People Trading Weird Stuff For Snakes?

[Mike41793]

It happens even when you put NO INTERESTED in any trade and bold red letters

This was a memorable one



I guess the guy was trying hard to find things around his house he could trade for one of my animal.

Still can't believe I passed on the shark jaw

Well in all seriousness, being the football fanatic that i am, i would have inquired about the helmets. A Clay Matthews and a Terrell Davis signed helmets would look great in my room.

[MasonC2K]

Wow! This thread took off.

Just for the record, I don't see anything wrong with it. Or that it a new thing But I've been looking through these places regularly now for a year and it seams to me that in the last couple months these types of trade requests are happening more frequently.

[Coleslaw007]

I had a guy try to trade me a cell phone once. I declined, so he tried to trade with pot...

What?! You should have taken it! As long as they were stainless steel ones, you can never have too many good stainless steel pots.

Lol sorry, couldn't help myself.

[rebelrachel13]

I find it amusing when people trade video games or consoles for reptiles. Good to know that an animal is just as disposable as your old Xbox.

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[Anatopism]

We have traded:

- Our labor cleaning a rat barn for a friend's snakes.
- Bought display terrariums for the same friend's yearling GTPs, and in return got fire female.
- We've traded our feeder rats to friends for their contribution to cleaning our rats.

So.. nothing too out there, as it is all related to the hobby, but those are the trades we have done that were not a direct money-for-snake or snake-for-snake.

[RobNJ]

I've seen all sorts of things offered up for trades...high end watches, fine wines, labor/services, etc... My favorite ever was a couple years ago, I came across an ad saying, "Looking to trade bp for something, make offers", with absolutely no parameters as to what they may be interested in.

[Jabberwocky Dragons]

I find it amusing when people trade video games or consoles for reptiles. Good to know that an animal is just as disposable as your old Xbox.

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That's not really fair. I'm not sure what's "disposable" about about someone trading an older console that's collecting dust in their garage to a breeder that wants it and would just use the money from a cash sale to buy it instead. I normally don't accept trades but wouldn't mind if it was the same item I would be purchasing regardless of the deal (which granted has not happened to date).

I would agree with you though about animals being disposable when people list their family dog in trade for more morphs . I see these pop up every now and then and those "traders" immediately make my stay away from list.

[jbean7916]

There is a guy in kc that is constantly trying to trade tattoos for snakes but his work is soooooooo bad! Everyone on craigslist makes fun of him every time he posts his ad.

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[ChrisS]

So, if anyone has a killer clown enchi calico banana yb for trade, I'm offering my son for one. Would prefer female but will settle for a male. Here is a pic.



I've only done snake for snake before. Never thought about other random stuff lying around the house.

Oh btw no my son isn't really for trade hope I didn't get anyone's hopes up.

[mikel81]

I saw an ad for a beautiful normal adult female ball, very light color and no spots. The guy wanted to trade an rrod (broken) xbox360 for her. Sadly he had already sold her by the time I called, I would have loved to trade. Some of the items I have seen offered seem weird, but there's nothing wrong with a good old fashioned trade that leaves both parties satisfied.