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Old 25-04-2008, 09:17 PM
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Hey Alfie its his loss and my gain. I cant wait to get my boy and no I WONT be wasting your valuable time. Ive drooled over Elvis since youve posted pics of him so I WILL BE TAKING HIM HOME. I had time wasters over the 2 male Skinks . Please keep them I will ring you next week. Loads of contact then nothing.Total silence. So why say you want them in the first place???? I re advertised them and they were snapped up with no messing about. I really dont understand some people.
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Old 25-04-2008, 09:32 PM
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It was a she, when i looked at there past threads there seemed to be a lot of i will have, but thats as far as it went. just a pm or text so your not having you own time wasted, its not a lot to ask for.
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Old 25-04-2008, 10:09 PM
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its a pretty cra**y thing thing to do.....its a good job you had another buyer, else you could have lost money.
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Old 25-04-2008, 10:23 PM
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i know wot u mean amber gekko ,at least when we did our deal things went great ive now got a male to go with the 2 female kings i got from u and they are all cooling down now ready for breeding and i hope it is all ok with the fwc , again we should all name and shame so people know who they are deeling with if they have a bad rep of not turning up ect
Nice one, i'm glad you've found a male for them, you'll have to let me know if you get babies! The FWC's doing good, managed to hold it, well not me my OH but i was there in spirit

I think we should name and shame cos then other people can make a judgement based on others experiences before they buy, might save people some hassle.
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Old 26-04-2008, 08:08 AM
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HE IS WIPEOUTWOSHY now named and shamed total time waster !!!!!!!!
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Old 26-04-2008, 08:16 AM
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I've had one or two timewasters in the past. The things i have learnt are .......... dont 'put yourself out' too much for delivering or meeting people; it sometimes costs 'you'!!!
If your selling something always try to put a pic' up...... just to deter pic' hunters!!!!
Try to get a deposit, which would cover your losses for a no-show.
Try and get good communication going, email and especially phonecalls.
Set the price before you go off to deliver/meet....... i've been caught out with this one!!!! lol

I do believe in naming and shaming, especially for no-showers! I once backed out of a deal (not by not turning up!)...... i had to cancel, and i fealt like shite, but some people just dont care.
I have never quite understood pic hunters never seen what the point in collecting pictures of snakes is.

Back to the thread I think if the person has a valid reason and has explained why did not pick up the reptile or pulled out then fair enough or if enough time was given to pull out. However if nothing is said and the day they don't show up then yes I think name and shame it's only way to deter the people who say they want it on impulse with no money. The putting down a deposit works to deter them also
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Old 26-04-2008, 08:33 AM
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i had the same thing, not people from this site, had my bearded dragons advertised, had lots of e mails and phone calls from one guy, then nothing so i readvertised them, i then got alot of e mails from another person different user name but the same area as the 1st, he wanted them and was on his way, then the 1st person got intouch again i explained the situation and told him it was 1st come 1st served, and guess what i still have them, so im going to put them on here and hopfully get some genuine inquirys and a buyer
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Old 26-04-2008, 10:41 AM
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hi i know a lot of people get time wasters and it ps off everyone ,i think these people should be named and shamed for this , i had a add up for my female royals for sale and 2 of them sold to a local guy great person to deal with but with the other one a guy who might get named for messing me about ,he pm,d me i sent him pics and all the details ect, he was happy with the price ,the animal ect and we aranged a time and day to pick up and guess wot he didnt turn up .i got a text later that day saying he didnt have enougth money ,so he aranged another time and day with me to pick up but jut again no show , i have now taken 2 days off work to sell this snake and lost 2 days wages for this person , so in my opinion i think these people should get named and shamed for all the people and time they waste , im sorry to rant on but this sort of thing realy gets to me
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I have had the same experience but I actually traveled to deliver and the idiot didn't turn up.
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Old 26-04-2008, 10:48 AM
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yup ive had people knock me down on price then after a week say they dont want it,or they pm think il have it off you then silence.thats why im blunt now i dont reorganise my day around them and the price of fuel now i wont consider delivery as im almost giving them it for free then.luckily with the beardies im dealing with a 100% honest guy and not one of the messers that are frequenting the forum.
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Old 26-04-2008, 03:42 PM
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i think that unfortunatley there is alot of timewsasters,they must get some sort of kick out of it.
i did let one guy down on here,felt really bad though,did give him a couple of days notice to let him know we wouldnt be doing the deal and apologised to him.we have since bought from him,so i think we was reprieved (sp).we have travelled all over for our snakes,the furthest been london,we're in york.
i can only imagine how annoying it is when you are let down,especially when you have lost money over it.

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