Andrew Schnell username aschnell, Great Guy!!!!

I have done business a number of times with Andrew, and thought it about time I write up a good guy post for him.

I have bought a number of animals from him, and me and him have worked other deals on buying other animals together. I have never had any problems sending or recieving money from him, nor have I ever had any problems sending him or recieving animals from him. All the animals I have gotten from him have been in perfect health, and have some of the best appitite's and growth rates of all the animals I own.

Andrew's knowldge of how to care for the sepcies, and knowldge of geckos in general is top notch, and he was been a great help to me when it comes to leachianus.

Buy with confidence from Andrew Schnell! You will not regret it!!

I have not personally dealt with Andrew as of yet, but I've talked with him a few times about his animals and every time he was polite and helpful and even referred me to you, Brian. Andrew is a great guy from what I've seen and I hope to do business with him in the future, maybe next year

More Andrew Schnell. start with post 544.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=232090

I've been keeping up with that thread and honestly I think who cares. He's got his own reasons for his actions, but overall even after seeing that thread, he seems to be a good guy, knows his stuff, and cares about his animals. We all make mistakes. He should've checked the BOI, yes, but you know what, that's his fault for not checking if something does happen. He learns from it. If he lied about it, again, that's for him to know about. He made a deal with someone, is trying to fix it, and probably didn't want everyone to know about it. I really don't give two craps though. The type of people he deals with doesn't matter to me since he's a very reputable breeder, nice and knowledgeable guy overall, and has very nice animals.

Originally Posted by kkreptiles

I really don't give two craps though. The type of people he deals with doesn't matter to me since he's a very reputable breeder, nice and knowledgeable guy overall, and has very nice animals.

Breeder? you are some what confused.

Andrew bought Max from AC then flipped him to Chad for a huge profit, then he lied about it.

Originally Posted by Ed Clark

Andrew bought Max from AC then flipped him to Chad for a huge profit, then he lied about it.

You've flipped several animals yourself, Ed, so I wouldn't be talking.

And again I don't care. It's not my business - that goes for anyone doing such thing. Once you sell an animal to someone with no contract, you have the right to do as you wish, IMHO. Now if Andrew had a contract with Max, then ok I see a problem.
Unless you come up with a contract stating that you are not allowed to turn around and resell the animal, I see no fault in it. If he wants to lie about it, fine, that's what he wants to do - it'll hurt his reputation, but that's at his stake.

Matthew, reselling an animal is not a crime as long as the seller is up front with any info requested. once the lying starts as it did with Andrew then it starts to get shady.

Agreed Ed, but there is a point where Andrew can explain his intentions and everything can be healed. Even if a slow process.

IMO, Andrew didn't lie about anything that's gonna sway my wants of buying from him someday. He lied, it's shady, whatever. But no one was hurt, the animal isn't hurt.. Max may never be returned, but that's the risk Andrew took and that's the risk he has to deal with himself.

Originally Posted by Ed Clark

Breeder? you are some what confused.

Andrew bought Max from AC then flipped him to Chad for a huge profit, then he lied about it.

Andrew did not buy Max from Anthony Caponetto. Max was purchased from Anthony by a friend of Ryan Nefcy's and given to Ryan as "interest" on a loan Ryan had given his friend. This was years ago.... Ryan recently sold max to Andrew.

I don't know what Andrew paid Ryan for Max, but even if he had bought him from AC for the original selling price of $900, he did not resell him for a "huge profit"


I have no Idea why Andrew is being attacked for selling an animal to a "bad guy" I have NEVER done a BOI search on someone i'm selling to. The BOI is here so people don't ripped off, and seeing as I, and just about every other person in the industry does not sell an animal without first getting confirmed payment, its pretty hard to get ripped off as a seller.

Lastly, the thread you linked has nothing whatsoever to do with Andrew, or Max or any of Andrews geckos. The thread is about people Chad "sold" animals to, and the people he ripped off. The fact that Andrew got pulled into that thread is completely ridiculous, and one of the reasons the BOI is a joke. This "lynch mob" mentality people have when they get involved in the BOI does nothing positive for the hobby.

Again, this is a good guy post I decided to start about Andrew after having had many many positive interactions with him. This is not a "hey Andrew sold a few animals to a guy who screwed some other people over in a completely unrelated incident" thread, for such a thread would be pointless....

Originally Posted by AltitudeExotics

I have no Idea why Andrew is being attacked for selling an animal to a "bad guy"

Clarification real quick: He's being attacked for lying about possession. He had sold Max to Chad but just earlier today, before he admitted Max wasn't in his possession at the moment, he said that he had let Max out on a breeding loan and had him in his possession and he was doing great.

It's just the pure fact he lied that everyone is getting worked up over it, cause they're all wondering why he lied and find it shady



On another note......


You had me cracking up on most of your thread hehe. Well said, Brian.