For Sale Itinerary #46, February 6th!! Get Your orders in and ready for transport!!

02-02-2024, 02:41 PM

Public Service Announcement #1

Please see the following ad for 0.2.0 CBB'23 Naja subfulva available by me:

https://www.faunaclassifieds.com/for...d.php?t=820086

If You get animals from another Seller(s) and from me, delivered at the same time, there is no Shipment fee for the animals coming from me, as I obviously don't have to go anywhere to get them, and I would already be coming to You with the other Seller's (Sellers') Shipment(s). If just getting animals from me, however, then yes, there will be the standard $175 transport fee (plus any applicable surcharge for an Extended Territory).

Public Service Announcement #2
Please see my new ad (01/04/24) offering VIP Transport, a.k.a. Direct Transport! It is a proposition that may appeal to a few. Here:

https://www.faunaclassifieds.com/for...28#post2356628

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NOTA BENE #1: Please follow this link to my Obscure Gems Reptiles, LLC, page: https://www.facebook.com/Obscure-Gem...07953575277946, and read my Credentials, Conditional Live Arrival Guarantee (more like Exemptions from Live Arrival Guarantee) and Payment Terms & Conditions, which are all Pinned to the top of the page.

NOTA BENE #2: For established Clients, I am accepting cash payments again (for the transport fees ONLY!) and will even encourage them to some degree; id est, I need to make sure there are enough electronic payments to pay for gas because I don't make cash deposits until I am home from itineraries, not that I can't pay for gas with cash, but I receive points and discounts with my GasBuddy, Shell, Exxon, BP and Fuel Forward (Phillips 66 / Conoco / 76) rewards programs, and it's much easier, quicker n' nicer paying at the pump - especially during Winter. First-time Clients will need to pay electronically.

NOTA BENE #3: Payments are to be made IN FULL before departure for any Shipments confirmed prior to departure, and immediately for any Shipments confirmed after departure. As well, there will be NO refund for a canceled Shipment if I have already departed and (re-)configured the itinerary to accommodate the Shipment, especially if it altered the itinerary significantly and changed my course, for the addition or removal of just one (1) Stop can alter the itinerary drastically, and I'm not going to have wasted my time and gas for nothing.

Furthermore; no more paying days or weeks after Delivery! Does Delta allow You to pay days or weeks after Pickup? NO! If my service is too expensive to pay up front, then wait until the next itinerary, or go with Delta, plain n' simple! This service is expensive for me, and I am sick of waiting weeks and even months on payments sometimes, such as $175 still owed to me from the November 2023 itinerary, money already spent on gas, tolls and wear n' tear delivering those Shipments and which needs to be reimbursed. I will be cracking down on my trust and the amount of time I allow people to pay, as well as acquiring 2+ documents showing home address should I need to take legal recourse. After all; I have my daughter, Avelina, and myself to provide for, who come before anyone else. And for the record, $1,975 total is owed to me between four (4) people, dating as far back as 17 February 2021.

For the occasional Client who has repeatedly proven him / herself, if he / she has a very good reason and provides me ample notice, I will allow a li'l leeway if the majority of payments are in.

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PRICE MATRIX (for multiple Pickups being delivered at the same time, to one [1] Destination, per itinerary)

One (1) Pickup = $175
Two (2) Pickups = $325
Three (3) Pickups = $450
Four (4) Pickups = $550
Five (5) Pickups = $650
Six (6) Pickups = $750
Successive Pickups will continue to be $100/ea on top of the $750.

Another way of wording it:

1st Pickup = $175
2nd Pickup = $150
3rd Pickup = $125
4th Pickup = $100
5th Pickup = $100
6th Pickup = $100
Successive Pickups will continue to be $100/ea.

NOTA BENE: This is when ALL Stops, id est all Pickups + Delivery, are within Standard Territory, id est: All of Pennsylvania down the east coast to Tampa, across the Gulf down to San Antonio, over to San Angelo and straight up through the greater eastern halves / portions of OK / KS / NE, up to Minneapolis, the lower halves of WI and MI, and everything within. Create imaginary latitudinal and longitudinal lines if You will, and there You have it. This is all give-or-take by the way; id est, I don't cut hairs.

