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Inquiry - David Rautio

Dave is a good guy!!

Dave is a friend of mine who takes great care of his animals. He is honest about what he has to offer. I also have bought from him and would never have a problem with buying from him again.

Chris
 
I went through with the trade with David. I do not normally ship first but did. We spoke on the phone and via email and I felt fairly comfortable - along with his excellent references. David delivered on his end of the bargain. He's definately a standup guy and one of the honest players. His pastel will make a nice addition to my albino X pastel project.
 
HI just bought a baby 66% het beautiful female ball from David. I asked him abought 50 questions and he had no problem answering any of them. He is very truthful and sells nice animals for good prices. They also come with very detailed papers with clear pictures of what you are buying so if you need a snake Dave is your guy.

Thanks Damian Bakri
 
What Ken meant was I provided a link to another thread where David has admitted to shipping illegally through the USPS. I was trying to see if he had shipped to you the same way or with a different carrier.
 
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I Just Happen to Find this about (Medusa Reptiles A Rip-off) and would to thank Damian for your postive feed back about me in this post!!!

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Ok every one I have read dozens of replys about people geting riped off. You probably dont want to here this from a 17 year old ball python lover but i has to be said. Every one that buys from private breeders is takeing a 50 50 chance. Just because you do your part of the deal does not mean they will. 80% of the people in this world are not truthful people. I took that same chance buying two het for albino baby ball pythons. I took the chance and I was lucky enough to find someone as truthful as David Rautio. But on the plus side my grandfather is a well known judge and is training me to become a good one, oneday. So I will be damed if some one treated me that way. That is fraud and is illegal so they would be in court just like that. Also all you Fake breeders or liers one day you will [**censored**] with the wrong person and they will track you down and handle it legaly. Also i dont know if you all know but you can be tracked from paypal so think twice before trying to rip someone off

Damian Bakri Not the one to be messed with!!!
 
I just wanted to post about the great experience I had with David Rautio.
I inquired about some baby female ball pythons, 50% and 66% poss het for Albino, and got them at a great price and added shipping charges as well.

I was told I would get picture id's and information.

I did first receive a paypal refund for some extra shipping fees, since it wasn't the full price he asked! First time I have EVER received refund of extra shipping fees! from ANYone!

The next day I received the babies through UPS at approx 9:40am and all was packed well - the box, insulation, padding/support, clean deli cups with extra holes, and clean babies with aspen in each cup.
All was clearly labeled and I also found all the Pic ID's - one large pic ID of each, along with one page with a small pic of each and a detailed description and receipt of purchase including all contact info and more.

I would have to say this is probably the most complete, thorough, and friendly transaction i've ever had in many years!

I was very happy about this, which helped since I had some other bad experiences this past week/month, and I would not hesitate to do business with David again.

Thanks much, Joe Rollo - BciJoe
 
66 % het female

i recently purchased a beautiful 66%het for albino female ball from david. his prices and quality of animal impressed me so i will have no problem buying from him again. the sex was accurate too. thanks again david.
 
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