A few of the GOOD experiences!

There is so much bad mojo in this forum, I thought I'd start a thread for some more of the "good guys".  <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

I already contributed to the gratuitous SerpenCo thread, so I'll leave Rich off this list (oops, guess I mentioned him now&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> but of the people I've done "mail order" business with this summer the following provided Great Service, Great Packaging, and Healthy Herps. If we did business and I forgot to mentoin your name I both apologize, but also ask that you nudge me - I'll add you to the thread if it was an oversight.

So, persons that I would not hesitate to do more business with would include:

Rich Zuchowski - SerpenCo
Don Soderberg - South Mountain Reptiles
John Organiscak - HerpetoCritters
Kathy Love - CornUtopia
Mike of Mikes Motleys (did I hear he's closing down? aweful shame, if true)
Rick of Renegade Reptiles
Darrin Chappell
Hiss-n-Things
Roberta Byrd
New England Reptile Distributors
Kevin Minena


My shoddy ISP Godaddy.com blew away my email (more than once, even) so if you think I should have mentioned you I promise it was probably an oversight. If you know a good ISP for email and web hosting please let me know! And finally, if anyone wants to know any more specific details of my interactions with any of the above I'll be happy to answer any reasonable questions to the best of my ability.

^Curtis Brown

I bought two nice blizzards from Garrick DeMeyer at www.crestedgecko.com.  He was great, even when I asked to change to order from 1.1 to 0.2 at the last minute.  I know it was bad and I told him I would happily take 1.1 if he could not do it since it was my fault, but he was very understanding.  I also purchased 2 CB tokays from Leann at www.daygecko.com.  They are great and she e-mailed me many times about care and let me know when they were shipped.  The only other online herp related purchase I have made recently was from Russ Lockenwitz at www.rlreptiles.com.  I purchased two vision cages from him and they arrived in three days in great condition.  I just ordered another from him that should be arriving on Monday.  Reading the BOI made me realize how lucky I was since I did not know about it when I ordered the geckos.  I did several metasearches looking for the people I was going to order from, but this makes it all much easier.

You are right about the negative aspect of our hobby/business so here are some positive dealing we have had this year.

H.I.S.S. Kelli Hammack/ Great geckos! Super person to talk to!

Tribal Propagation/ We traded them for some nice ball
pythons! Great people!

Dan and Colette Sutherland/ We purchased a few balls from them this year and are completely satisfied!!!

Ralph Davis Reptiles/ We purchased a beautiful pastel male ball from him this year! Excellent service!

And of course Serpenco where else would you get you corns from?

Keep up the positive work and maybe we can flush the negative stuff out of our industry!!!

Nicole Elliser
owner: K&N Reptiles

I'd like to add my comments on Garrick DeMeyer and Ralph Davis.  I did a little bit of business with them both this year.

The trio of cresteds I got from Garrick were just excellent.  Packaged well, arived on time, he even worked with me when I was wishy washy about useing paypal (bad expeariance in the past with it.)  I would not hesitate to do business with him in the future.

I've order a trio of Ball Pythons from Ralph Davis as well, they will be shipped on the 21st of this month but so far I can say nothing but great things about Ralph and the type of business he runs.  He was happy to work out a payment plan with me and he was more then happy to pick out some great snakes for me.  He also worked with me to find a shipping date that would work well for both of us. I have no doubt I will be more then satisfied with the animals I'm getting and I will keep you all updated when I get the animals.

Okay here is mine:

Ben Seigel (tops in the biz)
Reptile Kingdom (Allen Roth)
Captive Bred excellance (Tad and dona Fitchgarld)
Garrick Demeyer (top notch Geckos)
Damon Holland (awesome guy&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>
Hanover Herps (Bob Fisher)
Day and Night Geckos (Jerry Peeples)
Dream Lizard (Teresa Caudle, Great person and Heart)
Mark Quesada ( awesome person, big heart)
Napa Valley Snakes (Steve Emerick, top notch guy, thanks again&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>
Scales (Daniel Wedeking, great Beardeds&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>
Mikes Mottleys (Mike has some of the best corns out there)
Grooms Crickets
H.I.S.S(Steve and Kelli Hammick, Great Geckos)
Neil Gubitz( Great animals, and service)

If I forgot anyone, I am sorry!

These are people I would do buisness with again, and recommend all of you do also!

Thanks,
Rick steward/Ricks Reptiles

Good idea!  Here's a few we can ad...

 Happy Herps-  Bob and Cecelia-great people, great animals!
 Rick's Reptiles- Rick- great, knowledgable, and a people person too!
 Critters n Reps-  Julie-Deal was good, loves her beardeds!
 Crestedgecko.com- Garrick- great to do business with, nice animals, great service!
 Lizards of Oz-  Matt- awesome geckos, great guy!
 Beardeds 'r' us-  Cindy-  nice lady, good deal !
 Angels R Us- Mike-  great animals, great to talk with!
 
 Sorry if I've forgotten anyone!  <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>