Need advice on a trade, been really eating at me

[euphuistical]

I got a question about a trade situation. I can trade my female albino straight up for a 1600g mojo female plus an early 09 spider, or trade it plus some cash and get two mojo females + a fire female all in the 400g range, plus I could get another 100g or so lesser for another 375 on top of that.

The adult mojo is enticing but the guy I would be getting her from seems pretty new to snakes, had no refs on fauna and wanted to send at the same time (he did, or someone with the same user name, had a lot of positive feedback on an invertibrate forum) so I am still kinda leery about that trade. Or I could trade her straight up for a really dark pinstripe female.

I am kinda leaning away from the adult mojo/spider trade, I am just too worried about a scam or something. So between the other options (mojos, fire and maybe a lesser, which I have, but think would still be good investments for the future and they are very well started) or a sub adult kinda funky looking dark, dark pinstripe.

Hate to ask such a mundane question, but these trades are really perplexing me.

Thanks for any advice!

And I'll be getting my desert in tomorrow! I'll be sure to post some pics of him.

Here is what I currently have:
females:
10 breeder or near breeder sized normals
1200g albino
1300g spider
1300g mojave
1 baby pin (300g)
2 baby pastels (550g, 170g)
1 baby lesser (200g)
1 baby fire (90g)
1 baby spider 100% het ghost
1 enchi

males:
1 desert
1 bumble bee
1 cinny
1 pastel
1 ghost
1 mojave

[joepythons]

I got a question about a trade situation. I can trade my female albino straight up for a 1600g mojo female plus an early 09 spider, or trade it plus some cash and get two mojo females + a fire female all in the 400g range, plus I could get another 100g or so lesser for another 375 on top of that.

The adult mojo is enticing but the guy I would be getting her from seems pretty new to snakes, had no refs on fauna and wanted to send at the same time (he did, or someone with the same user name, had a lot of positive feedback on an invertibrate forum) so I am still kinda leery about that trade. Or I could trade her straight up for a really dark pinstripe female.

I am kinda leaning away from the adult mojo/spider trade, I am just too worried about a scam or something. So between the other options (mojos, fire and maybe a lesser, which I have, but think would still be good investments for the future and they are very well started) or a sub adult kinda funky looking dark, dark pinstripe.

Hate to ask such a mundane question, but these trades are really perplexing me.

Thanks for any advice!

And I'll be getting my desert in tomorrow! I'll be sure to post some pics of him.

Here is what I currently have:
females:
10 breeder or near breeder sized normals
1200g albino
1300g spider
1300g mojave
1 baby pin (300g)
2 baby pastels (550g, 170g)
1 baby lesser (200g)
1 baby fire (90g)
1 baby spider 100% het ghost
1 enchi

males:
1 desert
1 bumble bee
1 cinny
1 pastel
1 ghost
1 mojave

If you cant find anything positive on fauna ask him for some referances.If he refuses then go with your gutt instinct and RUN AWAY.The shipping at the same time crap(unless they are proving to be trust worthy) has produced to many scams in the end.I hope this helps and let me know if you trade and what you get

[euphuistical]

If you cant find anything positive on fauna ask him for some referances.If he refuses then go with your gutt instinct and RUN AWAY.The shipping at the same time crap(unless they are proving to be trust worthy) has produced to many scams in the end.I hope this helps and let me know if you trade and what you get

Yeah the only refs he had were from some invertabrate forum. And only a single post on fauna and the deal seems a little too good.

Any advice on going with the pin or the mojos, fire and lesser

[joepythons]

Yeah the only refs he had were from some invertabrate forum. And only a single post on fauna and the deal seems a little too good.

Any advice on going with the pin or the mojos, fire and lesser

PM me this persons user name on fauna and i will see if it brings anything to mind

[mdjudson]

I think I know who you are refering too. I was offered an adult mojo for my 200 gram albino and 1200 g male pastel.... I ran away. Something didn't seam right.

[euphuistical]

I think I know who you are refering too. I was offered an adult mojo for my 200 gram albino and 1200 g male pastel.... I ran away. Something didn't seam right.

Ah ha so that leaves us with the smaller mojos and fires (but it would cost me some dough) or a straight up trade for the pin. The pin is 860g empty. I am leaning that way I think.

[WingedWolfPsion]

I would say, if YOU have an established reputation, ask them to ship first, and go for the Mojo female.
If they won't ship first (or you haven't established your reputation yet), then pick someone else.

[wilomn]

I have one pretty firm rule.

I NEVER ship first if someone else offers me a trade. If they want to trade with me, they ship first. I know I can be trusted to do my part. I do not know that about someone contacting me out of the blue.

I had the same thing happen not too long ago. The guy was offering me all sorts of stuff for a boa I have for sale, crying me a story about how he didn't care how lopsided the deal was (he was offering me snakes worth 2 to 3 times what mine was) but that he needed the male to breed. Sent me all sorts of pictures.

Then, he wants to ship same day.

That was the end of it right there. I doubt he had the snakes he sent me pics of.

Had the same thing happen with a guy who got a "free" laptop from dell, begged me to ship same day. Talk about stupidly transparent.

There are always other deals out there.

Wait for a good one.

[Serpent_Nirvana]

In general, if you have posted the original add, the person who offers you the trade is the one who ships first. You posted the add; you reserve the right to inspect the animal you're getting before sending out your animal.

Think of it this way: If you were selling the animal for cash, would you ship the animal out without seeing any money?

[joepythons]

Ok his only post on fauna was gibberish.Then after doing a search on his full name NADDA.Then a search of his user name NADDA.So i would approach this one very slow and i would tell him since he wants to trade he ships first.Let me know if anything else happens