Babies are hatching, and the fun of finding new owners begins!

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Bro, I l know how ya feel. I thankfully work at a pet store, and we usually sell our babies to customers who know our quality and effort. However, I have had some****** when I tried to sell a few through CL. its seems like 70% of the CL people who respond to your ad either: 1. are flat out d-bags, 2. Ask you a million questions about the animal(s) and want a million pictures but never want to buy it, 3. Seem interested, agree on your price, and finally commit to purchasing but...seem to "disappear" when its time to set up a date and time to meet and do the exchange. I do like using CL to sell stuff, but sometimes people make you wanna :slamhead:

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This. This x100. Whenever I breed I'm doing all KS or Fauna or here or something. No matter what I am trying to do on Craigslist- look for a job, sell a piece of furniture, etc, I am met with an attempted molestation and asking for my picture or number. What? You don't need a picture of me to buy a sofa bro. Go to the personal section. >[ Plus reading other people's ads, most just sound so shady... I dunno. Craigslist is like the internet's blackmarket.

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Originally Posted by sho220

I had a buyer back out last year because I was too slow. We exchanged emails Thursday and Friday and came to an agreement. By Saturday afternoon I was working up a shipping quote for her. I then get an email Saturday night saying she backed out because I was too slow. I was all set to ship out on Monday...the deal couldn't have possibly gone any quicker. :fishslap: Some people just need a fish slap...

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Lol what? I literally did that exact thing with a Pastave coming in... My fiancee is deployed and wanted to buy me a snake, but his Paypal is bust so he had to wire me money, which takes a few days... the seller was great, agreed to hold the snake over the weekend, we paid today, she shipped this evening and I get her tomorrow morning. :P Same with bumblebee... Can't ship over memorial day? No problem, we can handle waiting another day... People are so pushy.

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Originally Posted by loonunit

"Time burglars". Somebody at a show called the window shoppers "time burglars". I loved it.

I'm trying to remember what I put on my ads which sharply curtailed the window shoppers. "Serious inquiries only" didn't seem to have much effect. I was considering "Serious inquires only comma jerkfaces", but I figured that wasn't professional...

...oh yeah. "NO TRADES."

Once I stated NO TRADES, the number of inquiries from obvious time burglars dropped sharply.

(I also have a secret rule about legibility of text messages. The first year I sold hatchlings, I really did try to respond to everyone. Absolutely everyone. Now if someone texts or e-mails and I can't make heads or tails of the message, I just quietly ignore them. This is a sale. A business transaction. Some little animal's life is at stake. Bust out a keyboard and a spell checker, for heaven's sake.)

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I'm starting to feel better that it's not just me. :)

And if you don't mind, I'd like to borrow this for future sales: "Serious inquires only comma jerkfaces"

I'm sure I'm not the only one to experience this one: You work with someone sending them additional pictures, answering all their questions, work with them to set up a ship date, go over feeding schedules, provide pictures of the parents, go over enclosures and husbandry, and then when it's time to show me the money.....................it's "let me talk to my Mom (or girl friend, husband, wife, landlord, barber, check-out girl at the local grocery store, etc)".........................couldn't have gotten that little detail settled before you wasted all my time??? :rage:

I'm thinking Seller Horror Stories would make an interesting thread...

A good way to differentiate serious inquiries from casual inquiries, is to ask a question in the ad, like 'respond with your snake experience and why you want my snake'. or something simple that the responder can just answer, so you can easily see what kind of person they are due to the response they provide.