Good guy/gal thread..

Without bashing other peoples opinions and without trash talking about some of the people you don't like, I was wondering who are your good guys/gals in the biz? Personally, so far I have been pretty lucky with everyone I have dealt with as far as purchasing/trading ball pythons. My list is below.

1. Ballroom Pythons (Tim Lane)...great guy, great snakes, dont let the low profile fool you, his animals are insane, I have multiple animals from him
2. BHB Enterprises..Brian has it going on at BHB, made a few purchases from him
3. Fireball Pythons (mxrider42)...good friend, made a few purchases/trades with him, will be producing some cool stuff this year.
4. Robin Abernathy...good friend, can't say enough about her reduced animals, stunning
5. Cook Reptiles (Emily)....another good friend, and I have two big ball pythons and a group of Cresties from her, all great animals!
6. Bailey & Bailey Reptiles...Tim and Monica are awesome to deal with and produce some stunning animals

The Blasian Babe, She who puts the Ong in Wong.....

Heather.

Good stuff, great service and funny as all get out.

My top 2 would be

Adam, 8ballpythons. Great guy and animals.
Steve & Cindy, MorphMakers. Has to be the nicest people in the business, great animals too.

Both good:
David Bellis-DB reptiles
Brad-for the love of reptiles

One of the guys I dont see mentioned enough is Oz from ozzyboids. Outstanding guy to deal with, has excellent payment plan terms, and a 48 hr money back return if your not happy. His service is top notch!
I havent purchased anything from Adam YET but I would not hesitate at all. I think everybody would agree Adam Wysocki is self explanatory!

Jon Courtney ~ Cold Blooded Addiction
Great guy with even greater animals. He's also a extremely strong believer in Selective breeding and hand picks the majority of his breeding stock and has raised the majority of his girls (including the normal ones) himself. I received a Sable, Pinstripe, Butterscotch Hypo, Spider, Yellow Belly, a 'Special' Normal, and a Dinker Project from him.

Justin Kobylka ~ J. Kobylka Reptiles
Again another great guy with some amazing animals. Justin doesn't have a huge collection but he has some absolutely amazing stuff. I've been extremely happy with the Clown I received from him.

In the next couple months I'll have at least 3 more people on this list :).

I've had good experiences dealing with following people and would definitely consider them good guys.

Evan Jamison from Black Lotus Reptiles
Adam Wysocki from 8ballpythons.com
Will Bird from Ectotherms.net
John aka Jasballs

Here are a few that I have bought from, and would again, that I haven't seen listed yet:

Sean and Celia at Exotics by Nature
John Piro at Piro Reptiles
Matt and Kim at NARC
Cory Henschen at BradfordCole Herptoculture
Dave and Tracy Barker at VPI
Pete Kahl at Pete Kahl Reptiles
Rick Cunnigham at Rusty's Balls
Chad Fuchs at CF Snakes
Marshall Van Thorre (don't know company name)

Those are the people I have done business with including some I consider good friends with whom I will do business again I am sure

NERD
Cook Reptiles (Got all my cresties from Emily)
8 Ball Pythons
EBN
BHB
Greg Graziani

Well not only are these people I'd buy from but most are friends I speak to regularly

BT of Rebel Reptiles
Heather Wong of Heather's Herps (The Wonginator My coined phrase LOL)
Bryce and Nicole Honstead of The Reptile Image
Brian of BHB
Brad Boa's
Paul Wyble of Steel City Exotics

All great people that I have personal bought from but there are plenty of good up and comers out there LOL

Cool, nice to know there are that many good people in the biz, I can't believe I forgot about Albey, Albey is a great guy, and his animals are unbelievable.

Aww...Jimi didnt get any good props yet.

Jimi @ jimisnakes.com has some great boas and very competitive pricing. Could not have been happier with my purchases....except maybe if I got a BCC :( Seeing all of ssjmitts boas makes me want more....

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Originally Posted by ThyTempest

Aww...Jimi didnt get any good props yet.

Jimi @ jimisnakes.com has some great boas and very competitive pricing. Could not have been happier with my purchases....except maybe if I got a BCC :( Seeing all of ssjmitts boas makes me want more....

