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Inquiry Shipnex (anyone used them?)

just because i use shipnex doesn't mean i don't care about my animals. stop trashing those you don't agree with. and for the record i have had several doa's with fed ex because of their screw ups and have yet to have a problem with ups via shipnex. and as far as getting a bad guy thread on the boi that is the least of my worries, the boi is a glorified popularity contest. :Yawn:
 
Kevin Patrick said:
just because i use shipnex doesn't mean i don't care about my animals. stop trashing those you don't agree with. and for the record i have had several doa's with fed ex because of their screw ups and have yet to have a problem with ups via shipnex. and as far as getting a bad guy thread on the boi that is the least of my worries, the boi is a glorified popularity contest. :Yawn:
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This is enough to show your lack of knowledge of how the system works.

You think cause fedex messed up but shipnex hasnt, that shipnex is better. They are only selling labels that they arent even approved to do so with fedex.

And its not saving anything, You're not out any money as customer pays to have the product shipped to them... I dont get why people are so cheap when it comes to shipping
 
yep, i def have a lack of knowledge on how things work. i've only been the reptile and feeder biz over 25 years and have been shipping since i started. fed ex does not have a good track record, with me anyway, so i took my biz elsewhere. your right i'm not the one saving money, my customers are and are very appreciative they don't have to pay blood money for shipping.
 
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yep, i def have a lack of knowledge on how things work. i've only been the reptile and feeder biz over 25 years and have been shipping since i started. fed ex does not have a good track record, with me anyway, so i took my biz elsewhere. your right i'm not the one saving money, my customers are and are very appreciative they don't have to pay blood money for shipping.
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wow 25 years, Why is this first time ever seeing your name! :shrug01:
 
b/c i sell most of my animals over seas and supply mom and pop pet stores. i also get a lot of biz from repeat customers and word of mouth. just b/c i don't live my life on this site and only sell on this site does not mean i don't have a successful biz. some people have more time to nit pick than sense it seems. :dunce:
 
Kevin Patrick said:
just because i use shipnex doesn't mean i don't care about my animals. stop trashing those you don't agree with. and for the record i have had several doa's with fed ex because of their screw ups and have yet to have a problem with ups via shipnex. and as far as getting a bad guy thread on the boi that is the least of my worries, the boi is a glorified popularity contest. :Yawn:
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Finding the cheapest price for shipping despite the potential problems certainly DOES mean you don't care about the animals. If you had DOAs because of a shipping company, it's because you sold sick animals or didn't pack them correctly. I've had shipments delayed a couple days coming to me from Delta, FedEx, UPS, and Airborne and never had an animal die that was healthy and properly packed. Your attitude about the BOI is fine, keep believing that, but don't complain when you can only sell on Craig's List.
 
Im Far from nameless or faceless Buddy!:rofl:
 

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b/c i sell most of my animals over seas and supply mom and pop pet stores. i also get a lot of biz from repeat customers and word of mouth. just b/c i don't live my life on this site and only sell on this site does not mean i don't have a successful biz. some people have more time to nit pick than sense it seems. :dunce:
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Where do you advertise then? You have no ads here of on Kingsnake. How do your overseas customers know about you? Do you cut corners shipping overseas too? If you sell mostly locally in Alabama you can't have much of a business. And before you say it, I don't claim to be anybody in this business/hobby. I'm just a hobbyist who sells a few animals here and there to recoup some costs.
 
Kevin Patrick said:
just because i use shipnex doesn't mean i don't care about my animals. stop trashing those you don't agree with. and for the record i have had several doa's with fed ex because of their screw ups and have yet to have a problem with ups via shipnex. and as far as getting a bad guy thread on the boi that is the least of my worries, the boi is a glorified popularity contest. :Yawn:
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This kind of reckless attitude- "I know it's wrong, but screw it, it works for me, right now, and it's cheap" is exactly the kind of approach that is going to get our hobby and industry shut down.

Legislators across the country are working today, right now, to bring down not just the industry, but the hobby itself, the simple keeping of reptiles. This is just the kind of open back door issue they would like to find to come barreling through.

UPS doesn't ALLOW shipping snakes. The ShipNex company admits that it isn't supposed to ship live animals (they aren't allowed to resell labels either, but they continue to duck and dodge around that each time they are caught).

FedEx provides an approved method to ship reptiles safely, securely, economically, and appropriately. They have put systems and standards in place, and they insist we operate within them, or lose the privilege altogether.

We have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to gain approval, and operate within that system.

We stress on our site again and again- What you do affects the entire industry. We work very hard to educate hobbyists and businesses on how to ship properly. We spend hours and hours on customer service, answering questions, helping folks achieve success.

I spend hours and hours on reptile forums answering shipping questions, helping folks find the path to live reptile shipping success. Some of those users use our service, some do not. ShipNex doesn't do any of that, they don't support the industry one bit.

