Won a mojave in a forgotton auction!

Last Saturday morning, I placed a bid on a mojave male that was 295g on a reptile auction page on facebook. I didn't think anything of it until today when I noticed I still had the current bid at 65 bucks and there was a half hour left. That half hour went by and nobody bid on him, so I will now be getting a new mojave male on thursday! I was not expecting that at all. What had happened was until today people could post animals they were selling as well, so auctions kept getting pushed way down the page. The officially changed this rule today and no more sales are allowed on the site unless it is an auction. The new rule should prevent things like what happened to me from happening as often. Anyways, I basically get a well started mojave male for an amazing price, plus he's throwing in a normal female for an additional 10 bucks. I'm sure he was expecting more from the auction, so hats off to him for giving me such a great price on him. When your collection is still small like mine, its very exciting when you get a new morph! I have no problem purchasing single gene animals at this point in time, nor do I mind getting males right now. I think I will find it rewarding to make a lot of my combos from scratch.
This image is courtesy of Richard Cooper, the guy who posted the snake up for auction. I was happy to see he has a good guy thread on fauna. Thanks again Richard!
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I will post more pictures when he and she arrive!

Where do people hear about these facebook things? Why I am I not involved?! lol

do a search on facebook. most are closed groups and you have to request to join. that's what i did.

He looks good, congrats. :)

Edit: Hopefully in the spring/next summer I will have some nice enchi and pastel yellow belly females you can add to your collection. :P

What did you search for? Just ball python? I know somebody mentioned finding a classified for a ball python on facebook once. I don't know where those are either. Grats though, that's an awesome deal. :D

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Originally Posted by Kinra

He looks good, congrats. :)

Edit: Hopefully in the spring/next summer I will have some nice enchi and pastel yellow belly females you can add to your collection. :P

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That would be AWESOME!

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Originally Posted by Crawly's Mom

What did you search for? Just ball python? I know somebody mentioned finding a classified for a ball python on facebook once. I don't know where those are either. Grats though, that's an awesome deal. :D

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Thanks! you can start with a reptile classifieds search. from there, you should find some auctions.

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Originally Posted by Crawly's Mom

What did you search for? Just ball python? I know somebody mentioned finding a classified for a ball python on facebook once. I don't know where those are either. Grats though, that's an awesome deal. :D

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I know Ben Siegel and BHB do facebook actions. I've won reptiles from both of them.

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Originally Posted by Reakt20

That would be AWESOME!

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I'm hoping, I've seen 3 locks so far and they were all with my enchi and one of my females is pounding food. She ate 2 mediums rats yesterday and still came back looking for more. :P

NERD has started doing some auctions too. I know how it feels though - seems like I always miss the good stuff! Congrats Matt! He's sure a handsome boy! :gj:

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NERD has started doing some auctions too. I know how it feels though - seems like I always miss the good stuff! Congrats Matt! He's sure a handsome boy! :gj:

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Ahh! You must have seen the auction! ;) Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Reakt20

Ahh! You must have seen the auction! ;) Thanks!

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haha!! No, if I had, I would've outbid you!!! LoL! :rofl:

I found... nothing lol. I am terrible with facebook. Darn those auctions!

I don't want to put any links for classified pages just in case its not allowed. search Reptile Classifieds - Ball Pythons. Something should pop up.

Very good looking Mojave! Congrats on that killer price.

Congrats on the great deal!

Amazing! Cant wait till I start my collection : )

i just won a ghana male in the ben siegel auction on saturday(love facebook auctions)for 22 bucks:D:

awesome deal haha

Congrats i never win anything :( always get out bid

I have dealt with Rick Cooper and he is a great guy with great animals. You can rest assured you have a quality animal. Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Amon Ra Reptiles

I have dealt with Rick Cooper and he is a great guy with great animals. You can rest assured you have a quality animal. Congrats!

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Glad to hear that from people on this site!

Everyone seems to know about these auctions but me... if anyone could PM me with some I would really appreciate it. I tried searching on facebook, not sure if I am doing something wrong, but I am not coming up with anything. :tears:

yea, can you pm me the link as well

thanks

Congrats bro!!!! Please pm me the link too and your facebook page if that's cool. I know of the other 3 auctions but would like to know of others and any classified pages too. Thanks.

Wow that is a crazy deal! Congrats on that deal. Thank heavens you got someone reputable. Those auctions that aren't on the seller's facebook page are a little nerve racking to me, you never know if they are legit or not.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

Wow that is a crazy deal! Congrats on that deal. Thank heavens you got someone reputable. Those auctions that aren't on the seller's facebook page are a little nerve racking to me, you never know if they are legit or not.

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I had seen him post previous auctions and everybody who received snakes from him reported that they were pleased on the page so I felt comfortable bidding. I know what you mean though. It wouldn't take much for some knucklehead to come around and auction sick animals or animals that don't exist at that matter..

Fedex truck is in the area! :partyon::headbang:

Wow! I really need to keep up with their auctions more! They had a Leopard carpet python they were auctioning off that I really wanted. But right now, until my two with RI get better, I'm not getting anymore snakes. :(

Here they are! They were a little cold but are warmed up to temp and exploring their temporary enclosures. One male mojave around 300g and one female normal i'd estimate at 140g.
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I also have a black blood python coming next week from NERD, putting me at 4 new snakes in less than 2 weeks! :gj:

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Congrats bro!!!! Please pm me the link too and your facebook page if that's cool. I know of the other 3 auctions but would like to know of others and any classified pages too. Thanks.

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my facebook page is facebook.com/reakt20

Very nice, congrats! :)

Congrats! I am glad to see they got to you alright. They look awesome. That little mojo boy is adorable. Thank you for the info for the auctions as well, super appreciative. :)