Help immediately please

[mebigbadbrat]

Hi everyone.

Last weekend I did a trade with a vendor at an expo. I traded a Pastel 2000 gram female for a less than 100 gram female POG. Come to find out this man is a flipper! I have been speaking with him and told him I regard the trade and asked for an equal trade back. He now wants me to pay him 360 dollars for her or do the POG plus 75$ cash.

Thoughts? I am almost in tears thinking one of my babies ended up with a flipper. I am a huge animal lover and I made a mistake.

I just need some help ASAP.

Thanks

[mebigbadbrat]

Update: He will not and I repeat will not do an even trade. After some discussion, he considered $50 plus the POG female back. I would have to make a 3 hour drive as well. Thoughts?

[jporter617]

how do you know hes a flipper? imo, you should have sold the pastel girl out right for 350-450 to him an made a cash offer of 150-250 for pog. that pastel female being that size is well worth more then the pog , espically this time of year. dont hate me for saying this but bad decision on your part. ive gotten trades at shows an resold animals, but i feed an care for the animals just like my own. i also let the people know i didnt produce it and i got it on trade, thats up to them if they want the risks involved.

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Frankly, if you guys made a trade I don't think there's anything you can do - If you really want her back looks like you may be stuck going for the drive and paying him what he wants - I'm sorry.

[jporter617]

Frankly, if you guys made a trade I don't think there's anything you can do - If you really want her back looks like you may be stuck going for the drive and paying him what he wants - I'm sorry.

i agree, sucks but its the nature of the beast. need to make sure you know the value of what you have before you trade next time. im suprised hes even sayin give him 50.00 an trade back? he could very easy sell that pastel female for $350-400 at the next show. its close to breeding season, you know how many people want fireflys and superflys?

[mebigbadbrat]

He told me he was going to keep her and put her with one of his 2-3 gene males. A good friend of mine knows him and tonight after speaking with the trader (not giving out any names) he told me that he had put her up for sale for 450. I asked why considering I could of done that myself. He says well that was my plan originally. So I confronted him about it.

My friend was a big breeder in MI. After crap started going down with the trader, I was talking to my buddy. Names were exchanged and I was informed to do a search on him. I did and let's say I should of done that in the beginning.

*A deal has been made. Exchange of snakes plus $50 to get my girl back. My heart goes out to this little POG for having to go back to him, but if I didn't grab Ava, my pastel, back I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

[jporter617]

He told me he was going to keep her and put her with one of his 2-3 gene males. A good friend of mine knows him and tonight after speaking with the trader (not giving out any names) he told me that he had put her up for sale for 450. I asked why considering I could of done that myself. He says well that was my plan originally. So I confronted him about it.

My friend was a big breeder in MI. After crap started going down with the trader, I was talking to my buddy. Names were exchanged and I was informed to do a search on him. I did and let's say I should of done that in the beginning.

*A deal has been made. Exchange of snakes plus $50 to get my girl back. My heart goes out to this little POG for having to go back to him, but if I didn't grab Ava, my pastel, back I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

good deal atleast hes man enough to trade back, he was seeing dollar signs. ive seen POGs for 150.00 all day. he was lookin to make a profit from the get go. heres a word of advice. next show, you see a snake you like pay attention to what all is on the table, they can say they will breed this an that too a double or triple gene male but if theres not quite a few diff double an triples on their table. chances are they prob dont have any to breed.

take care Jeff

[mebigbadbrat]

Thanks. I was told she was only worth 250-350 max. I didn't think 450$ like you all are saying. I am horrible with giving values on something. I am excellent with math but horrible with snake values. =/

I was wanting something else ghost for my mojave ghost but I feel just dumb, so I am paying the $50 plus the gas to go three hours away to bring my girl home again. I won't be doing any trading unless I come here first from now on.

Thanks

[mebigbadbrat]

Jeff,

To be honest, I can't even remember what all he had on the table. I saw the POG and wanted one. Live and learn I guess.

Thanks

[jporter617]

Jeff,

To be honest, I can't even remember what all he had on the table. I saw the POG and wanted one. Live and learn I guess.

Thanks

yea summertime you can pick up pastel girls cheap, i sold a 1200grm girl in june for $275.00 once you get close to oct an nov, prices go way up almost double because people know that people need them for projects. if you want anything hypo, ive got 3 or four nice 100% het hypo girls ill let go for a decent price. these will infact prove out. Mark Spaid hypo line out of NY. thats what this forum is here for, i ask for advice all the time. i dont know it all, if i did i would be the first to tell you i get bored easy!