Common Courtesy - Pickups and Dropoffs

[Ssthisto]

Just got home from Manchester Oxford Road station. I'd gone down there to deliver a snake to someone not on this forum - and two breeding groups of Multimammates to someone who IS on this forum.

I am very, very disappointed in the person who was to be picking up the multis. They agreed in advance that because I'd be at the Manchester Oxford Road station, they could meet me there between 1 and 2:30 today.

1. I PMed them on Thursday to say where I would be, what I look like, and that I would be at the station at 1PM. No reply, but I didn't worry, because they were keen to have the multis.

2. I texted them at 10AM repeating where I would be and that I would be at the station from 1PM to 2PM. Then I packed up two 1.3 groups of multis and set off - it's half an hour to get to our local train station, then 45 minutes by train to get to Manchester Oxford Road from here.

3. I texted them at 1:30 repeating that I was at the station and waiting.

4. I phoned them at 2 to leave a message that I was at the station and waiting.

5. Our other gentleman picked up his snake at 3:15, and we'd had no contact from the RFUK member. It wasn't fair to keep the multis out much longer if nobody's going to show, so we texted one last time to say we're sorry, we can't wait any longer.

Please, please please: If you have changed your mind, or you can't make it, or can't afford it... TELL the person who's delivering things to you so they don't stress out their animals!

I did not WANT to drag eight multis out of their cages, stick 'em in a carrying cage and shuttle them for a three-hour round trip just for sh*ts and giggles. There were at least three chances in this case for the buyer to have said "I'm sorry, I can't." - any time between the original contact a week and a half ago and Thursday, any time after my message on Thursday, and between 10 AM and 11 AM this morning - which would have let me leave the multis at home.

I also had to arrange for my partner to come with me so that we didn't have the snake and the multis too close together - we didn't want the one of us carrying the snake ALSO to have the mice. So it was double the train fare to boot.

Makes me think I'm not going to do any more trips to meet halfway unless the buyer has paypal-ed me a deposit first.

[Jinx]

Im so sorry you had to go through that.
Ive been stung too many times, and no body gets anything from me with out a deposit first, and i make sure they know it's not refundable too! As i get too many timewasters.
These people are ignorant! Even if i had an emergency i'd still text or something to say i could'nt make it, and then explain the reason later.
It's not on.

[Esarosa]

really sorry you had to go through this hun

I think demanding deposits is afantastic idea


Katie

[DeanThorpe]

ah, that sucks mate.
A deposit is a good idea.. but also confirming things on thge phone is a good idea.. some ppl... that have mental issues dont think the internet or anything arranged on it is REAL... grr @ them bad people.

[Fangio]

Bad people indeed.

I sold quite a few animals here and luckily everyone turned up and bought what they said they were going to when they said also. The ones I met were also at the meeting points at times arranged. I never asked for deposits from people but it is a good idea. As the saying goes: "once bitten, twice shy". A small minority ruin the trust for the rest of us.

[madaboutreptiles]

Thats not good if some one makes a deal then they should stick to it

not good for anyone

[Ssthisto]

Originally Posted by DeanThorpe

ah, that sucks mate.
A deposit is a good idea.. but also confirming things on thge phone is a good idea.. some ppl... that have mental issues dont think the internet or anything arranged on it is REAL... grr @ them bad people.

Couldn't get hold of them by phone - but you know there would have been hell to pay if I'd gone to Manchester WITHOUT the multis and they'd shown up!

[DeanThorpe]

yeh lol. sorry anyway man. [hang on...]
i mean.. dudette.. [hopes he rememebred correctly from thread the other day]

[damo]

thats out of order and i hope the person in question never asks someone again for the same thing......we should be able to give a good rep report on the site somewhere when we buy from each other, you know like ebay do that would be abit of reasurance then,plus yea a deposit to,

but how do you get a paypal account and does it charge you to set up???

[matty]

sorry you had to go through that..it just ruins it for other people really, like if i wanted to buy from someone living in..um..london or somethin, i couldnt ask my dad to drive me to london, and i couldnt ask the seller to deliever to me so id have to do the meet halfway thing and when people do stuff like this it puts sellers off this kind of arrangement..most annoying..should have at least texted or somethin