Good Guy Harold of the Rocks/Ben Givorgri

[Dachindae Atlas]

Wow totally forgot to do this, whoops. Alrighty, here we go. [thought I'd bring a good BOI since we seem to have a rush of bad ones lately]

My first online purchase of an animal was from Harold of the Rocks (Ben Givogri) and it was a huge success! I couldn't be happier! Ben was quite tolerant of my excitement, haha.

Buying of the animal was very easy, 10/10. [1.0.0 western hognose] I actually bought him May of this year and kinda forgot to do a BOI until now.

I got him in a nicely packaged box and his deli cup was well cushioned on the inside but my only worry was that it did not have "live animal" or anything on the box.
The Fed Ex lady threw the box back and forth in her hands and I screeched at her and she handed me the box carefully after that. I cut it open right then and there and he popped his head out of the tissue paper in his deli cup and hissed and hid again.

Almost a year later, Artyom is one of my favorites! [shhh don't tell the other snakes]

I definitely give Ben a 100/100 for excellent communication and condition of the animal. Would definitely buy from him again.

Here's a photo of Artyom now! He's a hissy little boy and I'll be getting him a girlfriend soon.

 

[mwentz]

I just wanted to second your thumbs up of Ben. I bought a kingsnake from him this last summer. It arrived in great condition, and the snake is a treasured member of my house. Ben was even gracious enough to find out more information for me on the breeding lines of the snake, as he did not breed it. He even asked me if he could get me in contact with the people who originated that particular line. The other thing he offered to do was hold on to it and hand deliver at my local reptile show, but I was not sure if I could make it, so elected to have it shipped.

Ben is a great guy to deal with, and I would do buisness with him again.

Like you said "he was tolerant of my excitement".