black fridayy.

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Originally Posted by Kenj620

Wasn;t planning on it but I just slammed a bp book from Ben Siegel lol

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The $9.50 one?

Oh boy.......

http://www.google.com/search?client=...w=1680&bih=914

You can walk into your local PetSmart and get one for $8.95.................

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

The $9.50 one?

Oh boy.......

http://www.google.com/search?client=...w=1680&bih=914

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I'm so impulsive, I need to stay away from his slam deals and auctions lol

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Originally Posted by mues155

ugg so many people watching Ben Seigal are upping prices on auctions that dont end for 3 hours and they are just racking up the bill...at this rate it will be a better deal to buy from his website lol.
Oh well...tis the season.

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Very true. Hardly ever a good deal on the auctions, except sometimes for single gene animals. But at least he runs a legit auction. I find NERD's auctions particularly laughable. When they they are suppose to end, they say "last call", and then keep the bidding going as long as they can. People end up way over-paying for snakes.

Good deals can be gotten if you go into the auction with a clear and level head. There is a point to jumping the bid to what you will pay. One of my good friends won the albino paradox male ben auctioned up a few months ago, 2 hours into the auction she bid 600 bucks. She was not bid against, now for an albino male not a good deal but find a paradox albino for 600. I know the paradox is not reproducible accept by freak accident but its cool, not many people have one. The bottom line is she wanted that male and every one was like ohh I will bid 75 bucks..... If you want it bid on it if you dont like the price or dont want it dont bid on it. The thing is as a seller doing an auction has 2 possible effects, people get in the I must win state of mind and bid rediculously or every one shoots to low ball, In that aspect it kind of evens out.

I do understand the complaint if there is someone bidding the auction up just to raise the price, it sucks but you cant change it, and again if you dont like the price dont bid on it, just use some common sense

in my opinion if you get the slam deals i know it isnt tht hard, but it should be free, anyone else agree?;)

Well, at least I'm not the only one who thinks these auctions are a joke. I was almost afraid of getting raped for talking out against them. :gj:

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Originally Posted by AK907

Well, at least I'm not the only one who thinks these auctions are a joke. I was almost afraid of getting raped for talking out against them. :gj:

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same thought here, i figured someone would be on here talking smack about people who actually know how to conserve money, even if the deal is a "$2 off" a dollars off doesnt really make a difference when you add up shipping, and the snake, tubs, etc.

One thing really bothered me about Ben's auction.
I bid on his Axanthic joliff girl, She was supposed to end at 1pm! so i hit my bid exactly at 1 even at 12:59 too. Another person bid at 101 and so i out bid him anyways, just for fun since he bid outside the time frame. Just by a dollar.
Then Ben says OVER TIME on that specific girl.
She was a browned out Axanthic at 70 grams. but it really made me mad that i was obviously the winner at 1pm like he stated but he had to put her in over time. I call BS.

Think about it. You go to an ADVERTISED auction from a huge breeder and expect to get a kick @$$ deal? I wouldn't hold my breath...

With that being said, there ARE great deals out there at all of their auctions..(BHB, NERD, etc...) Just less than a month ago, I won an AWESOME Black Blood Python from NERD, (The same one in which they had her picture tied to everthything-she's a beauty.) i won her at 76 bucks. On a smaller facebook auction, the week before, I won a male 300g mojave for like 65 bucks.

yeah, these are single gene animals but who cares? They are good looking snakes and they went for way BELOW market value. It all depends WHEN you hit up the auctions i guess...