bigred turtle
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Has anyone ever dealt with them? I've have never heard anything bad about them but I was looking for some feedback.
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Inquiry S & S Exotic animals.
- Thread starter bigred turtle
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You must not have looked very hard.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91754
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308921
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132106
Also if you go to their web site under Ordering - Guarantees, they don't cover DOA's on shipped animals unless they go airport to airport. So, if you ask for a FedEx shipment, which is what most sellers use, they could in theory drop a dead critter in the box, send it to you, and you would not get a refund.
Craig Wyatt
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I've never dealt with them but you need to read there TOS before you buy anything. They offer zero guarantees. No health guarantee, no live arrival guarantee and so on.
Not saying your gonna get burned. You might end up being a very satisfied customer.
Not saying your gonna get burned. You might end up being a very satisfied customer.
bigred turtle
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Bcr229, Thank you. Their shipping terms are why I started this post. Thanks for the heads up.
Craig Wyatt
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Craig Wyatt
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TeguBuzz
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Avoid them at all costs. I live 30 minutes away from and have not seen a store that is more vile than theirs. Horrible animal care and housing, most of the reptiles have no source of lighting or heating and their ball pythons are mostly infested with mites. I tend to go there about twice a year out of pure curiosity to see what they even have and what's going on - never changes.
I've only purchased one thing from them in all the years I've lived in Texas (Houston), a large Sulcata female that had been given to them by an individual who kept it very well and I purchased it within a week of them obtaining it. They were housing it outside and it's still thriving now, 3 years later.
I would refrain from doing business with them, especially if you don't live local. The staff is rather friendly but I am not a fan of their care at all and don't believe that their animals are in fact "healthy" as they state.
I've only purchased one thing from them in all the years I've lived in Texas (Houston), a large Sulcata female that had been given to them by an individual who kept it very well and I purchased it within a week of them obtaining it. They were housing it outside and it's still thriving now, 3 years later.
I would refrain from doing business with them, especially if you don't live local. The staff is rather friendly but I am not a fan of their care at all and don't believe that their animals are in fact "healthy" as they state.
kingpinreptiles
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My favorite thing about them is they actually had a snake that I wanted posted for sale, so I emailed and asked if it was available still and how much total shipped. Im a 110% serioud buyer when I find something I want. They said it was available, I emailed back and said I want it how do we proceed. No response. I emailed again a few days later. No response. The ad stayed up for the next 3 months and kinda wouldnt surprise me if it was still listed as For Sale. Too shady for me. Never try again.
Dennis Hultman
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Dennis Hultman
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bigred turtle
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This is why I love the BOI. Thank you everyone.
reptileexperts
Let's talk retics
Just incase you need more of a stop sign. I was in there about a month and a half ago to see if things have improved while I was passing through. Snakes did not appear to have mites (visible at least, did not handle anything this time around). But there were bugs inside the lizard cages. Snakes were kept in pretty scary conditions, as were large monitors stuffed into 40 gal breeder tanks. They had one species I was interested in, that was on display, I asked about it and they said it was not for sale because it was picked up at a show a couple days prior.
They may have something that looks appealing, but just walk away and be glad you did.
They may have something that looks appealing, but just walk away and be glad you did.
karenofNC
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Avoid them at all costs. That's all I will say.
Black Adder
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So glad I read this as they did have something on "that other snake site" that sounded interesting but after reading all of this lot
No thanks.....
No thanks.....
jusmebabee
JOEL HOLLOMAN
What's wrong with saying Kingsnake??
Black Adder
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Ryan Beatty
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I've purchased a few animals from them at shows and none of them survived. They did replace them and the replacements died. I'll never buy from them again.