Well you guys will ove this. I saw this add on Kingsnake.com>
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Adult Columbian & Fire Belly Redtails. $99.00 ea!
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We have 2.1 adult Columbian & Fire belly redtails left. Eating great on F/T or live Lg rats weekly. Approx. 5 ft long. Tame.
$99.00 ea Plus shipping $29.99 fedex nextday. All animals are packed with 60 hr heat packs. And are next day after payment is secured. Thanks Jonathan One Stop Pet Shop Inc.
We gladly accept the following.... Money orders
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1.1 Colunbian 1.0 Firebelly Hounduras Master card
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So I replied to the add asking if thy had any pictures of the Fire Belly boa because I wanted to buy it.
I got back an e-mail that said>
I dont currently have pics. I do guarantee all animals. Thanks Jonathan
So I sent him this e-mail>
Here, this is the type of fire belly that I am looking for and the only type I am aware of. They come from the island of Roatan off the coast of Honduras. Does yours look anything like this>
And he sent me back an e-mail saying>
Looks identical to the one you sent, my male is about 4 feet in length eating live or F/T sm - med rats. Thanks Jonathan Give me your zip to find accurate shipping cost..
And I replied to his e-mail with this>
My zip is 78247, San Antonio, Tx. I would really prefer to see a picture of the snake before I send any money though. I don’t mean to be a pain in the ass or anything, but you just can’t be too careful in this business of buying snakes online. I have been keeping reptiles for 30 years and this would be the first one that I have ever bought without holding it and looking at it up close before I bought it. And I don’t think a picture is really too much to ask for. Other than that I will buy him.
David
And he replied with this e-mail>
dont have a photo at this time, it will be Friday before Im back in the shop. But I guarantee you will love this fire belly. If he is still there when I get back I will send a photo. He is in our store front and on kingsnake aswell as fauna classifieds. Thanks Jonathan
I thought that Friday was not a long wait so I sent him this>
I guess I will wait till Friday then. Once again, I am sorry for being a pain in the ass about this. But as soon as I get a picture I will send you the money over night. That is not a problem. I will just check back on Fri. then. Have a good one.
David
Well I got up this mornign and had an e-mail from Jonathan saying that the fire belly had been sold over night and was no longer available. So I sent him this e-mail>
Sorry to hear that, but good for you I am sure. I just didn’t want to get the wrong snakes for my breeding project. There are boas from the Honduran mainland that they call “Fire belly” that only get about 3ft. long max. They have fairly orange bellies and are nice snakes. Then there are the boas from the island of Roatan off the Honduran coast which have the brilliant red bellies like the one in the picture I sent you. They get to about 6-7ft. and are a bit different from the ones on the mainland in pattern too. The Roatan boas are what I have been looking for, but all I have found so far are the ones from the mainland.
So if this sale doesn’t go through for some reason please let me know. I am still interested in that male.
David
So when I went back to Kingsnake.com later I was suprised to see that he had reposted the add about an hour before he had e-mailed me saying that the snake had been sold.
So me being the suspicious person I am and having my own mail server I set up another e-mail address under a different domain and sent an e-mail asking about the snake>
elow is a copy of the mesage you sent to One Stop Pet Shop Inc.
I am interested in your fire belly boa. How old is it and is that the male?
Thomas
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And I recieved this e-mail>
Yes that is the male. He is about 4 feet long and almoct 2 tears of age. Thanks Jonathan
Well I thought this was quite strange so I sent back this>
Cool, my bro and I saw one on a boa forum and thought it was the nicest looking boa we had ever seen. Do you have a picture of your male? I would really like to get it to breed with my female bci. I really like the fire red belly on them. Thanks.
Thomas
To which he replied>
Unfortanetly we do not have photos at this time, we were going to take but weve sold all but one male. And I belive it has been sold also. The buyer will get back at me by today. Have not herd from him. If you want him hes yours Satisfaction Guaranteed... Thanks Jonathan
Now this is where it gets funny, and I don't mean the kind of funny you laugh at. I mean the kind of funny where you want to take a stick and whoop some ass.
So I sent him this e-mail>
Well my brother said he would not give me his half of the money for the snake without a picture. So I guess we won’t get him. If the buyer you said you have doesn’t get him could you maybe e-mail me a picture? I sure would like to get him.
David
To which he repies>
Sure no problem. Thanks Jonathan
Then I get another e-mail from him right after with this>
I do have a photo of the larger female from our breeder stock. Here she is, the other are most identical Thanks Jonathan
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Now I don't know who this idiot thinks he is fooling, but you can bet that he didn't even know what a Fire Belly looked like until I sent him that picture last night. The picture by the way is from here originally
http://www.boa-constrictors.com
On their Firebellies page!
I really wanted that snake, but got suspicious of the guy because he was so cagey about having a picture. Then I got pissed when I saw the add was back up after he had told me that he had sold it. So beware of this guy and his One Stop Pet Shop. I have all the e-mails for proof if he ever surfaces to dispute this too.
David Button