Quote Originally Posted by MrLang View Post
I can't say that situations like this don't encourage this mindset, but I hate it. As someone just about to have my first clutches dropped, my biggest fear is that I won't be able to sell any animals because I don't have feedback. There has to be some faith in humanity sometimes. All of the biggest names in the business that everyone recognizes here started out selling their first snakes without feedback.

I definitely wouldn't do trades like this if they weren't face to face though.
But surely you have feedback from other breeders from being a good buyer? And you have this website! While it isn't seller/buyer feedback, it still proves you are a real person with real animals!

I have a trader rating on fauna because people rate me for being a good buyer Maybe you can ask some breeders who you have purchased from in the past if they would leave you some positive feedback.

I guess it just comes down to using your best judgement. If anything seems off, don't do the deal. I understand that everyone starts somewhere, but we also need to be careful who we are dealing with. New names are popping up all the time and while I would like to have faith in these new names, all of these scammers do make me wary of dealing with them.