2500+ gram Female

well said adam.

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Originally Posted by jcaustralia

well said adam.

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ditto, one of the best posts ive seen in a while

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Look tinkle, I was just trying to help ... you seem to be soooo ate up with breeding and how many girls you can get and how cheap you can get them for that you're not listening to some very solid advice that is being give by lots of people on this message board ... it's more polite for someone to say "that might not be the best deal in the world for someone just getting started" instead of "you're a kid that's wet behind the ears getting taken by one of the many scammers that exist in this business" .... read between the lines slurpie.

Ever see the movie "Colors"? ... There's a great joke in that movie that you resemble ...

An old bull and a young bull were looking over a meadow full of cows. The young bull said "hey, lets run down there a screw a couple of those cows." The older bull looked at the younger bull, smiled, and said "no son, lets walk down there and screw them all."

To be successful breeding ball pythons, you have to think of it as a marathon, not a race ... burn yourself out today on all of these "great deals" and there will be no tomorrow. There are people here that want you to be successful ... that have been where you are, made the mistakes that you're going to make and that want to help ... you do what you want with that.

Cause hey, what do I know right?

Good luck with that 9 egger! :rofl:

-adam

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Very well said.

-Andre

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Look tinkle, I was just trying to help ... you seem to be soooo ate up with breeding and how many girls you can get and how cheap you can get them for that you're not listening to some very solid advice that is being give by lots of people on this message board ... it's more polite for someone to say "that might not be the best deal in the world for someone just getting started" instead of "you're a kid that's wet behind the ears getting taken by one of the many scammers that exist in this business" .... read between the lines slurpie.

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Great paragraph Adam ! :gj:

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Ever see the movie "Colors"? ... There's a great joke in that movie that you resemble ...

An old bull and a young bull were looking over a meadow full of cows. The young bull said "hey, lets run down there a screw a couple of those cows." The older bull looked at the younger bull, smiled, and said "no son, lets walk down there and screw them all."

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I like the way he thinks!:8: :rofl:

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To be successful breeding ball pythons, you have to think of it as a marathon, not a race ... burn yourself out today on all of these "great deals" and there will be no tomorrow. There are people here that want you to be successful ... that have been where you are, made the mistakes that you're going to make and that want to help ... you do what you want with that.

Cause hey, what do I know right?

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Nother great post!! Look at me. I love snakes so much im going crazy. I am asking left and right to help out wiht collections just so I can see snakes....I want to be A "big baller' i want to be one of them people with exspencive morphs. But you know what? Im not !! You know why? I am listening to the people who are thoughs 'big ballers' and alot of them say not to jump inot snakes really fast...dont grabe at every deal out there. Get all your supplies and a few snakes read as much as possible. Dont think you can make 1,000,000 dollars fast...cause its not going to happen any time soon . Impulsive buys can lead to death and a hole in your poket. Take your time and look into quality not Quantity.

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Good luck with that 9 egger! :rofl:

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Ditto that!:carrot:


I hope you see what im saying...

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Originally Posted by djslurp1200

as far as the pastel is concerned. Bob hammond bought a bunch of pastels from greg. Sold some and had some left over...he even told me himself it might be a female...But he was pretty sure it was a male...but he said he could be wrong. so who knows. I'm not mad, Pet stores aren't always breeders as well. And the people I bought it from really didn't know the value of ball's or even some other snakes ...They didn't have anything in there near the actual value of the animals in the store...

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Ok first off i will make my comments about this post.I do not know Bob Hammond personaly,i can not see someone who sells snakes give a "could be either sex" pastel or any morph for $150.Its either a male or a female and will be priced accordingly.The only possibility was he was joking with you about not knowing the sex.Next i would love to go to this pet store where they do not know the "value" of the animals in the store.If its for real i will be down this weekend and buy everything in the store!Of course i will not make traveling plans just yet;) .Now for your other comments.Not one member has posted anything hatefull towards yourself,i even read every post:eek: .Now like allready mentioned the vast majority of the members here can smell a scam within seconds of the person posting this "deal" they just bought.You keep stating you are not upset and will not get upset,then two seconds later you want Adam to tell you what he was thinking:confused: .I myself have only been into reptiles for 9yrs now.In my beggining i also bought these "deals" at a mind blowing price,guess what everyone of those "deals" were a pile of bull poo!!I finnaly decided i was done buying vaselin before i went to any shows and found someone to teach me how to probe my own snakes!! Until you have someone show you how to either pop or probe snakes yourself you are going to go thru alot of vaselin.Now you might be wondering why i am so point blank blunt here,the reason is everyone else(including my earlier posts) up to this post of mine have been very nice.Then you seem to misunderstand there comments,so i figured i would tell you the truth to where you will not misunderstand my comments.Now if you verify that your pastel and this "female" are really females in great health and breed for you for many years to come i will be the first to apologize to you.Now i might take a few neg rep hits here but do it only if anything i stated here is false.Thanks

You can absolutely find great deals from people going through divorce, financial troubles such as a loss of income, new child, evictions, breeders that are just fed up with all the arguing surrounding BP's and that no amount of money in the world is worth it to them!

