Quote Originally Posted by kc261 View Post
Wow. This thread seems to be getting a bit heated for no good reason that I see.

There is a new method for shipping reptiles that might open up a lot of shipping possibilities and save some people some money. That sounds like a good thing.

Daniel brings up a lot of questions and concerns about what might go wrong. Bringing them up is definitely is a good thing. And while, yes, he should ask those questions of reptster IF he is thinking about using reptster himself, I don't think that really was his point. I think he was trying to get people to think about both sides of the issue.

I understand most of the concerns. Who knows if they'll turn out to be real problems, but they should be thought about. While reptster looks like it has the potential to be great for the herp community, it also sounds like it has the potential to be disastrous. I don't know all the details of what was required to get Fedex certified, but if all you have to do to use reptster is "watch" a video... how many people are going to just say they watched it but didn't? Or didn't pay close attention? If stuff gets out to the press about lots of dead snakes and illegally shipped snakes and such things, yeah, I can see it getting bad for the herp community.

I don't quite get the concern about who is making money off of it, because business will be business and people will try to cash in. There may be sales lost because someone doesn't use reptster and can't compete with the shipping prices. There may also be sales gained if shipping via reptster becomes known as being of questionable quality since you can't know who actually knows how to ship snakes and who just said they watched the video but didn't, so some buyers may seek out those who are individually certified.

There are definitely 2 sides to this, and only time will tell which one will turn out to be the reality. Most likely, just like everything else in life, it will turn out to be something between the 2 extremes.
I understand what your Casey but you have to underdstand little ol Daniel...He loves to stir the pot...I have asked him "Why not ask the man his questions"...Why ask people on a forum that don't have the answers...? How many people out there don't give a rat's ass about shipping and lie about what's in the box and just do what they do? There will always be those types of people and nothing me, you or Daniel do or say will change them...Nothing in this world is perfect - There is no perfect system for anything...IMO - What Reptster offers is a very nice service to the herp community...Sure you can sit here all night and poke holes in it but what out there can't you find fault in? For the responsible reptile shipper - It's a good thing...Again - IMO - A buyer isn't going to care that you ship through Reptster...Their going to trust you - You as a responsible, ethical and caring keeper/breeder of whatever it is your selling...But in reality it boils down to this - Don't like it - Don't use it...