| Notices |
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please note that the information requested during registration will be used to determine your legitimacy as a participant of this site. As such, any information you provide that is determined to be false, inaccurate, misleading, or highly suspicious will result in your registration being rejected. This is designed to try to discourage as much as possible those spammers and scammers that tend to plague sites of this nature, to the detriment of all the legitimate members trying to enjoy the features this site provides for them.
Of particular importance is the REQUIREMENT that you provide your REAL full name upon registering. Sorry, but this is not like other sites where anonymity is more the rule.
Also your TRUE location is important. If the location you enter in your profile field does not match the location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected. As such, I strongly urge registrants to avoid using a VPN service to register, as they are often used by spammers and scammers, and as such will be blocked when discovered when auditing new registrations.
Sorry about all these hoops to jump through, but I am quite serious about blocking spammers and scammers at the gate on this site and am doing the very best that I can to that effect. Trust me, I would rather be doing more interesting things with my time, and wouldn't be making this effort if I didn't think it was worthwhile.
|
| The Welcome Room & New Member Intros How about a place for new members to come on in, make an introduction, and meet the regulars? Talk about yourself or anything else that comes to mind, just to break the ice. Or just pull up a chair and make yourself at home for a spell. |
|
View Poll Results: How do YOU choose who to purchase from? (More than 1 OK)
|
|
Walmart has very few reptile items but a good return policy, I shop there
|
   
|
4 |
12.50% |
|
I appreciate, and check out the BOI Good Guys, when I want to buy
|
  
|
21 |
65.63% |
|
I just get whatever is cheapest and do not check reps
|
  
|
0 |
0% |
|
I always search the BOI and consider the experiences of prior purchasers
|
  
|
24 |
75.00% |
|
If I see someone has screwed up once but come clean and make amends, I will give them a chance
|
  
|
12 |
37.50% |
|
I check reps out closely, my hard earned $ does NOT go to slimeballs
|
  
|
24 |
75.00% |
|
I talk to the vendor and use personal intuition
|
|
19 |
59.38% |
|
I've been burned and I am VERY careful of who I purchase from
|
|
13 |
40.63% |
|
Hey they SAID it was a het....must be true, right?
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
After a few bad experiences I only purchase 'in person'
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
Wow this guy offered me a foreign cashier's check for $5000 and I get to keep the change!
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
I put the check in the mail and then pray
|
|
1 |
3.13% |
|
I sent them a money order two months ago and still no snake, what's up?
|
|
1 |
3.13% |
|
I only order from personal friends
|
|
3 |
9.38% |
|
other
|
|
4 |
12.50% |
 |
|
04-20-2005, 07:11 AM
|
#1
|
|
|
Reputation Poll (more than 1 OK)
What with the advent of The BOI Good Guys Certification Forum (which helps take the risk out of transactions by allowing identification of those with good reputations), and what with clear evidence that there are still scammers extant both lurking and plying their scams and ripping people off, I was curious as to how y'all made your purchasing decisions?
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 08:58 AM
|
#2
|
|
|
It depends. If I am buying online I ALWAYS come here first. I try to buy everything from folks who support Fauna and have good reputations.
Now when at an expo, you have to trust your experience and intuition. Yet even then I try to do business with people I have built relationships with and know to be good folks.
I am not a deal hunter. I have no problems paying the extra cash when the animal/supplies/caging is worth it. Most of my snakes came from Mike Wilbanks. He cut me a hell of a deal on my albino, pied and hets for both. I did not get them from Mike becasue of the price, I got them from Mike because he is a good guy with excellent snakes. My racks come from Jason at Jasons Jungle, again a good guy. Half of my Leos came from Shelley at Lizard Lair, my gutload from Cody at ProGeckos, my feeders from Grubco, all 7 of my cages are from Boaphile, etc, etc. See a pattern? Good folks with high quality animals and products. Quality of the product/animal and the quality of the individual I am buying from means much more to me than saving a few bucks.
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 09:35 AM
|
#4
|
|
|
..... i shop at walmart......
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 09:52 AM
|
#5
|
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by robin s.
..... i shop at walmart......
|
You're lucky. We don't have a Herp department in our Walmarts up this way. 
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 10:05 AM
|
#6
|
|
|
neither do we!! i buy my water and food bowls there and fake plants and vermiculite and spagnum peat and SAND!! among other things... like i said i shop at walmart. i didnt say what we got. wally world kicks ass
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 01:05 PM
|
#7
|
|
|
Seems we all voted on the same four 
I'm quoting shrap, because that's about what I would have written myself.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by shrap
It depends. If I am buying online I ALWAYS come here first. I try to buy everything from folks who support Fauna and have good reputations.
Now when at an expo, you have to trust your experience and intuition. Yet even then I try to do business with people I have built relationships with and know to be good folks.
I am not a deal hunter. I have no problems paying the extra cash when the animal/supplies/caging is worth it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2005, 09:12 PM
|
#8
|
|
|
I consider the Rubbermaid aisle at Wally World the "Reptile Dept" LOL.
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2005, 02:22 PM
|
#9
|
|
|
LOL yeah forgot about the rubbermaid section!!!
|
|
|
|
|
05-07-2005, 08:11 AM
|
#10
|
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by robin s.
LOL yeah forgot about the rubbermaid section!!!
|
Kinky.
Actually boycotted walmart years ago...they tried to strongarm an anchor store here, and resorted to some fairly underhanded means...scumbags. Unfortunately, they ended up winning the land, and the monstrosity is under construction.
I like to support small businesses (owning one, I understand the work load)...but I do use the boi to check out any potential sellers/buyers...even though my last purchase was made from a seller no one here seemed to like...worked out well, guess I got lucky.
greg
|
|
|
|
Join
now to reply to this thread or open new ones
for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com
is the largest online community about Reptile
& Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one
classifieds service with thousands of ads to look
for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE.
Click Here to Register!
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:15 PM.
|
|
Foreign guy with a cashier's check.... 
Linear Mode
