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Mark is a good guy from what I have seen, although, I think the negative comments are reasonable. They could be a lot worse which leads me to believe that the comments expressed are more in concern than just down right being mean.

I also think the comments are just, using your reasoning that Mark may not have read this thread. He deserves to know how people feel about this and how it could hurt the great reputation he has built. I think Shadera nailed it by addressing the unspoken "oath" that comes with the BOI and it's browsers. I really wasn't going to post how I feel about this and keep it to myself, but I think he deserved to know how other people in the ball python world feel, especially if he's out of tune with how BB conducts business.
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I absolutely agree. I'd also like to add that from a couple of the comments that Mark has made, I think he believes it's just a few people who are against what BallBS stands for, when in fact it's the entire community.

Mark very well could stand to lose a LOT of business by dealing with them. I personally would not buy from anyone associated with Zack or BallBS and I know many others that feel the same.

It would benefit Mark greatly to MAKE the time to read through this thread. His business could possibly depend on it.
 
Heres some screenshots Just brought to my attention tonight.


Looks like someone made a facebook account and is broadcasting the hack of BB site.
 

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He posted on Say No about that he take care of Ballbids and when asked he said to check their website. When noticed he hacked it, he was instantly banned. He had a generic fb page and new fb page. I have no idea who he is or will I condone illegal activities. But I be waiting for Ballbids to be saying we did it and such. Of course without proof.
 
For anyone that stopped watching this thread, I wanted to bring it back to the top with their latest auction stories. SHOCKINGLY both auctions they had in the last 2 weeks were unsucessful either due to a server outage or some other type of issue. When are people going to get sick of these lame excuses and realize theyre full of it? I copied and pasted the emails that were sent out. So nice of them!

"Hello BallBidder, we would like to inform you that last auction of the Albino Spider Ball Python Female was unsuccessful do to a server outage. If you were bidding on her and thought you lost here is your Chance to win her again! If you did not bid on this Gorgeous Mark Petros Hold Back than here is your chance to win an Amazing looking Albino Spider Female Ball Python for a Fraction of it's $1,000 value! Auction nears end Tonight, March 21st at 9pm ET!

Make sure to Get Your Bid Packs in Advance so you can have the Oppurtunity to Save Huge on this Beauty! Get Your Bid Packs Now!"


"Hey there BallBidder, we wanted to inform you that Last nights auction of the Albino Spider Ball Python Female was not concluded by a winner. We experienced an Issue which has occured as of late that we are tirelessly working on to resolve.

I am sure that this issue will be fixed soon but as for now we are returning your Bids to your account per our terms and conditions. We understanding that it can be discouraging to see problems on our site and we also know that you understand that problems do occur. BallBids is dedicated to ensuring that the least amount of issues occur and we work hard to make that happen. Thanks for being a BallBidder and we look forward to seeing you win some exceptional Morphs for Incredible Prices!
Zack@BallBids"
 
Are you surprised it failed twice as the price in which it would of sold for. They would of lost a lot of money selling it at the $9 final price.

Just the people bidding are being greedy trying to be cheap to get something for nothing and are blind at the operation they do.
 
I just looked at the BallBS Facebook page. It'd seem that their previously discussed supplier has not only chosen to continue their business relationship, but has also become more actively involved, by posting on their page. Make of it what you will. I just thought it was worth mentioning. I think that name recognition could have the unfortunate side effect of lending credibility to the BallBS operation.
 
Well, that was random (as well as off topic).
Unless Ron Burgundy and his poop mouth are relevant to the topic of BallBids, please take your comments to PM.
 
Sorry just read from page one to last about this hole topic and didn't want to to jump in but I got pretty frustrated reading it, and it took me a few hours lol
 
Since no one else seems to want to update this ...

The site is closing down again for maintenance. Three auctions in a row for the same animal froze up and customers are beginning to grumble.
 
Shadera said:
Since no one else seems to want to update this ...

The site is closing down again for maintenance. Three auctions in a row for the same animal froze up and customers are beginning to grumble.
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Give it time, Information is being compiled and put together for a update.

They gave refunds for unused bids on the 3rd failed auction. They refuse to sell anything expensive for a loss. I highly doubt they will survive another startup if they ever come back at all.
 
Shadera said:
Since no one else seems to want to update this ...

The site is closing down again for maintenance. Three auctions in a row for the same animal froze up and customers are beginning to grumble.
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The only thing i can add here is Mark Byers has stated that he is going to fix everyone that has done him and his family any harm by causing his sons site to fail :rolleyes:. I told him its not our fault the blame is on him and his son :thumbsup:
 
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