Id est; for each Stop, whether Pickup or Delivery, outside of Standard Territory, there will be a surcharge. This is called an Extended Territory Surcharge. Examples:

$25: Laredo, Lubbock & Odessa, TX; Alliance, NE
$50: El Paso, TX; Cheyenne, WY; Grygla, MN
$75: Amado, Tucson & Phoenix, AZ

Very rarely, a Shipment will incur both the Seller and Customer (Recipient) being in Extended Territories, in which there will be two (2) surcharges. Exempli gratia: El Paso, TX-->Alliance, NE would be $250 total: $175 (base fee) + $50 (El Paso surcharge) + $25 (Alliance surcharge).

ADDENDUM: If there are multiple Shipments associated with an Extended Territory Stop, whether incoming and / or outgoing, or associated with the general region, I will lessen everyone's costs all of the way down to the standard rate ($175) if possible, and it often only requires 2 or 3 Shipments associated with such a Stop or region to come down this low! Exempli gratia:

Odessa, TX ($25 surcharge)
One (1) Shipment = $200
Two (2) Shipments = $175/ea

El Paso, TX ($50 surcharge)
One (1) Shipment = $225
Two (2) Shipments = $200/ea
Three (3) Shipments = $175/ea

Tucson / Phoenix, AZ ($100 surcharge)
One (1) Shipment = $250 (correct: should be $275, but read below)
Two (2) Shipments = $225/ea
Three (3) Shipments = $225/ea (correct: the same as two [2] Shipments, but read below)
Four (4) Shipments = $200/ea
Five (5) Shipments = $175/ea

(Nota Bene: It is technically a $100 surcharge to Tucson / Phoenix, AZ, indeed, but I cannot justify charging someone $275 for venomous transport, so the first Shipment out there I start at $250. And three [3] Shipments is the same as two [2] Shipments because I like increments of $25, and $100 doesn't divide well by three [3] LOL; I of course round up in my favour given the expense and time to go out there.)

(Further Nota Bene: Just to clarify, this 'Addendum' has nothing to do with the Price Matrix above; id est, exempli gratia: If someone out there is getting two [2] Shipments, it will be $325 [per the Price Matrix] + whatever portion of the regional [Extended Territory] surcharge if applicable, whether $75, $50, $25 or $0.)

Basically, an Extended Territory surcharge is just for that: The territory, not per Stop or Shipment, so the $50 surcharge to El Paso for example, is divided over all Shipments associated with that Stop or region, or negated altogether if there are 3+ Shipments associated with that Stop or region (id est, multiple Stops in El Paso or surrounding area).

'The more, the merrier', which makes it more worthwhile to go to these Extended Territories where business is otherwise skimpy, if instead there is more business. I hate the idea of my surcharges, but I need to be fair to myself via not cutting my own throat...West Texas, Arizona, Wyoming and northern Minnesota aren't exactly cakewalks LOL.

Exceptionally large Shipments still incur their own surcharge (possibly on top of an Extended Territory Surcharge[s]), whether a single large animal (exempli gratia, an adult D. polylepis, O. hannah or Lachesis sp.), a large pair of animals (e.g., full-grown B. rhinoceros), or a gazillion animals. This is called a Large Shipment Surcharge, here are examples:

>15 Quarts worth of space = $25
>32 Quarts worth of space = $50
≈27 Gallons worth of space = $100

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Please share these ads like wildfire! The more Shipments, the merrier! And as far as payment options and quotes, please inquire.

I thank You in advance for Your (continuing) patronage, especially in light (or darkness?) of "Operation Viper" one (1) year ago!! I offer many benefits to my service, including but not limited to: Daily inspections with videos of each animal sent as proof (Customers love this!); conditional live arrival guarantee (see link above for terms and details); no special crating nor IATA labels (but some kind of labeling is preferred); hand-delivery to Your home, work or public place of Your choice; flexibility and versatility including able to change course last minute (e.g. from home to work); direct communication (and timely responses) with the carrier of Your precious gems.

Give Obscure Gems Reptiles, LLC’s, Animal Transport Service a shot, You will not be disappointed!!

Sincerely,

Timothy Gould
Obscure Gems Reptiles, LLC
Cell: (413) 427-4832
Destroyer1000000@aol.com
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