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INQUIRY: Ryan Hill - Captive Bred Specialties???

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I’m looking to purchase a hypo boa and want to get some info regarding him. If you have done business with him please let me know if it was positive or negative.

Thanks,
Greg Bennett
 
I have done buisness with Ryan,and it has always went very well.Their animals are always in good condition.Ryan is also a very straight up person with no b.s. I would feel safe to buy from them!
Mike Wampole
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Ryan Hill: No Prolems

I recently bought a tortoise from Ryan and didn't have any problems. He was easy to get ahold of and very accomodating. He did try to charge a little more for the animal in the end, but when I informed him of the price that was in the ad, he sold it to me for the original price and paid 1/2 of the shipping.
I would not have any reservations about doing business with him again.
Kevin Loewengruber
 
I've boughten several reptiles from Ryan in the past, and plan on several reptiles in the future. He has never done me wrong :)
 
Ryan Hill

Ryan purchased an animal from me. From what I could tell, he
seemed like one of the good guys. Easy to work with.

-Chris Simone
 
Ryan Hill @ Captive Bred Specialties

Just sharing my experience with the Ryan @ Captive Bred Specialties. AKA boastud.

I purchased 0.1 Pastel from him. They have been very customer oriented, maintained excellent communication and it was a pleasure doing business with them.

The animal was received in excellent condition and they did a great job on her. I have to admit I was completely shocked when I pulled this girl out of the box. She in a nutshell was trully amazing and far exceeded my expectations on this pastel by a mile. Pictures Ryan sent me were a minor reflection of how well she really looked. A+++++

I would highly recommend them and hope to do business again.


Jeff & Starr

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I met Ryan Hill at the Daytona Expo where he purchased some of my photographs. He also emailed us later and purchased a few more photos. During all our correspondence with Ryan, he presented himself as a very professional individual and even though I haven't purchased anything from him, I wouldn't hesitate to do so!

Thank You,

Celia Chien
 
In an email he stated that he had someone interested in a payment plan on a snake I had inquired about and the first one with paypal got her. I replied back asking for his paypal address so I could send payment and he said she was on hold. Sent another email guaranteeing payment and he said she was sold. Other people seemed to have luck with him, but I'd watch out. Seems shady to me.
 
abbie7498 said:
In an email he stated that he had someone interested in a payment plan on a snake I had inquired about and the first one with paypal got her. I replied back asking for his paypal address so I could send payment and he said she was on hold. Sent another email guaranteeing payment and he said she was sold. Other people seemed to have luck with him, but I'd watch out. Seems shady to me.
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Why exactly, is he shady? You dont like the response you got, so now
he's shady... :shrug01: I've missed out on quite a few animals because I
was too late. This doesnt sound any different except you're a little upset..
I find what helps best with that is GETTING OVER IT!
 
Jim
What I consider shady is telling somone that the first with payment will get the snake. Within 1 minute of that response I asked for address to make payment. 19 minutes later, it's on hold until today. Within 4 minutes I offer a guaranteed deal. 20 minutes later, she's sold???It could be speculated that he was contacting the origional interested party, and giving them a chance at it? However, if that was the case, a little communication would go a long way. Bottom line is, the first with the money didn't get a chance as he stated.

I'm not trying to muddy any water here, but this is a board of inquiry. This is where people discuss dealings with an individual, right? I too have missed animals due to being late responding, and I am over it. In fact I purchased another snake within minutes of this deal. As I said in my ad, others have had luck with this guy it seems, and have discussed it on this forum. I chose to discuss my dealings as well.
 
What part of first person to paypal gets the animal is shady? The purchaser of the animal contacted me first...said he will send payment within the hour...Dustin kalp then emails saying that:

"Ok. Please let me know as soon as possible as there are 2 more I'm looking at. Hoping to buy something tonight or early am. Whenever people get back with me. "

I then tell him that i recieved paypal from the buyer. He then is upset and says:

"Of course. Thanks anyway"

I answered 5 emails from him in a timely manor, and i cant come up with anything shady? Good customer service is what i was thinking.
-Ryan
 
ohh yeah...i was 25,000' on a delta flight coming home from daytona, dealing with sketchy gogo internet service...so enough of the whining about it!

"Within 1 minute of that response I asked for address to make payment. 19 minutes later, it's on hold until today. Within 4 minutes I offer a guaranteed deal. 20 minutes later, she's sold???It could be speculated that he was contacting the origional interested party, and giving them a chance at it? However, if that was the case, a little communication would go a long way."
 
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