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im floored by your operation! where on gods earth do you sell all of these snakes? more amazing is you still dont have a site up and running with snakes for sale and pics of your operation. no insult intended! your pics on my space are great to view. i just cant believe the size of you collection and would love to know how you market your snakes? hope to see you in person one day if i could ever make it to daytona. keep up your amazing work!

Thanks for the question, it’s one that I always get asked in person but have never had the chance to respond on a forum. We do produce a lot of animals and it’s just natural to wonder where these babies go. The market is much bigger then most people give it credit for, and it’s growing worldwide every year. That’s not to say that prices aren’t coming down, because of course they are. But as the prices come down it opens the doors for more people to get into the hobby. The fact that I don’t have a website, yet (very soon) and I don’t advertise, and really only do a couple shows a year, how the hell do I sell everything!! The truth is that it’s just really word of mouth, it’s taking care of my clients and trying my best to treat everyone the way I’d like to be treated, not that everyone's always happy with me .
I’m really getting started with the web and we’ll be making a lot of noise here over the next few months with a few of our ideas. Until now we just seem to always sell everything that we want to the old fashion way. I always joke around and say “if you produce it they will come”. That’s my field of dreams take
I think that everyone should market their animals to what their strengths are, in my case it’s more of a one on one sales attitude. For some it’s more of a web bases business, it’s really what ever works for you. Getting off on a tangent a little, that’s one of the reason that I haven’t pushed as hard for a website, because I want to let people get to know me by talking to me directly. I realize that I have no choice but to get out of that mind set, but I hope as I do I don’t lose what has worked for me. Sorry for the long winded answer, thanks again for the question, Brian (BHB)

I was just out at Brian's place last weekend. I was very impressed by the volume, size and diversity of his operation. Especially considering the quality of the staff he has, LOL. It was very clean, well maintained & operated. And YES the super lori does exist along with some others that i'm sure Brian will be displaying at daytona. Thanks for the hospitality to Brian, Lori and the staff.
Bruce Delles c/o Twin Cities Reptiles
CELEBRATING OUR 29TH YEAR IN THE RETAIL REPTILE BUSINESS

thanks for your reply. i wish i were able to see your place in person but i live in the north east. your in california? thanks again.

Brian (BHB) is located just outside of Detroit, Michigan.

thanks for that info.

Yea if your into reptiles not just ball pythons alone Brians place will floor you. Also Brian you will finally get to me my wife in Daytona. And since Jared refuses to give me directions to your place Im getting them directly from you at the show. BTW will Lee be going or is it just you and Lori. Cant wait to see you little bro and eat some more veggie pizza LMAO!!!
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

We'll have the whole crew there, so Lee will be a large in Daytona, Watch out people That Veggie Pizza with 5lbs of meat????? See you there, Brian(BHB)