Help immediately please

You took the words out of my mouth! I am by far not a know it all. I love to learn as much as possible then I start getting bored extremely quick. Now my shopping is done until next pay period.

Thanks for everything guys!

Yea, it's best to always know the value of what you have before you try to do any trades.

Also this is another reason it's always best to do trades with more reputable people who would of told you what you had was more valuable than what you thought.

It also doesn't matter whether you're selling, trading, or giving an animal away, once it's out of your hands you've lost all control over it without something like a first right of refusal contract.

Sorry OP, but if you're going to sell or trade anything leave your emotions out of it and treat it as a business transaction. Be glad you're only out a little money, some folks don't learn that until they purchase their first house and it's a an extremely expensive lesson.

I completely understand but I treat my snakes just like pets. I do not breed yet and this I can see was a business trade but if I would of known he was going to flip her for cash, then I would not of done the trade at all. I am going today to pick her up.

Thanks everyone

If you like her so much, keep her forever. Don't ever let dollar signs get in the way of your love for a pet.

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Originally Posted by mebigbadbrat

I completely understand but I treat my snakes just like pets. I do not breed yet and this I can see was a business trade but if I would of known he was going to flip her for cash, then I would not of done the trade at all. I am going today to pick her up.

Thanks everyone

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What do you mean flip? He is not flipping it one bit if he chooses to sell it higher then your trade offer then so be it it's his snake he can do what he wants... And you should be thankful that he Is selling her back to you for the loss he is taking.

I am not going to name this individual out so the person that traded with me, I looked on the BOI from several sites. No one speaks highly of this individual. The forums state how dirty cages, racks, underfed, etc the environment is. Yes I should of done research before hand, but I did not. I believe him. All the research has shown is how he is a flipper from other people as well as me.

I had no intentions of her being resold and I told him that in the beginning. I have had her for over a year in my care then a buddy took over as I was having some car issues last summer. If I knew he was going to resell her, then I would have never traded. I figured he could prove her out and in the future I could purchase a baby as I have mentioned this all to the said individual and he had no issues with that.

I am meeting him within three hours. I will not be dealing with him again. I will be doing more research in any future snakes I purchase or trade with. There are only a few breeders up in Michigan that I trust. I will just stick with those.

Thanks

The deals done when you guys finished.

Think about it like this:

Jimmy buys a horse for an acre of land from Stevie.

Jimmy regrets his decision, and wants to trade back.

Stevie, regarding the land as more valuable now, wants more on his side for the trade.

Jimmy is SOL because the original trade agreement is now finished and the details, unfortunately, unimportant in the current trade.


That's the circle of life, unfortunately. Next time, and this isn't an insult to you at all, but do a little research on who you're dealing with. How hard would be to hop on google or fauna and plug his name or the business name in? Food for thought.

Glad you could get her back, sorry if my above comment was a little rough... Glad to know you got her back.

I am afraid that buyer/trader remorse is generally not covered by any type of policy.....that one would be called a lesson learned.

You traded an animal and you are now having a change of heart which I can understand letting go of animals is not the easy part.

Regardless or whether you are dealing with a flipper/breeder/or private party you can never guarantee what the future of your animal will be, and this is something you might want to consider if you want to pursue breeding.