AnnunakiRebel
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After what happened recently, I really felt a need to share and I HOPE HOPE HOPE, that my words might help encourage this asset to the reptile community and a paragon of how a seller should be NOT to give up after a truly regrettable tragedy of which no one was at fault but cruel fate. You'll understand how that all connects at the end of this.
We had a payment plan set up for his visual Anery jungle female and things then went south for me, I've had so much bad luck it's the only kinda luck I've had lately. He was super understanding and supportive throughout it all. None of it was major, just minor delays here and there until the unthinkable happened for me.
My husband's appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed into an emergency surgery. He developed a severe pneumonia, which I caught as well. We were both out of work and our finances fell apart. I desperately wanted Arcadia, the boa, and I explained to him my situation. He offered me a discount on her price despite his stance that he wasn't open to lower offers on her. He was emotionally supportive and assured me he would hold her for me as I sold off my things and scraped together the funds. He was and is nothing short of a fantastic seller, a compassionate human being and a credit to the hobby.
But then... Shortly before I finished my payment plan, now the inconceivable happened. He devastatingly informed me that his holdbacks had all been subjected to a thermostat malfunction and Arcadia was one of the boas to perish, along with many boas that had been dear to him personally. I was crushed of course, and I still am. But he has been truly devastated by this, he has lost so much.
He of course offered me a refund, or a generous credit that was nearly double what I had paid him. Sadly, he had nothing to fit what boas I have left anymore for breeding, and I had an opportunity that the refund enabled me to get so with regret I chose the best option to rebuild my breeding plans despite that I would have loved to take up his offer of extra credit and pick up several of his beautiful boas.
Despite this tragedy, I had a stellar experience as a buyer and I hope he will see this and know how much it meant to me to go to the lengths he did to assure my satisfaction, despite his own personal tragedy and losses. I hope he will not give up on breeding his beautiful boas and that he will keep going knowing that everything lost can be found again, when a door is closed a window will open.... Please, don't make any fast decisions in your grief, Brad. You are a Good Guy truly deserving of that title. The boa world needs as many people like you as it can get.
I'll make you a deal offer in front of all these nice people here:
If you don't give up on breeding boas...
...I promise I won't give up fighting either.
I'll ignore that word "terminal" and fight like a banshee to be around for many years to come so that when I say I would like to be a customer for life, I can look back at this moment twenty years from now while cuddling one of your boas and laugh.
To everyone else: He has some gorgeous aby pink columbians up for sale and I promise you all they are worth every penny! Because just look at them. Gorgeous. And by now you all know that in many different ways, this seller will go the extra mile to make certain you are a very satisfied customer.
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To admins, if this post is too far off point for the BOI or if I did something wrong, I apologize. This is my first time using the BOI and I was just rushing to voice my support and satisfaction even after tragic circumstances and how good a person this seller is and I hope it might help him in this difficult time. So I'm just trying to do a kind thing for someone who deserves it and if I messed up at all with not knowing what I'm doing, many apologies and it wasn't intentional if anything is done wrong at all.
We had a payment plan set up for his visual Anery jungle female and things then went south for me, I've had so much bad luck it's the only kinda luck I've had lately. He was super understanding and supportive throughout it all. None of it was major, just minor delays here and there until the unthinkable happened for me.
My husband's appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed into an emergency surgery. He developed a severe pneumonia, which I caught as well. We were both out of work and our finances fell apart. I desperately wanted Arcadia, the boa, and I explained to him my situation. He offered me a discount on her price despite his stance that he wasn't open to lower offers on her. He was emotionally supportive and assured me he would hold her for me as I sold off my things and scraped together the funds. He was and is nothing short of a fantastic seller, a compassionate human being and a credit to the hobby.
But then... Shortly before I finished my payment plan, now the inconceivable happened. He devastatingly informed me that his holdbacks had all been subjected to a thermostat malfunction and Arcadia was one of the boas to perish, along with many boas that had been dear to him personally. I was crushed of course, and I still am. But he has been truly devastated by this, he has lost so much.
He of course offered me a refund, or a generous credit that was nearly double what I had paid him. Sadly, he had nothing to fit what boas I have left anymore for breeding, and I had an opportunity that the refund enabled me to get so with regret I chose the best option to rebuild my breeding plans despite that I would have loved to take up his offer of extra credit and pick up several of his beautiful boas.
Despite this tragedy, I had a stellar experience as a buyer and I hope he will see this and know how much it meant to me to go to the lengths he did to assure my satisfaction, despite his own personal tragedy and losses. I hope he will not give up on breeding his beautiful boas and that he will keep going knowing that everything lost can be found again, when a door is closed a window will open.... Please, don't make any fast decisions in your grief, Brad. You are a Good Guy truly deserving of that title. The boa world needs as many people like you as it can get.
I'll make you a deal offer in front of all these nice people here:
If you don't give up on breeding boas...
...I promise I won't give up fighting either.
I'll ignore that word "terminal" and fight like a banshee to be around for many years to come so that when I say I would like to be a customer for life, I can look back at this moment twenty years from now while cuddling one of your boas and laugh.
To everyone else: He has some gorgeous aby pink columbians up for sale and I promise you all they are worth every penny! Because just look at them. Gorgeous. And by now you all know that in many different ways, this seller will go the extra mile to make certain you are a very satisfied customer.
**
To admins, if this post is too far off point for the BOI or if I did something wrong, I apologize. This is my first time using the BOI and I was just rushing to voice my support and satisfaction even after tragic circumstances and how good a person this seller is and I hope it might help him in this difficult time. So I'm just trying to do a kind thing for someone who deserves it and if I messed up at all with not knowing what I'm doing, many apologies and it wasn't intentional if anything is done wrong at all.