12:29 AM (6 hours ago)

to breeder

Greeting sir. First, let me say I like your Facebook banner ****edited greeting as it could be used to identify breeder**** it means a lot and I appreciate that sacrifice in time and commitment.

I wanted to inquire as to your two posted Female **morph type** Ball Pythons on the Reptile Report Marketplace. If you could answer the following questions, it would be greatly appreciated.

1. Would it be possible to see a picture of the parents so I know what the females will "grow into" color-wise when full grown?

2. Do you guarantee the sex of the animal?

3. Are your animals internal and external parasite free and do you guarantee it?

4. What are the two females currently feeding on and could I see their feeding records?

5. Any chance at seeing more pictures of the two females for comparison purposes?

Thanks much for your time and wish you all the best.



2:33 AM (4 hours ago)

to me

You can move on and collect someone else's pictures.
You are not the first to come to me with fake questions just so you can try to collect pictures.
you obviously did research on me and my website. but still ask questions that can be found on my website.
You have a facebook which you used to check out my profile, yet your name does not appear on facebook.
Your e-mail does not appear on facebook either.
your IP addy comes up with private ARIN numbers.
I was not born yesterday.



2:51 AM (4 hours ago)

to breeder

Wow, I'm sorry you've had a bad experience in the past with someone trying to scam you for pictures... you are correct I do not have Facebook I deleted a few months ago as I hadn't used it since college when I graduated in 2009. My intent was not to make another page until I had chosen a name for my side hobby and actually started breeding. I only saw your home page which is not blocked to the viewing public. My IP might not make sense because I'm currently in Japan as I'm an engineer on foreign assignment. My intent was to possibly purchase one of your females to ship when I come home on a break to be with my girlfriend - who is the one most interested in acquiring a **morph type**.

I research all potential breeders I buy from because like you I don't want to get scammed. Thats why I don't really look at **competitor bp selling site** because so many folks post there and I try to stay with reputable breeders or those at places like bp.net. I messaged you with questions to see both your answers and the quality of your response. One of the reasons I worry about trying to start up the hobby is just that, scammers, liars, and the ugly side of business. I asked for pictures of the parents because your website only shows **morph type similar to inquiry** as a morph you're working with no **morph type in question** yet you have **morph type in question** yearlings and adult **morph type in question** vary in color.

I did look at your site and did see your guarantees but I've purchased a snake in the past that came from a big name with similar verbage on his site and still got a snake that had mites, a female Spider Albino to be exact. You can find my complaint / experience on bp.net, my username is zee-man there. I ask those guarantee questions again for a piece of mind and to have you write it because your word is who you are.


To be honest I was quite excited to see a response from you as I was getting ready to head to the gym. This was far from what I expected to read. I'm one to not trust people either but sometimes you need to give the benefit of the doubt. You may have not been born yesterday but I hope all your interested potential customers don't get this type of response to honest, good questions.

I hope you have a good evening as its rather late in **state which breeder resides** - which is I believe where you reside.

Best regards.



2:56 AM (4 hours ago)

to breeder

And so you know, I'm going to post this chain on bp.net. I will hide the names and emails and personal information. My reason for posting it is not to make anyone look bad, but to show that portion of the community what is happening to us because of the bad apples that ruin it for everyone. Something that should be common practice and part of the process got tarnished because of unease due to the filth in this hobby.

Again, I will not state any names or affiliations but people need to see this to be more proactive to the negative side and motivated towards corralling it. Post will be made my evening on bp.net you can read it in your morning.

Again best regards and my apologies for the double email and misunderstanding.



3:35 AM (3 hours ago)

to me

You are real.
My mistake and my apologies.
I make no excuses. I take responsibility for my actions.
Plenty of scammers out there. Nothing to do but be vigilant.
Hopefully not too vigilant like me.