I have contacted ShipNex a number of times, I have never been able to get an email response to simple questions. 0% customer service. That is the type of business folks want to use and defend?

An illegitimate bootleg service that you know is wrong, and jeopardizes, after 25 years in the business (as you said) your livelihood and career?

That is a poor choice, and really speaks to integrity issues.

The reptile business is a real and viable industry. We aren't smugglers, bootleggers or fringe kooks. The choices we make in our businesses shouldn't show us to be smugglers, bootleggers or fringe kooks.

You could jam your snake in a Priority Mail flat rate box and ship it even cheaper. Folks have done it. That doesn't make it right, even if it makes your shipping rate 10 bucks for your customer.

We have to have higher standards than that. You should be giving yourself the best chance for long term success. That would be through a legitimate and approved channel. Get certified yourself with FedEx, or use a FedEx approved service, ShipYourReptiles.
 
He thinks he'll never get caught because no one will ever look in the box. Here's how I got caught with Fedex before the approved snake shipping days:

I send an adult Ball python to a woman in the east via Fedex Overnight. On the way to the hub all packages go through in Memphis Fedex ripped the label off the box. The box was then sent to the "problem Packages center" in Indianapolis. When it got there they opened the box to see if there was an invoice with names and addresses (there was). They saw the snake and sent the snake back to me, threatening to close my account.

All of this took three days and in the meantime I had a panicked customer (understandably so) crying on the phone to me and Fedex because she didn't know were her snake was and thought it was going to end up dead. (it didn't, luckily) Why go through all this when you don't have to today?

What if this happened with UPS though Shipnex? With what Robin says, it sounds like they are looking for an excuse to go after Shipnex. They could make a big deal of the whole thing costing ALL OF US dearly, as Robyn said. I could care less if you want to risk your reputation and be relegated to selling on Craigslist, but don't screw the rest of us over!
 
hey rich i see your a big man behind a keyboard/phone, coward in person i'm sure. and for the rest of you that don't agree with using shipnex, cry me a river. :nopity: the fact that ive been in biz for 25 years proves i'm successful and don't depend on a bunch of forum trolls to support it.
 
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hey rich i see your a big man behind a keyboard/phone, coward in person i'm sure. and for the rest of you that don't agree with using shipnex, cry me a river. :nopity: the fact that ive been in biz for 25 years proves i'm successful and don't depend on a bunch of forum trolls to support it.
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It's SOOOO easy to do better than this. You can do it.
 
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hey rich i see your a big man behind a keyboard/phone, coward in person i'm sure.
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Typical of every scammer on here. Get backed in a corner and come out with a threat.

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and for the rest of you that don't agree with using shipnex, cry me a river. :nopity: the fact that ive been in biz for 25 years proves i'm successful and don't depend on a bunch of forum trolls to support it.
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Also typical of every scammer here. Example Dan Scolaro on shipping in non-insulated flimsy grocery store freebie boxes, "I've been doing it for 35 years." You don't get the point and never will. I'm not so sure, if we've never heard of you on Kingsnake or on this site, that you're as successful as you think you are. If you think so though, that's all that counts I guess. You have burned your bridges here, though. (I know you don't care)
 
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b/c i sell most of my animals over seas and supply mom and pop pet stores ....

i've only been the reptile and feeder biz over 25 years
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Give me a freakin' break! You've been in the herp/feeder business for over 25 years? You sell overseas? You have permits/CITES clearances to sell overseas? I don't think so. Your name is totally unknown and your "reputation" totally unsupported.

Please tell me ... how are all your local and "over seas" customers going to compensate you when after 25 years, you are unable to correctly SPELL the alleged city you live in? Duh.

Do you live in "Ethellesville, AL" or Ethelsville, which is the correct spelling of the location you claim.

And what the :censored: is "Ethellesville, AL Lamar" that's on your profile? Lamar County?

Ethelsville is in Pickens County. Lamar County is home to Millport, another of your addresses.

So yeah, so much for credibility.

PS ... Robyn, great post.
 

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All of this drama over what... $10-15 a shipment, especially when you compare that money to what could happen to the specific animals if the package gets pulled. If you step back a little and think about, you're not doing your customers any favors. It just doesn't make any sense to use Shipnex to ship anything.
 
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hey rich i see your a big man behind a keyboard/phone, coward in person i'm sure. and for the rest of you that don't agree with using shipnex, cry me a river. :nopity: the fact that ive been in biz for 25 years proves i'm successful and don't depend on a bunch of forum trolls to support it.
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Whats with these internet morons thinking cause I or others talk out in a manner that were some scrawny punk..

If only you knew who i was in person youd see I can very well take care of myself and then some :shootfoot
 
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