Just a gripe

So, I bought my hognose, Argo, a little over four weeks ago. The breeder is near Seattle, I live in Corvallis (for the non PNWers, that's about five hours apart). We had made tentative arrangements to meet half way, or meet when she came down to hunt with some friends. Near the end of october, my car situation got resolved and I sent her a text asking if we could meet in a week where I'd be in Vancouver (near the half way point)
She said no, which was fine because it had been short notice and offered the next weekend or weekend after when a friend of hers was going to be coming down.
So next weekend comes and on friday I hadnt heard from her so I asked again. Nope, this weekend won't work but weekend after her friend was coming to a town nearby and could probably meet me. I said ok.
I messaged her yesterday to see if it was on, and she didn't know but would try to tell me when she did. I asked her if she would be open to shipping and she would but "it was expensive unfortunately and if you wanted to got that route you could set it up"
I asked her what an estimate for the shipping would be and if she was registered with reptiles express or ship your reptiles. No answer. I asked what argos hatchdate was and what a recent weight was. No answer. I asked for a recent picture. No answer.
Awhile ago I texted to say i could meet tomorrow if it was still on and... no response agh. I did tell her that if it can't work tomorrow then I'd rather ship her. Still no response.

From some previous texts I get the feeling she has some family and personal things going on so I'm not pissed or anything. I'm just frustated
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Argo;
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Is this person on Fauna's BOI? How did you pay?

She's not. I paid via paypal.

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Hmmm well if I were in your shoes I would be thinking that this is getting a little fishy with the lack of communication: I'd keep a dispute in mind if you're in the 45 day grace period and/or look into your cc company if you paid with a cc through PayPal. I hope she comes through and you get your little guy and all turns out well!

I know she has a kid and a pregnancy in the family, as a surgery going on so I know her life is hectic- but yeah I wish the communincation was better.
Im pretty sure the snakes are legit and not a scam...she was selling them at an expo I was supposed to be at which was when I crashed my car and why I paid paypal rather then purchase her in person. Though there's still the chance mine got sold.
I'm keeping it in mind, but I don't want it to come to that :( I just want my snake!

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I always am the worried one...I would be freaking out thinking that all the things in her life are going wrong and she is trying to get as much $$ as she can to help. Getting cash and then pushing you off until you have passed the grace period to get your money back....

If she has that much going on then how does she have time to meet up for a hunt that is 1.5-2.5 hours from her from plus the actual hunting trip? I would call her and just give a polite ultimatum, "Hey I know life's crazy and I appreciate you understanding my car accident, but you and me both know this sale is getting a bit awkward...if we have to change dates again or if you are unwilling to ship then I will simply be asking for a refund". Leave a voice mail and send an email (*include a note saying that you will cancel the payment if she continues to refrain from contact, I would also attach a read receipt to the email, that away you will know whether or not it was opened), if she does not get back to you in one week (7 days) then I would cancel the payment...if she asks why, just refer to the email and voice mail . Just my $0.02, hope it works out.

Well I feel a little like a butt, turns out she got home from surgery today which explains part of the silence. I didn't know she was in though :(I knew it was coming up but not an exact date
Also, I get the feeling the shoulder thing is recent... she hasn't mentioned the hunting trip in awhile. I'd guess she hurt it in the two weeks before I figured out the car situation.
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Don't feel like a butt yet, she still hasn't sent it off or made meeting arrangements. I hope this works out for you, but if not, I would only give it a few more days then I would see about getting your $$ back.

Don't feel bad at all. It's HER fault for not letting you know. When I start selling I am going to make sure to keep my customer updated frequently. I would never want my customer to question my honesty and integrity. Busy or not she's being a bad seller by not keeping you updated. If I was going into surgery or something I'd ask my boyfriend or mom or whoever to respond to customers and keep them filled in while I was out. Or at the very least, hey my surgery date is this day and I'll get back to you as soon as I can email beforehand.

Gas may or may not be just as or less expensive than shipping five hours down the road. I know it would be a bit of a drive but it's not really any different than shipping.

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I texted her again to let her know I was at my parents house, and if her friend went out of his way to meet us here, we'd comp in gas and/or coffee, or we could just meet in the town we had originally talked about. No reply, but she's post surgery so I don't know how loopy she is. I also don't know why I'm talking to her not him- I asked if she could give him my number on thursday. Guess what? No response to that.
Hopefully she lets me know in the AM and gives me a heads up :/

So the last I've heard anything about her friend was on Thursday afternoon when she said that he might ask for gas money if he had to go a little further. She never confirmed if he was coming down or not. It'd been over 12hours since I texted last with no response (giving her updated information where I was and offering to meet her friend). Sent her another text to ask if it had worked out just now- I feel like I'm being annoying with the text messaging, but lady you never told me yes or no and its sort of a big thing :/

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Originally Posted by sunshinenorcas

So the last I've heard anything about her friend was on Thursday afternoon when she said that he might ask for gas money if he had to go a little further. She never confirmed if he was coming down or not. It'd been over 12hours since I texted last with no response (giving her updated information where I was and offering to meet her friend). Sent her another text to ask if it had worked out just now- I feel like I'm being annoying with the text messaging, but lady you never told me yes or no and its sort of a big thing :/

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Maybe I am not the best one to understand pain and recovery for some people, seeing as how when I had both my wisdom teeth pulled last year, refused pain killers, went home, wrote research papers, and kept my daily 4:30am run. I would seriously send her an ultimatum and giver her 7 days from the time the voice mail shows up, send an email later. If anything, you'll both be relieved to have things off your back. It's just not good in my book to get out of the game just because of a medical procedure...if it was something critical, then I would grab my brother before anesthesia and say, "clear my browsing history, email my professors, I want all my assignments for the time I will be out".

Surgery or no surgery she needs to communicate with you. Or if she isn't up to it then she needs to have her husband or a family member or someone do it. I would be worried too if I was you. I would give her a set amount of time to get the snake to you and if she doesn't, See about getting your money back. I am sorry this has been so hard for you. :(

So, the friend didn't come down that weekend and she had offered to come the weekend after that. After hearing about some of her reaction to medication she was in, I told her it'd probably be best and less stressful if Argo gets shipped. We were trying to figure out a day to do that andddd

I got a call from her this morning, her friend is coming down and was going to be coming through and did I just want to meet him and pick her up.
I pretty much was like HECK YESS.
So I'm getting argo in a few hours and yayyyyy :D

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Shes so tiny! Only 6g.

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Glad you're finally getting him!! So cute :)

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Just picked her up! She's gorgeous and tiny and so cute omg. She'll get a proper post with pictures when I get home and can get them, but every thing is resolved and I got her so yayyyy! :)

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Just picked her up! She's gorgeous and tiny and so cute omg. She'll get a proper post with pictures when I get home and can get them, but every thing is resolved and I got her so yayyyy! :)

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Oh my goodness... so sorry I called her a "him" in my last post :eek:
Glad she's in your possession!

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Hahaha, it's totally fine :) I reallyyy doubt she cares ;)