Yes everyone, that was awhile back, things have changed extremely here. If anyone from back then reads this, I apologize for being stubborn. The reason I waited two years was because I don't like starting things up like this. I mean Josh is threatening me with reporting me about selling native animals, when I indeed do have a permit and it is not his business, it's very unprofessional, instead of dealing with what I have been messaging him about he decided to bring up something he thought I was doing wrong. I wish I could provide the proof but now I realize it's just not worth it. If people like Josh want to do these things then more power to them. It is just upsetting seeing where the hobby is going. Outback is just notorious for these AMAZING animals they import and over price. I just know what it's like to get ripped off and wanted others to possibly see it... But a post I guess just isn't enough... :/ Sorry for bothering anyone... You can delete this if you'd like. I don't care anymore.
What if I came on here, and just got a wild hair up my
one day and decided that your prices are too high and that obviously means you are scamming people. And so I post a bad guy thread about you, telling everyone that you are scamming people. But I don't have any proof that you are scamming anyone, oh no, everyone just has to trust me on that one. And now your name is tarnished forever (because posts can NEVER be removed from this forum) all because I was having a bad day and decided to take it out on you.
That is exactly why you have been criticized here. NOT because of WHO you are accusing, but rather, how you are going about it, and your flawed reasoning for doing so.
I think that you do not understandwhat it actually means to scam someone. If you buy a 100% het albino snake, and later you breed it and it becomes evident that you were intentionally sold a normal, you have been scammed.
If you place an order for a snake, and you send money to the person, and they never send you the snake, you have been scammed.
If you send money to a person in nigeria who is claiming they are of royal blood and will be able to pay you back an exhorbitant amount of money... you have been scammed.
If I want to sell a ball python that is "exceptionally pale" I can charge whatever I want for it. I have not claimed it to be anything, other than.. "it looks cool". I can ask $5000 for it, or I can charge 50. Whether or not someone ACTUALLY buys the snake at $5k, is depending on if there is a person with cash they are willing to gamble at the possibility of proving out a morph. As long as the person who buys it, receives what they paid for, they have not been scammed. Maybe they are stupid, or maybe they just bought a very subtle morph and will hit the lottery. It isn't anyone else's business to care about.
To be honest, to the right person, maybe a normal female that is THAT pale is worth that to someone. If I were trying to produce the best of the best, to add some really good genes to my pastels, or my mojaves, or my chocolate covered strawberry vanilla cupcake snakes, then I would consider adding something like that to my collection. The higher quality your stock is, the better your offspring will be. Breeding a high quality pastel to a really bright, and pale hand selected normal, will likely yield cleaner, more beautiful babies than if you breed it to just any old thing. People have been doing this with carpet pythons for a long time. Quality is key! Something I wish more BP people would notice. But that's not the point here...
I am not saying it is RIGHT or that I agree with some of the things people try to pull off as "possibly a morph" and I do dislike when I see greed driving the number of "possible new morph"'s through the roof.... but if there are gullible / extra hopeful people out there willing to pay, there will always be people to sell to them. That isn't scamming, it's just not entirely ethical in many people's eyes.
If it's not worth it to post proof then you've just wasted everyone's time by even posting in the BOI to begin with.
