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What do you all think of people who commit to purchasing an animal (or more) and then don't end up sending money and won't respond via email or phone call? What do you do to reduce the number of instances of this sort of behavior?

I've had a couple of "buyers" like this recently who contacted ME to buy animals (I never advertised them) and then they haven't gone through with their commitment and it's just plain irritating!

The only thing I can come up with at this point is just to keep a little list of people I'll never bother engaging in a transaction with. But I still can't think of anything to reduce of eliminate this behavior. Any suggestions?

And to keep on topic I can't wait for this one to shed for the second time! And if you'll notice in the lower left hand corner of the pic, this boa HAS TWO TAILS!!! lol

Thanks for any responses! jb
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Jonathan Brady
"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin" -Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) in "Anger Management".

Nature of the beast so to speak,it applies to all commodities.People will start second guessing
their choice(s) of potential purchases and often loose track of all inquiry/contacts made.Granted there are the tire kickers and dreamers with little self control.
Dont sweat it,just track'em and you'll be able to ask them prior to selling if they attempt a purchase contact again.

It all plays like a country/western song most times but some just get all to creative and then theres the legit ones.

Be flexible,
Best of luck !
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TnK

I think it's just part of being in business. It's irritating but always seems to be part of the juju
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Greg Holland
GM HERPS
www.imageevent.com/gmherps
gmherps@sbcglobal.net

I call it discourteous and bad business practice. If you are corresponding with someone about an animal, you at least have the testicular fortitude to let them know you aren't interested anymore, if this is the case.
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Richard Carew
Sunset BCI
You laugh at me cuz I'm different! I laugh at you cuz you're all the same.
Stop Inhumane and Illegal Practices

with stunning animals you produced this year Johnathan that is clearly their loss so the hell with them. What about when you try to contact someone about getting one of their snakes and they won't return an e-mail but you see them advertised still-that sucks too. best of luck with those Rose babies and show some pics next time
Bob

How about the 4-5 digit prices and crap pics!
Thaaaaats why you see them week in and week out UNSOLD !
You see quality on the low-end stuff that puts the "hopefuls" to shame

>>with stunning animals you produced this year Johnathan that is clearly their loss so the hell with them. What about when you try to contact someone about getting one of their snakes and they won't return an e-mail but you see them advertised still-that sucks too. best of luck with those Rose babies and show some pics next time
>>Bob
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TnK

...with the last post. A year ago I contacted one of the biggest sellers in the boa world (I won't say who) and it took weeks to get a response to each email I sent. When I asked "what's the snake eating?", "how much is shipping and handling?" "how old are the photos on the website?", he responds back two weeks later with "shipping and handling is 10% off"... and nothing else.

The snake on his website I wanted was listed at $2000, but by the time he finally started returning my emails, he said "oh, those snakes are much older now, they're $3000 now" (even though when I originally emailed him the website said $2000). Plus he kept promising to send me recent pics (the website pics were a year old) but kept coming up with BS excuses for why he forgot or didn't have time, so I gave up on buying anything from this seller.

I ended up spending the money instead on a beautiful sunglow female from constrictors unlimited and when I emailed them 3 days later to ask when she was born, mike wilbanks personally responded within 24 hrs.

There are good and bad people on both sides: buyers and sellers. Luckily the vast majority of people I've encountered in this business are honest and responsible people who really care about their animals and their customers.

~kasey

Jonathan,
...I have quite a few ads running here on kingsnake and the same thing happens to me. They say they are sending the money and it never arrives. Some of them probably think that if they do this to enough sellers they will find one who isn't paying attention and goes ahead and ships without getting payment. I think there are some other people who just enjoy the shopping more than ever actually buying anything.
...My ads thoroughly describe the payment and shipping details and I still get people who ask questions that are specifically answered in the ads. I also get people asking questions about the animals that indicate they know nothing at all about them. I have had numerous people ask why my Argentinian Rainbow Boa in my ad does not look like PICs of other Argentinian Boas they have seen. It makes me think that there are many people who only check out the ads here on kingsnake.com rather than ever reading the forums and learning anything about the animals. I think some of them just see a colorful picture and have to own an animal they know nothing about. In summation......
Snakes are great, people suck,
Jeff

>>What do you all think of people who commit to purchasing an animal (or more) and then don't end up sending money and won't respond via email or phone call? What do you do to reduce the number of instances of this sort of behavior?
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>>I've had a couple of "buyers" like this recently who contacted ME to buy animals (I never advertised them) and then they haven't gone through with their commitment and it's just plain irritating!
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>>The only thing I can come up with at this point is just to keep a little list of people I'll never bother engaging in a transaction with. But I still can't think of anything to reduce of eliminate this behavior. Any suggestions?
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>>And to keep on topic I can't wait for this one to shed for the second time! And if you'll notice in the lower left hand corner of the pic, this boa HAS TWO TAILS!!! lol
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>>Thanks for any responses! jb
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>>Jonathan Brady
>>"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin" -Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) in "Anger Management".

LOL!! no doubt !

>>Snakes are great, people suck,
>>Jeff
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TnK