADULT YELLOW LEATHER BREEDER FROM TOM. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO POST A GOOD GUY THREAD ABOUT THEIR TRANSACTION.:thumbsup:
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And you really think the OP logged on at 6:43 p.m. and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom without reading the other threads? Your right, it doesn't matter, just stating, that the OP timing is suspect at best, and you defending the OP and Tom is, as well. Calling it like I see it dude.

Randal Berry
 
lanceheads said:
And you really think the OP logged on at 6:43 p.m. and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom without reading the other threads? Your right, it doesn't matter, just stating, that the OP timing is suspect at best, and you defending the OP and Tom is, as well. Calling it like I see it dude.

Randal Berry
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Lol
you can ask tom what me and him think of each other.

Doesnt change the fact that the op is welcome to post their feelings about their transaction.
 
Tom

Sure I do.

You think the OP just logged on the BOI, and never looked at ANY other posts, and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom?
The negative posts about Tom courtesy of Ed, PROMPTED the OP to post this thread.
If the OP, posts that he NEVER saw the two threads regarding the parties involved, is either lying or stupid.


Randal Berry

BOY you are way out of line. I had a great transaction with Tom and you posting that is stupid. Whether I saw the other post or not this is a true transaction. Go to Tom's rating post and you will see where I posted and you can also go to my web page and the see the dragon. Your opion is not needed here on my post. If you want to say something negative go to the other post.
David
 
munchkin1020 said:
Sure I do.

You think the OP just logged on the BOI, and never looked at ANY other posts, and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom?
The negative posts about Tom courtesy of Ed, PROMPTED the OP to post this thread.
If the OP, posts that he NEVER saw the two threads regarding the parties involved, is either lying or stupid.


Randal Berry

BOY you are way out of line. I had a great transaction with Tom and you posting that is stupid. Whether I saw the other post or not this is a true transaction. Go to Tom's rating post and you will see where I posted and you can also go to my web page and the see the dragon. Your opion is not needed here on my post. If you want to say something negative go to the other post.
David
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sorry for having aided in your topic being hijacked. :eek:
 
spyder79 said:
Lol
you can ask tom what me and him think of each other.

Doesnt change the fact that the op is welcome to post their feelings about their transaction.[/QUOTE]

I Never said the OP wasn't welcome to post his/her experience/feelings regarding Tom, I said it was suspect! i.e., the timimg.

Randal Berry
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Mr. Berry who cares why this thread was made the op had a transaction that went very well. and he wants to make sure that Tom gets the credit he deserves come on now and honestly any one that takes Ed seriously should see a shrink. PROPS TOM:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
spyder79 said:
Lol
you can ask tom what me and him think of each other.

Doesnt change the fact that the op is welcome to post their feelings about their transaction.
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munchkin1020 said:
Sure I do.

You think the OP just logged on the BOI, and never looked at ANY other posts, and decided to compose a good guy thread about Tom?
The negative posts about Tom courtesy of Ed, PROMPTED the OP to post this thread.
If the OP, posts that he NEVER saw the two threads regarding the parties involved, is either lying or stupid.


Randal Berry

BOY you are way out of line. I had a great transaction with Tom and you posting that is stupid. Whether I saw the other post or not this is a true transaction. Go to Tom's rating post and you will see where I posted and you can also go to my web page and the see the dragon. Your opion is not needed here on my post. If you want to say something negative go to the other post.
David
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lanceheads said:
spyder79 said:
Lol
you can ask tom what me and him think of each other.

Doesnt change the fact that the op is welcome to post their feelings about their transaction.[/QUOTE]

I Never said the OP wasn't welcome to post his/her experience/feelings regarding Tom, I said it was suspect! i.e., the timimg.

Randal Berry
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Spyder, i think what happened was two bull headed men with two different views got into a immature argument that could of been handled a different way. and not holding no of our convo against you

David, Thank you very much, i hope she is doing well for you. Looking forward to our next convo.

Lance, David probly seen that i was posted on the b.o.i. only to be slandered by Ed with no proof of 1 word that he said. And felt the need to say " hey wait a minute i done some good business with tom". So whats wrong with that?
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Sounds about right

Bull headed :shrug01: i have been called worse lol.
 
capt._howdy said:
Mr. Berry who cares why this thread was made the op had a transaction that went very well. and he wants to make sure that Tom gets the credit he deserves come on now and honestly any one that takes Ed seriously should see a shrink. PROPS TOM:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Thanks Russ. That female throws some nice babies Ask Ed he has two siblings from her. " Horus"
 
I have to agree with Randal, it does seem a bit suspect. Of course the OP has a right to post his experience with Tom, that's what this forum is for. I think one of the problems is that the old rule we used to have here where you were not allowed to start a new thread about someone on the BOI if there was already an existing thread. You were supposed to do a search for someone and if there was an existing thread you had to post your info in there. That rule probably got to be a pain in the butt to enforce though because so many would start threads in the BOI without reading the TOS and the mods and Rich were most likely spending too much time merging threads.

Anyway, carry on.
 
KelliH said:
I have to agree with Randal, it does seem a bit suspect. Of course the OP has a right to post his experience with Tom, that's what this forum is for. I think one of the problems is that the old rule we used to have here where you were not allowed to start a new thread about someone on the BOI if there was already an existing thread. You were supposed to do a search for someone and if there was an existing thread you had to post your info in there. That rule probably got to be a pain in the butt to enforce though because so many would start threads in the BOI without reading the TOS and the mods and Rich were most likely spending too much time merging threads.

Anyway, carry on.
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Kelli,
No one was asked to post any buss transaction done between us. and if anything would be said i rather it be in the post that Ed posted about me. So when that thread is read they will see other transactions. i asked to merge my thread with ed as for its the same problem just from two views. but that was not allowed. As for david posting on my be-half there are many customers that have called or e-mailed and asked if they wanted to post. i asked some of them not to. Ed did a good job on hanging himself in both post. and people that came to my aid were not friends or people i have any dealings with.
 
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