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Damn I knew I forgot someone I haven't bought from him except a cool Jimisnakes shirt

HMMMM

EbN
NERD
Bailey & Bailey
8Ball
Ben Seigal
John Stranahan
BT (the rebel from the south)
Emily Cook

Heather at Heathers Herps and Raul at WestCoastJungle

I have animals from both and are in perfect condition. Great people.

The only two breeders I've done business with:

Adam from 8Ball Pythons: The guy is sweet as hell, funny, and really down to earth. My het. albino female from his is stellar.

Ian G.: Again, really sweet, funny, and really just a nice guy. All of the snakes I've gotten from Ian are fantastic.

Most everyone else I know as an acquaintance, and they're all awesome, and I'd like to eventually do with business with them. ^_^

Here are the peeps (Some are even great friends of mine) I have done transactions with and am looking forward to many more.
Deborah Stewart (Stewart Reptiles)
Garrick Demeyer (RoyalConstrictorDesigns)
JnJreptiles
And here are some cool folks I am looking forward to doing transactions with as well.
Heather Wong
Kara (Bloodpythons.com)
Justin Kobylka
Kat (CentralValleyPythons.com) She has some spiffy lessers!
Exotics By Nature
The Snake Keeper
NERD

Ed @ wild morph pythons!!
Diana @ Lunar boids
Adam @ 8ball pythons
Amanda @ the twisted serpent

All lhave KILLER snakes, and great service, I would recommend all of them to you, and am more than happy to stand by them and there animals. I am very proud to call them friends!!:gj: Good job guys!

Brad Boa- Brad Boa Reptiles
Carl Vail- Vail Reptiles
George Knaack- GLK Herp
John Piro- John Piro Reptiles
Brian Potter- Chicago Reptile House

As so many others have done I must recommend Heather's Herps as quite satisfactory to deal with. Heather is willing to go the extra mile in dealing with you. "You can't go wrong with Wong!" And BHB Enterprises is great to deal with and has the largest selection of snakes imagineable.

Forgot:
Alex Hue- Alex Hue Reptiles

Tristan Egualada very good transaction with him... I actually met him at BP.net... I got a great Blk Pastel male from him thats been a beast of a breeder for me.... Thanks Tristan...
Michael Joliff I met him through another forum... I got a pastel female from him just yesterday... I've made four purchases online and these are two I would do business with again... The other two will stay unnamed... I'll have to keep some of the people mentioned here in mind when I make my next purchase online.... I'm batting 50% with online purchases, so I hope the next will be a good one...

Alan

Heather from Heather's Herps is wonderful to deal with. I will definitely buy from her again in the future. Check out her website and see how she takes the time to blog about her snakes almost daily, and you'll see how pasionate she is about reptiles. Thanks Heather for the Het Pieds, you made a little boys day when he opened the box. You're the Bomb!:)

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Forgot:
Alex Hue- Alex Hue Reptiles

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you might want to reconsider that after the latest boi thread

My list is pretty extensive. Some I have bought from and some are just friends and people I would trust in this business without a second thought.

1. Adam - 8 Ball - He has been a great friend for years and his reputation speaks for itself
2. BHB - Brian is a great guy and produces some of the best stuff you'll ever see
3. Heather Wong - What's there to say. Heather is the best!
4. Wes Pollock - Despite our past differences, he is a trustworthy guy and his ethics are beyond reproach
5. Shadera Lorrain - Magickal Morphs - Shadera is a great person and extremely trustworthy.
6. Tim Bailey - Just a great guy and he produces some beautiful stuff.
7. Joe Compel - Quality guy and excellent breeder
8. Robin & Deb - Two of the best! Great people and superstars in my book.

I am sure there are a ton of people I missed but my head hurts and thinking is a chore...

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Robin & Deb - Two of the best! Great people and superstars in my book.

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I'll send you a check for that one :rofl:

And it's likewise Jamie I hope someday I can put one of your animal in my collection ;)

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I'll send you a check for that one :rofl:

And it's likewise Jamie I hope someday I can put one of your animal in my collection ;)

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No money needed Deb! Just send me one of those sweet animals you have for sale.

Maybe we can make that happen this year. I do trades!! :)

Joe Compel Reptiles (ball pythons)
Steve @ Leapin Leachies (Rhacodactylus geckos)

These are the two breeders we have made serious purchases from, and we are very pleased with our purchases and interactions with the breeders, and would do business with them again. Note that we bought our animals at reptile shows and have no experience with shipped animals from these sellers.

