Thanks for posting those pics of the box - Since 2007, I have had two cases where boxes were opened by F&W. In both cases I was the seller and if I remember correctly one shipment was going to CA (from FL) and one was within FL. I never got pics of the box. In both cases my customer just told me the box had been opened and all the paperwork was in order. I have had people who don't believe me when I say F&W opens domestic shipments, so it's nice to see a pic confirming what I already knewOriginally Posted by coreydelong
The 10 minutes and $50 for the permit is well worth the piece of mind in FL.
Say in 6 months your BF is not so excited about having a BP anymore? You put it FS on CL yourself and happen to meet up with a "buyer" who is a FWC officer
That's how they roll down here. They scout CL and hook up a seller without a Class III permit with a nice fine AND confiscate your snake. My local pet shop sold a 75 gallon tank to a guy last year and asked him what is was for. He happened to be a FWC officer, and told him it was to be used to hold snakes they confiscated in this manner.
Even those who are legit get checked up on sometimes. Last year I went to pick up a shipment at FedEx. At the time it was the highest $$ value purchase I had made (1.2 Clowns). Luckily the packaging from Wilbanks was in good order. Here is the box when I picked it up.....
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I include my Class III permit # on my receipts, and I actually put it in my ads for a while. I may start doing that again....I figure it saves them the trouble of checking to see if I have the permit. I would put it on my business cards, but I don't think the number stays the same from year to year.
I'm not sure if they are still doing this, but I know that several years ago they actually came to the Daytona Expo and arrested out of state sellers that did not have the permit. The reason that they gave for arresting instead of a ticket was that the violation requires a court appearance and they believed that the out of state sellers were a flight risk.
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