Avoid Howard Leong of HC Premium reptiles

Even more telling about the OP, is the fact that he has made the initial post and has not commented further.

Thank you everyone for your comments. I did reach out and contact Brandon several days ago, again asking him for his PayPal information so that I could compensate him for his lost. I was told in no uncertain terms that he does not want my money. As he replied, he makes plenty of money, to keep it, that it will not buy him another spider banana but that it will hopefully buy me some integrity. Unfortunately there will be those few times when a transaction does not go smoothly but to have been blasted on this site, have my integrity questioned when all I tried to do when this went down was to try and make it right and to reimburse him for the lost is a first for me.

I generally lurk here more than post. However, I do want to say that I think you handled things pretty reasonably, Howard. You were calm and willing to work out any issues the OP had.

That all said, I do agree that $250 seems low for a banana spider. The few I have seen listed recently are in the $400 range. Still doesn't warrant a bad guy thread, in my opinion, though.

As he replied, he makes plenty of money, to keep it, that it will not buy him another spider banana but that it will hopefully buy me some integrity

From what has been presented, you do not need to buy integrity, Howard. You have been more than cooperative and generous in attempting to rectify the situation.

Perhaps Brandon should research the BP market and exercise a little maturity in the future.

Thanks for posting the texts, Dan.

Originally Posted by Valor

That all said, I do agree that $250 seems low for a banana spider. The few I have seen listed recently are in the $400 range. Still doesn't warrant a bad guy thread, in my opinion, though.

That may be retail price, not a vendor to vendor price.

I like most vendors will sell my animals, to other vendors, below retail value. So IMO, $250 is on target for a vendor to vendor transaction.

Also, there has been no proof that the snake is actually deceased ...

If I was in the market for BPs, I would buy from Howard in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by Snake-Queen

That may be retail price, not a vendor to vendor price.

I like most vendors will sell my animals, to other vendors, below retail value. So IMO, $250 is on target for a vendor to vendor transaction.

Also, there has been no proof that the snake is actually deceased ...

If I was in the market for BPs, I would buy from Howard in a heartbeat.

Absolutely. I don't think I'd hesitate to buy from Howard, either. His customer service when things went bad was very impressive, as was how he has handled himself here.