Auction Site for Selling Reptiles!!!

[Gecko_Sean]

I think its fine. You buy them like anything else, why not bid on them?

[bosc888]

I see no problem with it & people seem to jump on it when they see someone attempting to auction reps on ebay.
it's no different to selling anything really apart from you need to be as sure as you can that the animal will be looked after.

[snickers]

I can understand people might be OK selling offspring etc, but don't you need a petshop license to trade animals? There seems to be no mention of it on the site.

[cubeykc]

i think its a great idea

[athy59]

Maybe some-one should contact the Auction site and get them to tell sellers, that they must provide care sheets on how to look after the reps etc. Much like this site does. Or ask the buyers to do their research 1st.
But there again with some people they wont take any notice and say aww what a cutie when its a baby and then as its grows older and bigger , back it goes to be auctioned off or worse.
At times you feel you just cant educate pork.!!

[bosc888]

Originally Posted by athy59

Maybe some-one should contact the Auction site and get them to tell sellers, that they must provide care sheets on how to look after the reps etc. Much like this site does. Or ask the buyers to do their research 1st.
But there again with some people they wont take any notice and say aww what a cutie when its a baby and then as its grows older and bigger , back it goes to be auctioned off or worse.
At times you feel you just cant educate pork.!!

sorry but how many pet shops provide care sheets for the animals they sell & what makes you think people won't do research on their pet just because it's an auction.
I would imagine if it's a specialist site just selling reps mainly those interested in keeping them will go on that site much like this one.

[wohic]

well if nothing else this post will heighten awareness of this site, add to its members and who knows there may well be more than 4 reptiles being auctioned by the end of the day........

[bosc888]

[Zak]

Im yes and no, in theory its a good idea but auctions generally dont raise as much money as shops which in turn promotes cutting corners with the animal care to maximise profit. Yes its a rather cynical way to look at it but we all know for a fact that some people do get into it as a money making scheme.

Its all down to ethics and whether or not you agree on bidding on a living thing without even seeing to it, which is kind of against everything your told when acquiring reptiles. I dont think it'll help the current transient trend within the reptile keeping community where some people are chopping and changing their animals week in and week out.

[Bluejen]

It's really no different buying off classifieds. Holding an auction type sale on an animal is no different to putting in an add "open to offer". I sight like this might even start to show animals true worth instead of idiots putting animals up for sale at stupid prices who then then spend weeks lowering and lowering the price till someones interested.

I see many adds on here of private keepers convinced they should be able to get Shop prices for animals for sale through classifieds. It's probably standard expected behavior to haggle any price, even a good one through classifieds.

Also you only need a pet shop licence if you buy animals with the intentions to sell one.. Surplus or bred animals are not covered of course, we all know, many people still do this through the classifieds anyway....