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Anyone dealt with Snakes at Sunset recently?

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And no, it's not Amir Soleymani; they are under new ownership. We just sent money for a snake assuming we were dealing with Amir but the reply was that he didn't own the store anymore. I sent an e-mail asking who the new owner is but I have yet to hear about it. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Thanks,

Dan

:)
 
Amir sold that location back in the spring. There was a breif time tht the new guy at Snakes at sunset was posting on ks, but I didn't catch the name.

If you are on ks you may be able to find out who it is.

thanks
ben
 
Actually there's no name in the ads that were posted this week.

Snakes at Sunset is Miami's most well known reptile specialty store. Located at 9763 sw 72 st, we are open 7 days a week from 11am till 7pm.
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Anyways, I already sent my money and I know it has been delivered. The order was made to Snakes at Sunset as per their request.

Thanks,

Dan
 
Snakes At Sunset is under new ownership and is being managed/operated by Michael Barrera aka Mike Barrera. Look him up and I think you'll see you are in good hands. I have purchased 3 animals from him recently and was very happy with the transactions. No worries, Dan.
 
I have received three orders from Snakes at Sunset this summer.The last one Sept 26 all three were what they were supposed to be.they arrived on time and were packed properly.all animals are healthy and doing great.I will buy from them again without hesitation if they have something that i am interested in.So far my experience with Mike has been as good as my dealings with Ben Siegel
 
Justin Mitcham said:
Are you referring to the same Michael Berrara that recently was released from prison for his involvement in smuggling endangered animals..many of which died in route?
http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=2621
the same guy who claimed to be close friends with this guy on many of his BOI post here?...
http://www.awionline.org/pubs/Quarterly/spring2001/drug_kingpin.htm
Hope it is not the same guy!!
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Wow Great Find! I live here In S.florida and I know of Mike from SNAKES. But never knew of smuggling. As of Mario Tabraue, I never knew this either. I just learned about his buisness the other day. I wanted to get a few ball pythons from him but they refused me going. I will never do buisness with these people. It seemed they where too busy for me and I hate companies that put them selves first instead of the customer. It seems everyone that imports Bps here are too greedy here in miami and wont let normals have a peek at what they have.

As for Mike I dont think youll go wrong though. He has too much at stake to rip you off. He has a store, and he does internet sales through KS, so your good. I doubt he wants too lose everything
 
too much to loose..

As one of the guys who had Federal Agents show up on his doorstep because of some torts he bought off kingsnake that originated from these people , I can say it is no fun. Nothing like being interrogated and mildly threatened in your own home with your own LEGAL animals being scrutinized.
These were a gift for my now wife that I purchased as CB in good faith..one died right off the bat the other had many problems..I guess to some this is ok that this crap went on!! That scary little visit probably took 5 years off my life.
I wonder how many animals died because of this!!
 
As for Mike I dont think youll go wrong though. He has too much at stake to rip you off. He has a store, and he does internet sales through KS, so your good. I doubt he wants too lose everything
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Except that is not enough for me. I like to know who I am dealing with, and my mistake was to assume it was Soleymani (in fact I replied addressing him as Amir). The ball python is set to arrive on Tuesday.

Thanks :(
 
Yeah Amir is Great he just recently traded my borneo for one of his Pastels. Hes a nice guy and listens to the little guys of the buisness. He can hold a confersation for days,lol.

As for snakes at sunset. Ive personally been there many times and everything seemed clean and in order. He was pretty cool when I talked to him. I dont personally know him and wouldnt say dont do buisness with him or do buisness with him, But all I can say is your odds 50/50 for getting what you wanted. I guess he doesnt have that much REPS so knowone can tell you anything bad or good on him. So be patient and wait till tuesday and tell us what happened and report any bad buisness promblems to BOI so we all can know what type of people to stay away from or do buisness with. Sorry you had to be the one to experience a guy that has no Rep.
 
I purchased a male Aru Green Tree Python from Snakes at Sunset a couple of months ago and couldn't be happier. The entire transaction was smooth, and the snake is very nice.
 
Snakes @ Sunset is under new management........the store is Clean, and is run better than any other reptile shop I have visited in the past. . . . REGARDLESS of who runs it and the stupid mistakes they might have made as a child......we have all made mistakes in the past ( I know I have ) and I am sure he is sorry for whatever he did.

