Reused Pictures on Morph Market?

[butterballpython]

I was just looking at bp's on morph market and noticed that some sellers have the same picture up more than once advertising what appear to be different animals. Am I incorrect in thinking the picture should be one of the exact snake for sale? I noticed one seller had the same picture up for two animals, and then there's this:

http://www.morphmarket.com/c/reptile.../mojave?page=5

Look at the top of the page. It's either the same animal listed twice, once as male and once as female, or those are the two most identical twins around and should be sold as a set!

Thoughts?

[piedlover79]

That's Underground Reptiles for you...

[Stewart_Reptiles]

It's underground reptiles they rarely post pictures of actual animals instead they use stock pictures which show what the morph looks like in general rather than showing the particular animal they have for sell.

[butterballpython]

When I'm looking for an animal, I want to see the exact animal or I won't even consider buying.

Are they allowed to do that on Morph Market?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

When I'm looking for an animal, I want to see the exact animal or I won't even consider buying.

Are they allowed to do that on Morph Market?

I guess so, just like some people do not post any picture at all.

[Trisnake]

I think it's more an issue of not wanting to take the time to photograph every pastel, mojave, etc they have for sale at the time... Some people have a lot of animals and just don't want to take photos of the same morph over and over and possibly get photos confused, or skip an animal, stuff like that. It's easier to photograph the best example you have and let that picture represent all your animals of that morph that are for sale.

Although I understand people who do this, I'm not a fan of its practice. Personally, I like to have pictures of the exact animal advertised, as any other photo isn't fairly representative. But if you're really interested its only a matter of asking the breeder to send pictures of the snake. I do not consider this tire kicking as the breeder set themselves up to be pestered for true pictures, which may show an animal not as high quality as the photo in the ad.

[cletus]

When I'm looking for an animal, I want to see the exact animal or I won't even consider buying.

Are they allowed to do that on Morph Market?

Agreed. Especially when you are dropping a lot of cash. I can almost understand it when it comes to single gene animals that are very inexpensive but I still don't like it and in my opinion it's sketchy. Maybe I would feel differently if I was a seller with tons of animals. I don't know.

[butterballpython]

Agreed. Especially when you are dropping a lot of cash. I can almost understand it when it comes to single gene animals that are very inexpensive but I still don't like it and in my opinion it's sketchy. Maybe I would feel differently if I was a seller with tons of animals. I don't know.

So I with some sellers, you're taking a chance that the picture isn't of the actual animal advertised.

Even if it were a completely average looking normal male, I'd still want to see it first. If there's no picture, it makes me feel like maybe there's some reason they don't want me to see it.

[bcr229]

I can almost understand it when it comes to single gene animals that are very inexpensive...

Not even then. With ball pythons single-gene morphs can have a wide quality range, and if I'm planning to breed then I want a picture of the exact critter I'm purchasing.

I did purchase my Savu pythons based on stock photos but they don't have morphs and they change drastically as they mature so not having a photo isn't a big deal.