Well heres my .02 for what good it is ...
The way I see it is this way , If you are a " newby" to the trade then IMHO it almost puts you behind the eightball before you get a good foothold in this buisness .Now far as " how many refferences make you a " good guy " in this buisness is questionable... I think if you are new to the trade and you have sold one snake etc or ten of them and all went well then I think that would say "hey there pretty good people". EVERYBODY starts somewhere.
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1) How many animals should you have sold a person before they qualify as a decent reference? (As a buyer, I wouldn't be too impressed if someone told me that they bought one cornsnake and it turned out great.)
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in saying that it would almost definately rule out every person in this buisness because of the fact we all start somewhere!!!
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2) How recent must sales be to that person for them to be considered a "valid" reference? (Especially if that one cornsnake was 3 years ago.)
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this is more difficult to answer in a sense , some people may not sale dozens , hundreds or even several hundred a year to have a deep client base of refferences.
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3) Is giving out an email address sufficient, or should a reference be willing to have a personal phone number be given out? (My concern is that, with some of the reactions I've seen, I'd hate for a good reference to start being harrassed by an unhappy customer.)
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I would say yes to giving out a email ONLY if the buyer of that email allows you to do so , IMO its the polite thing to do .as we know MANY of us will simply delete a unknown email of a sender esp w/o any header as to what it is .Now with a phone number ... well thats again would be on your past buyers to ok and them only.
If you look at peoples refferences like a refferal to a car dealer ,, some people may only buy from a said breeder once or once every few years , now that does not mean this breeder is not up to par for not having a list of people to hand out for a buyer , but i would look more into the "quaility" of there transaction ( promptness of the seller returning emails or a phone call to you. , follow up after the sale , shipping promptness and quailty of the package and arrival to the buyer and readiness to offer information on what you are buying )
.... wow I typed all that !! I need to rest now lol hope it was of some use
( I have only sold 5-6 snakes in 2 years , mainly because I really go overboard in the shipping process . OVERKILL costs me lol )
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