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Good Guy Jonathan Benson/Upcreek83

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Got two female eastern garter snakes from him and they are gorgeous and healthy. A+ on the quality of the animals. He did a great job on packing them up for shipping too. Definitely recommend buying from him.
 
Hi Shawn. I used to buy small breeds from you years ago. All I meant is that I'm confused by posts by Upcreek83. #1.he appears in some BOI posts. And some of his pictures ,also show up as your pictures. Just confused, that's all. I never had any problems buying small breeds off you years ago. Not meant as an offensive remark towards you. But since fauna and kingsnake let people like Robert Sloan rip people off for 3 decades, and have it in their rules a disclaimer that they're not responsible. Buyers have to beware.
 
No offense taking! I'm Shawn Alexander in SC and this boi is about Jonathan Benson who is now out west. I have purchased some critters from him in the past and he has purchased some from me. We met in SC years ago through reptiles but he is long gone from SC plus none of his pics match mine and other than the similis he had listed almost everything in his stats is totally different animals than mine. If you go to mine and his page and view both our latest started threads you will see totally different animals. Even our timing that we posted our adds is different. He did get some baby similis from me this year so maybe that's why you are confused. His name, location, email, and phone number is totally different than mine. I will tell you that i have lots of satisfied cutomers that i'm sure would vouch for me though! Thanks for being concerned for the Hobby! Also if you want to further discuss this shoot me a pm or give me a call because i'm sure this is the best place.
 
oops! meant to say if you want to further discuss this shoot me a pm or give me a call because i'm not sure this is the best place.
 
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