Their animals are very healthy, clean and I am sure you will have no issues with anything you purchase from them. They are not looking to steal your money and send you bad animals.....they are a reputable store...


As for the comment about Ball Python breeders not allowing anyone to come to their facility here in Miami. . . . I agree with this. I am a rather well known breeder of BP's. . . been doing it since the early-mid 90's and I will never allow anyone to come to my facility. Nothing against you.......you might be the nicest person on the planet, bvut the fact of the matter is that there have been 4 MAJOR burglaries and thefts of extremely valuable collections in South Florida over the last 4 years.....some were in breeders homes, others from their stores or warehouses......so there is a security issue here folks.....you have to respect this and if you cant thats your perogative......but when it comes to a collection thats worth tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.....most breeders would rather not have visitors, especially if they do not know you.


So again......in regard to dealing with Snakes @ Sunset.....they are a great specialty store. . . . I buy my feeder insects from them and I am sure whatever you buy from them will arrive in great shape and will represented as what is was sold as.


Jared Horenstein
Royal Python Reptiles
 
Given the choice, I would rather support law abiding people rather than scumbag smugglers who bring law enforcement scrutiny upon the rest of us law abiding citizens.
 
Jared Horenstein said:
Snakes @ Sunset is under new management........the store is Clean, and is run better than any other reptile shop I have visited in the past. . . . REGARDLESS of who runs it and the stupid mistakes they might have made as a child......we have all made mistakes in the past ( I know I have ) and I am sure he is sorry for whatever he did.

Their animals are very healthy, clean and I am sure you will have no issues with anything you purchase from them. They are not looking to steal your money and send you bad animals.....they are a reputable store...


As for the comment about Ball Python breeders not allowing anyone to come to their facility here in Miami. . . . I agree with this. I am a rather well known breeder of BP's. . . been doing it since the early-mid 90's and I will never allow anyone to come to my facility. Nothing against you.......you might be the nicest person on the planet, bvut the fact of the matter is that there have been 4 MAJOR burglaries and thefts of extremely valuable collections in South Florida over the last 4 years.....some were in breeders homes, others from their stores or warehouses......so there is a security issue here folks.....you have to respect this and if you cant thats your perogative......but when it comes to a collection thats worth tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.....most breeders would rather not have visitors, especially if they do not know you.


So again......in regard to dealing with Snakes @ Sunset.....they are a great specialty store. . . . I buy my feeder insects from them and I am sure whatever you buy from them will arrive in great shape and will represented as what is was sold as.


Jared Horenstein
Royal Python Reptiles
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Hey Jared I totaly agree with you. I never wanted to go personally to someones facililaty. I wanted to do buisness with a importer but it felt like they just ignored the little guy and only did buisness with freinds and those breeders with money. I made phone calls and got nothing but rude greetings and big turn downs. Its cool though Im still learning this Herp buisness and have to know what to go with and who to trust. Well Im done with the whole import Issue I would just keep breeding the balls we have here at home. Someone here at home put some smart sense in my head about the import situation.

This subject is over....................Sorry for killing the thread with another issue....Continue with the Snakes at sunset inquiry :D
 
In all fairness...

The snake arrived this morning; exactly as described and very professionally packed.

Thanks.
 
I knew Mike from sunset wouldnt let you down. Congrats on the New snake!!
 
Although i didn't buy a reptile from them...
I purchased a new hedgehog from Snakes at sunset on thursday.
only to find out she has an infection.

i didn't check their policies about sick.injured animals but this isnt fair.. to her or to me. :(

I think I'm going to look elsewhere for a Sulcata tortoise...
it might die on me the first night!
 
Kellie,

What are exactly their policies? That doesn't seem fair. :(
 
I am in Miami for extended amount of time and have been to Snakes at Sunset 4 times and each time But today it looked like crap and smelled even worse cages were filed with crap and it was also ignore the customer and hang with friends day. I was there with a friend and we were there to purchase a few snakes like his spider Ball and Pastel Ball plus a couple of Boa's and we stood there for 15-20 mins while he was busy shooting the crap with his friends and ignoring customers and 2 other customers walked out at the same time and told him his store was not worth ever going to again and he just went oh well then we found out all the animals he offers on KS are not even in the store you have to call first so he can run and go get them at that point we walked he lost over $850 today just from me and my buddy. I will never do business with them again.

Robert Schneider
 
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