These are some of the people who are out there selling one snake or whole collections and are just happy to break even with what they paid or to pay the balance owed on that credit card! These are not scammers, not evil people just people in need or desperation that may need money or just want out! Great, healthy, high end snakes at a great price that of course no breeder wants others to know about because they still want to sell their Mojaves for $1500 or Spiders for $1500, while in the real world anyone can pick one up for $700-$800!

You also have keepers or breeders that need the space and don't care as much as others about money and prefer to help out a newbie! But, these types of people that are by these standards giving away these BP, are made to look bad and evil and scammers! Are you saying these types of people don't exist in the Ball Python communities? I get it, I'm only allowed to buy from certain breeders if I'm to be safe, let me guess who those certain breeders are?!

Yes, you do have a lot of scammers selling lowball out there just waiting to take advantage of someone! The same as you have scammers selling high and overcharging and ripping others off! You can easily buy a sick $600 snake as a sick $150 snake! You can get screwed paying $600 for a Pastel as easy as if you paid $150 for a Pastel! In fact, paying $600 for a Pastel or $1500 for a Spider or $1200 for a Mojave could be considered getting scammed, if you look at it this way! You can buy them for $400-$600 less elsewhere! But, you don't see me or anyone harassing others for paying these scammer prices…why? We don't care what you paid or what you're selling your snakes for!

Call me stupid and "wet behind the ears" all you want, at least I'm not getting scammed by overpaying, which is worse than getting taken by a scammer that sold you a sick/incorrect sexed snake! If someone sells you a sick snake or takes your money and runs, they are at fault and it's just wrong! But, if you overpay and later on realize you just got taken for $500, YOU'RE the only one to blame, you’re the sucker, not the seller! I shop around, I shop around to avoid getting scammed by breeders wanting to rip me off by overcharging 2, 3, 5 times what others are charging for the same snakes!

Take that as you will...




And by the way my pastel "is" a male and my new female "is" a female. I had them probed last night...And was actually offered money on the female but I refused...

You can find good deals but they are less common than you might think.

Usually ones that seem to good to be true are.
That is why some questioned it.


BTW, isn't Bob Hammond out of the reptile biz for a while since his arrest for illegal herps? He is very knowledgeable about herps (that's what got him in trouble) and knows the sex can determine the price so I really doubt he would not know the sex of an animal in his possession.

When I talked to him on the phone he said he was pretty sure that it was a male but that he could have probed it wrong. Either way, i wasn't trying to say I bought a female when it was labeled a male at the show. I just wanted to know for sure. As far as Bob Hammond being arrested he must be out now because he was at the tampa show and i've been keeping in contact with him on the phone since the show.

As far as I know he's still in it...

You've missed the point yet again ... not your fault though, I'm sure all that market stuff with the whole "your prices are too high" came from those messages sitting in your inbox ... don't let those idiots manipulate you, they're clueless.

Ok, so back to the real point! .... If you can find a quality adult proven female ball python for $150 GOOD FOR YOU! ... GREAT! ... I'm very happy for you and if you'd like to re-sell her and make a few bucks, let me know, I always have CASH ready to go for quality animals ... BUT ... There are many people on this forum that have been into ball pythons for more than 21 days and EVERYONE in the hobby/business knows that one of the most popular scams out there is for people to sell adult WC females that are in the country no longer than 8 months as adult proven females ... half the time they were imported gravid and laid eggs on their arrival into the country ... many times, even the people selling them don't know the animals history ... they are probably good people making a few bucks on what they thought was a great deal ... the problem with buying these girls is that 99% of the time it takes YEARS for them to feel secure enough to breed in captivity .... sometimes you're even lucky to get them to eat ... No one is saying that EVERY $150 adult proven female is a scam, but many many are. People here were just trying to help you, but instead of saying "hey, thanks for the advice, we'll see how it goes" you chose to stick your fingers in your ears and yell "nanny nanny boo boo" ... that's nice.

21 days ago, you posted this ...

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Originally Posted by djslurp1200

pardon my lack of knowledge of the morphs...

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No you're lecturing on the ball python market? ... Give me a break ... some of the people on this board have invested YEARS of their lives into these amazing animals and you're insulting them with that crap. Get over yourself ... no one is telling you who to buy from, what to pay, what to charge, or anything like that ... do what you want and let others do what they want ... if you don't like the way people respond to your posts you might have to consider the fact that maybe it's YOU ... there are dozens of other people that start threads on this forum every day that don't catch heat like you do ... Could it be that maybe you're just coming off a little bit abbrasively?

-adam

I have no idea about Bob's history nor do I care about his past or if he cheats on his wife! What I do know, is he sold me a great snake which now I have confirmed that is in fact what I wanted. I can have Bob come on this site if you like and deal with your accusations himself, but I will not speak to that as it is non of my business.



Guys, here is the deal!

IMO, I got a great deal on a snake that I am really happy with and wanted to share here on this site. If this is not the site for this type of discussion unless you buy your snakes from some approved breeder list that all of you approve, please direct me to a forum that will not harass for my purchases!