Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
pavlovk1025
Thats crap and a big reason that it's such a rough time for people getting into the hobby to sell their animals. I have at least 5 excellent transactions as a buyer, but it's not like the sellers all go on FC and BP.net and post how good their buyer was. Sure, some of the small guys do but it's not that common.
DONT BUY FROM A NON-REPUTABLE SOURCE! AHHHHH! SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM RIP OFF RIP OFF RIP OFF.
It sucks, truely does.
I would disagree that it's crap. I understand that it stinks, but it's the truth these days. I'm glad that you had 5 good experiences. Sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes this happens. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=99811
I personally work too hard for my money to not know where it's going. Btw, your examples of 5 good experiences were as a buyer....we were talking about sellers.
Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
Oxylepy
Nice choice! You won't be disappointed.
Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
waltah!
I would disagree that it's crap. I understand that it stinks, but it's the truth these days. I'm glad that you had 5 good experiences. Sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes this happens.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=99811
I personally work too hard for my money to not know where it's going. Btw, your examples of 5 good experiences were as a buyer....we were talking about sellers.
Yeah thats why I said I have good transactions as a buyer, but that doesnt mean that the seller is going to come around and say how smooth the transactions went.
How are we as up and coming breeders supposed to make a name for myself when the community's best advice is buy from the big breeders and dont buy from anyone who you cant find information about? That is what is crap.
Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
pavlovk1025
Yeah thats why I said I have good transactions as a buyer, but that doesnt mean that the seller is going to come around and say how smooth the transactions went.
How are we as up and coming breeders supposed to make a name for myself when the community's best advice is buy from the big breeders and dont buy from anyone who you cant find information about? That is what is crap.
I didn't say only big breeders. You can find tons of info about smaller breeders. The main point I was making in my original post was it's a bad call to be up late and falling into the "I want a lesser so I'm going to just order one" state of mind. I was saying to take the time to find out about the seller rather than clicking "buy it now" and crossing his fingers. There are plenty of people who I would buy from that are very small breeders. I will say that the only person I've purchased a snake from without researching was a local breeder. I picked up at his house and was able to inspect everything before buying. It was a great experience and I posted that great experience on the BOI. If more people took the time to do that instead of just complaining with "bad guy" threads it would be easier to get info on smaller breeders.
Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
waltah!
I didn't say only big breeders. You can find tons of info about smaller breeders. The main point I was making in my original post was it's a bad call to be up late and falling into the "I want a lesser so I'm going to just order one" state of mind. I was saying to take the time to find out about the seller rather than clicking "buy it now" and crossing his fingers. There are plenty of people who I would buy from that are very small breeders. I will say that the only person I've purchased a snake from without researching was a local breeder. I picked up at his house and was able to inspect everything before buying. It was a great experience and I posted that great experience on the BOI. If more people took the time to do that instead of just complaining with "bad guy" threads it would be easier to get info on smaller breeders.
Cool. I can dig it.
Re: Ahh! Someone talk me down... making sudden purchases online at 10pm....
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Originally Posted by
pavlovk1025
How are we as up and coming breeders supposed to make a name for myself when the community's best advice is buy from the big breeders and dont buy from anyone who you cant find information about? That is what is crap.
When I was starting out, no one knew who I was. I was trying to sell hets worth thousands of dollars without any type of reputation or references.
It wasn't easy, but I worked my a$$ off to make my dream come true ... I built a nice website, got out on every message board I could and helped as many people as possible, acted professionally and politely ... listened to what potential buyers wanted from a breeder and tried to offer those things ... and most importantly, I took the time to build and follow a business and marketing plan ... and ya know what ... it worked. ;)
If you're willing to do the work, it doesn't matter who else is saying what ... be patient, follow your own plan, and it will happen.
-adam