I can now add ron Tremper to my list.. I was impressed with his willingness to answer my questions and take my phone calls..Ron's a good guy in my book.

Some of these folks I have purchased from and some I wouldn't hesitate to do business with for the first time.
Adam Wysocki-Amazing to deal with and a great guy.
Dave and Tracy Barker-I was super happy with my purchase and Tracy was great to deal with..
BHB- Super smooth transaction and good guy..
Heather Wong!!.....can't wait for my Mojos!
Tim Johnson@Royal Morphz
Robin Abernathy, Ed@Wildmorphs, Raul@West Coast, Deb and Emily for sure.
Jamie Glass- Good guy that I would love to purchase from someday.
NERD-Great experiences with them.
Wes Pollock-He knows his stuff and I may want a FWC one day;)
Oh, there are too many people here I would purchase from in a second....

Heres my list

Chris at ba reptiles- Was a pleasure to buy from him and im sure I will again in the future
Micheal cole- ballroompythons south - micheals great , great customer service goes above and beyond to help you out
Sam and theresa bearden and jim mason- beardens burms They produce amazing animals and there customer service is amazing! Always willing to help you out
Animal plastics- Great customer service
Jordan mullen- havent purchased any bloods yet but I when I do it will be from him. Great guy and very willing to answer any questions you have.


Also a great guy that unfortunatly Is not with us anymore
Jim Gasper- This man helped me with my millions of questions when I was just getting into big snakes and he was never to busy to sit down and answer every email and phone call I ever made! R.I.P

Nice, what did you get from BA reptiles? Thats where I got my normal BP (at an ohio show). I plan on getting some of my future snakes from them too. :gj:

chris from bareptiles is a GREAT person to deal with

BHB, Gary Orner at Pro Herps, Sloan Reptiles (topic to come) and jimisnakes.

Kyle Duncan (private breeder, no biz name yet that I know of, member name here: sssnake)
NARC
Luis Moreno (Ball Pythons Online)
Fermin Lagunas

Bought snakes from all the above people. Great to work with, all ship when they say they will, and produce healthy animals.

Eddie Strong CBmorphs.com
Justin Kobylka....cmonn did I even need to say it?
Joseph Schoepp...random but good guy
Jaime Pagan...misrepresented but an awesome dude
Joshua Buchwald...knowledgeable kid with quality stock

and Im kinda iffy on this guy cause he tried to get me to pay his paypal fees after I already made a 660 dollar payment..
Rowdy Kent...good-ish guy.

Here's who I've done business with so far (and what I got from them)... all perfect transactions, and beautiful healthy animals. I'd do business again with each of them in a heartbeat. :gj:

JnJ Reptiles (0.1 normal, proven breeder)
Jake Wallace (1.0 spider)
Justin Kobylka (1.1 het albino, 1.0 Mojave)
VMSHerps (1.1 leopard gecko)
East Bay Vivarium (0.1 normal) <----- for the local folks ;)

And I wish I knew where Toby (pastel) came from, since he's actually my favorite snake... but I got him off a "small-timer" at the Daly City Expo, and keep forgetting his name. I'll post later if I remember!

LOL... I've bought from a J&J, Justin, Jake, and about to do transactions with TWO different Jeffs. What's with all the J-names in the herp business? :D:weirdface

Alan Bosch - Alan Bosch Reptiles - bought a pied and couple of hets and then Hurricane Ike hit and was unable to take the shipment for weeks. Was VERY understanding and cooperative and held it no problem. Got an awesome pied from him.

Ken McAlexander - Ballpythoninvestments.com

Mike Wilbanks - Constrictors Unlimited

Love Josh at Marki Reptiles in Arizona.

Got my Bee from him and he is a great guy! Pretty funny one too!!

I have done business with

Chris and Sheila @ Gulf Coast Reptiles....Incredible animals and customer service

The Guys at Sloan....One of the nicest Lemon pastel Ball Pythons I have ever seen

Oz from Ozzyboids.....Great service very nice animals

Dave McGowan....Perfect Lesser Platinum and great service overall

Rich @ Reptile Basics......Not a better place to buy your racks