Bad shipping procedures

[Wh00h0069]

again I am so sorry this is happening to you!! Please continue to let us know how this plays out.

Ya know it might be neat to see a thread "How to Ship in Cold Weather" w pictures and directions. Maybe like a best practice for others to see!

This is a good write up on winter shipping. No pictures, but it explains it well.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...inter+shipping

[Homegrownscales]

Yes that is a good write up. I just read as well Muddocs In his separate thread and I thought that was an excellent write up as well. My shipping pro are the exact same just on super cold days I add another box or a styrofoam outerbox. But everything else is the same. I think like I've said before if he had used proper heat that snake would have had a chance. Still no response. Still frustrated over the whole situation. Still out a pinstripe and the $ I
Payed for him. Poop situation all
Around. Crummy

[Kingofspades]

I think I have a bad shipping procedures story that trumps ALL.

When I first got into ball pythons about 8 years ago, I saw someone selling normal females for $20 Shipped. That should have been a tip off...

but I went ahead and bought one anyway.

So I pay, and I am waiting for the snake...
next day arrives...nothing. Ok, maybe she didn't ship...
Next day...nothing.

Finally the third day...box comes in.
I open it up...and inside is a sock....tied in a knot...tossed in the box with very little shredded magazine.

It was shipped 3 day US postal service...

Needless to say...the snake was dead. It also looked no older than 1-2 days.

I felt terrible for the snake and emailed her. She told me her brother had shipped it because she was away from home and she would talk to him. She didn't have any more left...so I asked for a refund. She demanded that I ship the dead snake BACK to her...as proof that it was dead, so she knew I wasn't trying to rip her off for $20...

Yeah. Needless to say I sucked up the loss and never dealt with her again.

[Wh00h0069]

I think I have a bad shipping procedures story that trumps ALL.

When I first got into ball pythons about 8 years ago, I saw someone selling normal females for $20 Shipped. That should have been a tip off...

but I went ahead and bought one anyway.

So I pay, and I am waiting for the snake...
next day arrives...nothing. Ok, maybe she didn't ship...
Next day...nothing.

Finally the third day...box comes in.
I open it up...and inside is a sock....tied in a knot...tossed in the box with very little shredded magazine.

It was shipped 3 day US postal service...

Needless to say...the snake was dead. It also looked no older than 1-2 days.

I felt terrible for the snake and emailed her. She told me her brother had shipped it because she was away from home and she would talk to him. She didn't have any more left...so I asked for a refund. She demanded that I ship the dead snake BACK to her...as proof that it was dead, so she knew I wasn't trying to rip her off for $20...

Yeah. Needless to say I sucked up the loss and never dealt with her again.

That's horrible.

[Homegrownscales]

Oh my god that's way awful awful. I just got a refund from the sender so hopefully this turn out good in the end. Still waiting to clear. But.... It tool a Month or 2.

[mechnut450]

dang both those shiping issues make me shudder. I glad I had good exper with the few I done . I need ot get off my butt and get my fedex cert for this summer.