• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Inquiry Ron Billingsly

Again not to throw stones, but now Ron is backing out of his former statements......it went from no one at the taylor show spends money to I can't be 2 places at once.....sorry.....too late to mend fences.

Now to the more important issue:

RON- it is YOUR job and RESPONSIBILITY as the seller to not GIVE DEALS on sick animals......heres a thought.....DONT SELL THEM........I'm trying to be as professional and proper as possible, but TAKE THE SICK ANIMALS OFF YOUR TABLE. I sell high end BP's, retics, burms, boas, and leos, and if any one animal seems even a little ill I DONT PUT IT ON MY TABLE. It's called responsible vending.

Jasmin- How with ANY sense wharsoever can you side with someone with SO MEANY accusations? If you had any sense you would know that when there's that many people with the same story it's not a LYNCH mob, ITS THE TRUTH. or are we ALL just out to get Ron Billingsley? Here's a thought. Maybe we're just trying to save people from making the same mistake we did? Thanks "Ron's Guardian Angel"

And AJ- Congrats for having one of the few good animals.
 
Obsidian_Butterfly said:
OK I don't know both of these people but I'll put in my 2 cents anyways. Let me some this up.

Willow:
Your basically pissed that you didn't look over the reptile before you bought it right? And now blaming him because of a now dead snake? All tho you thought you bought a healthy snake you didn't the snake died he gave you a refund and your STILL complaining about it? Are you that poor? You got your refund what more do you want? I've seen people on here scammed out of literally thousands of dollars and nothing can be done about it. I think you should thank Ron for being so nice to you. In fact if it was me I wouldn't have been so nice. Just my IMO.

Ron:
I seen the linching mob on here strip people including my best friend of every creditability they have till they have nothing because of this :censored: on here. They aren't worth fight their childish games.Just my 2 cents.
Click to expand...

Then I can only guess your friend, like Ron Bilkingsly must not have had much, if any creditability to begin with.

But again (and again, and again), it's those who have the BAD GUY threads here on the BOI or their blind following friends that are always crying about the lynch mob, cliques, the wolf pack etc... You along with the other sniveling whining people do not have to come here and I'm sure if you keep it up you will be shown the door. :wavey:
 
Aj_Balls said:
I've known Ron maybe 6-7 years. I've helped him at shows for the past 3-4 years. Nothing I've ever bought from him had mites. Nor any animals at shows I help with. Except boxes of WC gravid balls which he brought straight from the airport to the show he does locally. And that's the only time I've ever seen a mite/tick on an animal he had at a show. But even so, after coming home none of my snakes have mites. I have not had an outbreak of mites in at least 3 years. And none of them were from snakes coming from Ron. How do I know? My first/worst/last outbreak was about 3 years ago. One snake I currently own from Ron I got 4-5 years ago. Last time I bought a snake from him, about a year ago.
Click to expand...

...thats just too funny, a known big importer doesn't have mites besides what he just got from the airport....lmao too good

Almost Every person I know that has bought from Ron has had there animals die on the ride home, or shortly after and He is commonly referred to as Dr. Death (or the Island of death) at the same local show he so carelessly brought boxes of mites too, While he doesn't hide the fact he deals mainly in imports, He doesn't volunteer it either..lots of un-suspecting victims have been had for Ron's Gain.

While I have never had any bad dealings with the man, that could be because I just refuse to buy from him. Putting Half dead animals into nice acrylics with fancy lights just doesn't do it for me.

Ron, Are you planning on vending at your show? Are you planning on under cutting all your vendors at your own show? Have any rules on CB stuff? going to keep it clean?

I have nothing bad to say about you personally Ron, I don't know you well enough to make that statement, however, You should get back into the CB aspect of the reptile world its better over here anyway...

Aj, Id check your collection, if you put anything from Ron into it, id be willing to bet you have mites.
 
MikeCurtin said:
Alas....no more negative karma function.:angry:

Please re-read the thread in its entirety. Kim expressed concern at Ron's less than punctual response after the animal died. She wouldn't even call him a bad guy because she didn't know what took him so long, and because she knew the risks of WC animals. It was only after he came here and blatantly lied about their transaction that she really called him out.

You come here and spout off that :censored: without reading the whole thread, and then have the audacity to criticize the BOI???? Why don't you fly away, butterfly?
Click to expand...

Why don't you go :censored: yourself mike. Was I talking to you? NO I said what I wanted to so I'm outtie. Later hater.
 
idea

P120_Cartman said:
He is commonly referred to as Dr. Death (or the Island of death) at the same local show he so carelessly brought boxes of mites too,
Click to expand...
Ron is Dr Death :eek:.I have heard of someone from that show being called this but they never knew his name.Thank you for clearing this up now i know who to AVOID BIGTIME :yesnod:
 
I have had transactions with Ron and have never had a problem. I also live by the motto, let the buyer beware. Inspect your animals and if there is an issue, Ron will make it right.

I would certainly buy from him again. I can tell you that I have also purchased from other "huge name" people and would up with dead snakes from infection, mites, etc. But never from Ron.
 
I don't agree with the buyer beware motto, it shouldn't be that way. Anyone that sells these live animals should at the very least know if they are healthy or not.

And Ron does a good thing and gives out a refund or credit, but it's almost as if it doesn't surprise him that the animal expired.

Ron also doesn't tell you the whole story and he IS dishonest concerning his animals, he wants to make the sale. And how do you get the tag of "The Island of Death" ???
I'm sure it isn't from one or two bad deals.

