Shipped my First Reptster Box!!!

[Patrick Long]

i read or heard somewhere you didnt need to be fedex certified to ship thru reptster, can anyone confirm or deny this for me?

It is true, you just have to watch a video made by them.

[Blue Apple Herps]

Glad to hear everything went OK. I'm going to try shipping through them this year. Will be nice to save some $$ on shipping boxes. I think its great that the shipping companies are FINALLY starting to take us herpers seriously, that we're a solid chunk of business, and not just crazies who want to ship reptiles.

[ShawnT]

I shipped out a snake the first week it was hooked up....everything went super smooth.

[wilomn]

Ups contacted him and said even though we dont allow shipment of live snakes, WE WILL THROUGH YOU.

So soon, you will be able to go to reptster.com put your zip code that your shipping to in, and choose the cheaper of the shipment methods.

Has this been AUTHORIZED? In WRITING?

We all know that if this is not autorized in writing it can't be for real so what's the deal Pattimus? You just blowing smoke up our skirts or do you have this on paper? Let's see it dude.....because if you don't have it on paper then it can't really be approved and if it's not really approved then it's against federal law, or should be, and if it's against federal law, or should be, then if you use it you could get all of us in trouble I'm going to call and email the tops of UPS and find out if this latest little story about them letting everyone but me, I mean letting everyone ship snakes, simply cannot be true.

You just see if I don't.....

[TooManyToys]

Has this been AUTHORIZED? In WRITING?

We all know that if this is not autorized in writing it can't be for real so what's the deal Pattimus? You just blowing smoke up our skirts or do you have this on paper? Let's see it dude.....because if you don't have it on paper then it can't really be approved and if it's not really approved then it's against federal law, or should be, and if it's against federal law, or should be, then if you use it you could get all of us in trouble I'm going to call and email the tops of UPS and find out if this latest little story about them letting everyone but me, I mean letting everyone ship snakes, simply cannot be true.

You just see if I don't.....

Wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

I think what Pat meant was that UPS would authorize shipping of reptiles through Repster, not any one individual.

[ShawnT]

I don't think Pat is making it up..


Heres a quote from one of their mods - ssscales

Just wait another 1-2wks for an out of this world announcement on what's next to come from Reptster!....
Believe it or not, it gets better....much better!....

[Patrick Long]

Has this been AUTHORIZED? In WRITING?

We all know that if this is not autorized in writing it can't be for real so what's the deal Pattimus? You just blowing smoke up our skirts or do you have this on paper? Let's see it dude.....because if you don't have it on paper then it can't really be approved and if it's not really approved then it's against federal law, or should be, and if it's against federal law, or should be, then if you use it you could get all of us in trouble I'm going to call and email the tops of UPS and find out if this latest little story about them letting everyone but me, I mean letting everyone ship snakes, simply cannot be true.

You just see if I don't.....

hahahaha oh wessimus....LOL

[wilomn]

Wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

I think what Pat meant was that UPS would authorize shipping of reptiles through Repster, not any one individual.

It's a joke referring to another thread.

Pattimust got it. Too bad you didn't. It was one of my better ones.

Next time hopefully. I really can be a funny guy.

Really.

No, I can.

Honest.

[daniel1983]

Glad to hear everything is fine and dandy....it will be interesting to see how the service performs in the long run.

...but one can only wonder how things will be handled when something goes wrong with shipping process.

For example, someone ships to the wrong address and needs to have the package rerouted immediately. Can they contact Fedex and deal with the issue themselves although all shipping is done on Repsters account? Or does Repster staff someone to deal with these sorts of situations immediately?

Personally, I will not use repster. I think 'services' like this will be bad for the community in the long run. If I use Fedex, my customers will pay more than if I use Reptster to ship Fedex. How can you compete? I do not like being put into that corner by Fedex at all....just so Reptster can make a percentage of the shipping fee (which means you are actually paying for your own box....they just use of bit of the percentage they make off of you shipping to provide the box).

I wonder how it is going to affect those of use with individual Fedex approved shipping accounts in the long run.

I also wonder when someone violates laws (and people will) who will be held accountable. The animals were shipped through a company that is providing the service.....the company and the person using the service will most likely have to deal with some consequences when state or federal laws are broken.

[BT41042]

I used Reptster's services for the 1st time this week and couldn't be happier - No problems what so ever - Easy as Pie...

Glad to hear everything is fine and dandy....it will be interesting to see how the service performs in the long run.

...but one can only wonder how things will be handled when something goes wrong with shipping process.

For example, someone ships to the wrong address and needs to have the package rerouted immediately. Can they contact Fedex and deal with the issue themselves although all shipping is done on Repsters account? Or does Repster staff someone to deal with these sorts of situations immediately?

Personally, I will not use repster. I think 'services' like this will be bad for the community in the long run. If I use Fedex, my customers will pay more than if I use Reptster to ship Fedex. How can you compete? I do not like being put into that corner by Fedex at all....just so Reptster can make a percentage of the shipping fee (which means you are actually paying for your own box....they just use of bit of the percentage they make off of you shipping to provide the box).

I wonder how it is going to affect those of use with individual Fedex approved shipping accounts in the long run.

I also wonder when someone violates laws (and people will) who will be held accountable. The animals were shipped through a company that is providing the service.....the company and the person using the service will most likely have to deal with some consequences when state or federal laws are broken.

I'm curious how this can be bad for the community? Your verified - You get a free box and 20% off the shipping price - How is that bad? LOL...If Reptster makes a little coin off me by providing this service to the community and I save on average $18 a shipment - I'm more than fine with it...I would willing to bet that FedEx would handle a problem with Reptster faster than an individual's problem...