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does anyone know who is garry loxton in England?

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Is Garry Loxton a real captive breeder? his email is [email protected]
Does anyone who has do the business with him before? i wanna know more information about him, because im trying to buy something from him. but i dun wanna get cheat by an unknown guy who is not in the USA. I just reli need some help. hope someone can help me.
 
I don't know him, but importing animals from out of the country can be quite expensive and take a generous amount of time (as well as an import/export license) depending on the species. It's easy to get screwed with over seas purchases, I'd make sure you can't get get what your looking for stateside first. Best of luck.
 
That e-mail alone makes me suspicious. For one, it's not gramatically correct - ie CaptiveBredGeckos@ would be normal, or even CaptiveBreeder, but CaptiveBreed seems off to me. It's a mistake common in foreign scams - they know some English but usually their grammar and sentence structure is off. And if he's in England he should be pretty decent at English. Is the rest of his writing a bit off too?

I wouldn't judge anyone based solely off that, but I would ask about his business. And ask for referrals, if he's good he'll have customers happy to talk him up.

And it would have to be a pretty special animal to be worth getting from overseas. Generally only really big, well-known breeders will ship overseas. They'll have websites and be able to describe all the ins and out of exporting to you. There will be a minimum order ($500), there will be fees for examinations, custom duties, and all the paperwork.

A real seller:
- has a nice website
- e-mail will match their name and/or their business
- has a good reputation
- offers exports with a minimum purchase of $----
- has a reasonable price for said exports (a flat $--- fee for 1 animal, plus $--- per additional animal)
- communicates very well
- will happily talk on the phone with you (# will match where seller is located)
- will tell/show you exactly what you're getting in writing (ie: 2011 female amazon basin ETB, bred by ____, ____g, eating _____, with photos provided)
- can offer referrals from others they have done business with/exported for
- offers options like PayPal (regular payment, not gift) for payment
- is not desperate for a sale

A scammer:
- has no website
- has no reputation
- e-mail is made of random words picked off the internet
- has an animal for a dirt cheap price
- just needs the money for the shipping (also an unrealistically low price)
- will only tell you basic information unless you dig (then they'll know what to make up), and might only offer 1 bad/stock photo
- does not write well
- is not willing to talk on the phone (they don't live where they say, so they don't have a proper phone #)
- only wants payment via something like Western Union
- will say or do anything to get you to send that payment, they are desperate

If it's an animal you need and cannot get in your country, then get a really experienced member of the reptile community to help you out and go through the process with you. Find the right seller overseas, and be ready to dish out big money to pay for all the hoops that need to be jumped through.

I kindof went off there, fingers just kept typing (bored at work). Probably way more than needed, sorry.
 
Fatal_S said:
That e-mail alone makes me suspicious. For one, it's not gramatically correct - ie CaptiveBredGeckos@ would be normal, or even CaptiveBreeder, but CaptiveBreed seems off to me. It's a mistake common in foreign scams - they know some English but usually their grammar and sentence structure is off. And if he's in England he should be pretty decent at English. Is the rest of his writing a bit off too?

I wouldn't judge anyone based solely off that, but I would ask about his business. And ask for referrals, if he's good he'll have customers happy to talk him up.

And it would have to be a pretty special animal to be worth getting from overseas. Generally only really big, well-known breeders will ship overseas. They'll have websites and be able to describe all the ins and out of exporting to you. There will be a minimum order ($500), there will be fees for examinations, custom duties, and all the paperwork.

A real seller:
- has a nice website
- e-mail will match their name and/or their business
- has a good reputation
- offers exports with a minimum purchase of $----
- has a reasonable price for said exports (a flat $--- fee for 1 animal, plus $--- per additional animal)
- communicates very well
- will happily talk on the phone with you (# will match where seller is located)
- will tell/show you exactly what you're getting in writing (ie: 2011 female amazon basin ETB, bred by ____, ____g, eating _____, with photos provided)
- can offer referrals from others they have done business with/exported for
- offers options like PayPal (regular payment, not gift) for payment
- is not desperate for a sale

A scammer:
- has no website
- has no reputation
- e-mail is made of random words picked off the internet
- has an animal for a dirt cheap price
- just needs the money for the shipping (also an unrealistically low price)
- will only tell you basic information unless you dig (then they'll know what to make up), and might only offer 1 bad/stock photo
- does not write well
- is not willing to talk on the phone (they don't live where they say, so they don't have a proper phone #)
- only wants payment via something like Western Union
- will say or do anything to get you to send that payment, they are desperate

If it's an animal you need and cannot get in your country, then get a really experienced member of the reptile community to help you out and go through the process with you. Find the right seller overseas, and be ready to dish out big money to pay for all the hoops that need to be jumped through.

I kindof went off there, fingers just kept typing (bored at work). Probably way more than needed, sorry.
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Great post Melanie. :thumbsup: Very well written.
 
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