And why does he feel the need to be cheap ? Sell quality and these threads will disappear.

Mike Derks
 
he acts as if hes done nothing wrong. face it the dude is a crook. he is one of these guys that acts like hes done it all and been there and done that but what it boils down to is he has done nothing but give people shitty animals. no quality involved. and he has a show now??? i bet thats just as much of a joke as this man himself. what a loser im sure hes based his career on being a crook. oh well to each their own.... Sincerely Daniel Fries.
 
snakemami said:
I have had transactions with Ron and have never had a problem. I also live by the motto, let the buyer beware. Inspect your animals and if there is an issue, Ron will make it right.
Click to expand...

Seems that "if" should read when there is an issue, Ron will procrastinate and then may make it right.

snakemami said:
I would certainly buy from him again. I can tell you that I have also purchased from other "huge name" people and would up with dead snakes from infection, mites, etc. But never from Ron.
Click to expand...

Yet with a quick check of your posts here, you have not made one bad guy thread or added to any others already existing making such claims. Odd, very odd.
 
DAND said:
Ah, the ramblings of a BOI Bad Guy groupie. :rofl:
Click to expand...

OH that's cute your trying to acted like old chucky kimmel. Fulling the fire. You got a ways to go before filling those shoes bud but if you want to be like him ask nicely and I bet he'll let you suck his :censored:. Later hater.
 
David, its not odd. I have purchased snakes from other places than Fauna and I am not one to bad mouth anyone. I handle my business professionally and directly with the source. I just don't find much sense in bad mouthing anyone. That is not saying I don't use the BOI and obviously I am a contributing member which is more than I can say for some people (again not everyone) who comes here and uses the services without any regard to the time and cost it takes to keep these services going. I hope whomever has an issue gets it reaolved. I was merely commenting that I personally haven't had troubles with Ron. It can be taken at face value.
 
Obsidian_Butterfly said:
OH that's cute your trying to acted like old chucky kimmel. Fulling the fire. You got a ways to go before filling those shoes bud but if you want to be like him ask nicely and I bet he'll let you suck his :censored:. Later hater.
Click to expand...

I agree Mike, Negative Karma is really being missed with this intellectual giant.

Actually I'm not "trying to acted" like anyone. I am an individual who follows in no ones shoes but trying to explain this or let alone anything for that matter would be wasted on you. Besides I am guessing you won't be around here much longer. :wavey:

snakemami said:
David, its not odd. I have purchased snakes from other places than Fauna and I am not one to bad mouth anyone. I handle my business professionally and directly with the source. I just don't find much sense in bad mouthing anyone. That is not saying I don't use the BOI and obviously I am a contributing member which is more than I can say for some people (again not everyone) who comes here and uses the services without any regard to the time and cost it takes to keep these services going. I hope whomever has an issue gets it reaolved. I was merely commenting that I personally haven't had troubles with Ron. It can be taken at face value.
Click to expand...

Telling the truth is not bad mouthing someone. It is providing information for the rest to see and use as they see how fit. I am commenting on the negative and you the positive yet I am wrong? Can you say hypocritical? :NoNo:
 
Obsidian_Butterfly said:
Why don't you go :censored: yourself mike. Was I talking to you? NO I said what I wanted to so I'm outtie. Later hater.
Click to expand...

You posted on a public forum, right? I'm an active member of said forum, right? Therefore, you were talking to me, and I corrected your glaring inaccuracies. Your post was either due to a complete lack of information, or a desire to support someone who blatantly lied on this board...I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.

BTW, disagreement does not equal hate.
 
Aj_Balls said:
I've had a mite infestation before. But, I must have forgotten what they look like, right?
Click to expand...

not to call you a liar, but when i walk past his table you can see the mites crawling on everything, There for, You help him, you buy from him, you probably do have them, Just saying, and if you don't then your the one lucky guy that still has a living non-mite infested animal from Ron.

Anyone here remember the story a year ago or so about how Ron sold some girl in Wisconsin a ball python and it had a such a rare disease they quarantined her whole house! Its on here somewhere...
 
And if you care to read the entire post, you will see that is was much to do about nothing. Common Tick, that every WC ball python comes in with.
It all worked out in the end. But,please let's post another 8 pages on this ......... I need as much of this as I can get... every post helps me.... believe me..... thank you.... I can't buy this much adversiting......
 
Obsidian_Butterfly, I was NOT told the animal was sick. I simply asked what the price was and was told $65. There was no "deal" given as Ron keeps stating- that is a flat-out lie and if you read my post where I post the emails you should be able to see in his first few responses that he had no idea the animal was sick. Before you go cursing at my friends and well-meaning other members on here, make sure you have your facts straight. I did not call him a Bad Guy then, but I will now, after his blatant lying. I also felt that it took a long time and a LOT of effort on my part to actually get my refund. I am getting more and more pissed about this situation as this thread unfolds. Ron- you lied. I had no problem with you before- if you simply gave everyone the same story you gave me at the time, we could chalk it up to your simply being busy. But since you can lie about price cuts and selling me an animal I knew was sick, you can probably lie about a tornado hitting your house, so I am far less inclined to believe that now. I got my money back and I did make it a point to note that you did eventually refund me, but that it was hard to get in touch with you. I did look the animal over at the show and did not see the cloaca problems as it likely hadn't tried to eliminate waste that day yet. I now look over animals much more carefully- I guess I can thank you for teaching me that lesson the hard way.
 
Back
Top