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Old 23-01-2008, 07:54 PM
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Default Found a goliath fpr 100. should i get it?

Found two shops that can get goliath birdeaters ordered in for me for next week.
One shop is selling it for 100 and the other 110. No idea how big it is although Im sure they said sub-adult. How big would that be roughly?
One shop said they had one in before ages ago and it was a really nice size.
Im thinking ill go for the 100pound one as it is probably the same one the other shop has on their list.
I got 50 to go towards it as a deposit tomorrow, providing my sis can take me there (ill ask her first obviously), and they said they can keep it for me for up to two weeks. Is that from when I deposit it or from when they get it in? Cos if its from when they get it in and they get it next week, then I can get it from not my next lot of money but the one after no problem.
Shame they finally sold that pinkfoot goliath last week that had been on the list for months. wouldve had that instead.
I dont understand why the goliath is more expensive in the one shop though than the pinkfoot goliath? thought the pinkfoot goliath was rarer and bigger?
Would it be the same spider on both shops list if one is selling it for a tenner more? one of the shops was suprised that it cost that much.
Anyway, thought id ask about that and is a goliath birdeater really that different from a pinktoe goliath? The goliath could get as big as the pinktoe goliath anyway and they are the same to look at.
There is one on the internet I wanna get anyway in march if they are that different.
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Old 23-01-2008, 07:56 PM
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that is bloody expensive I wouldnt pay £100 for one
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Old 23-01-2008, 08:02 PM
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Buy AF's for about £90!
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Old 23-01-2008, 08:10 PM
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theres nowhere near me that sells them any cheaper and they rarely get them in. i cant go to BTS, and I may be going to bugfest but if they dont have any then the shops wouldve sold out too. gotta get em while theyre there...thats the problem. dont really want a sling. want a pretty grown on one. someone i know payed 120 and it was no bigger than a chilea rose. At least I suppose I know it wouldnt be posted then.
How big would a sub adult be in this species?
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Old 23-01-2008, 08:24 PM
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No chance would I pay that for a T. blondi. I got one the size of an adult chili for £40.
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Old 23-01-2008, 08:25 PM
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Thats expensive by all accounts but if you have no other option and don't fancy one being posted then its prob your best bet...... good luck
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Old 23-01-2008, 09:31 PM
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thankyou
where did you get yours from incubuss?
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Old 23-01-2008, 09:57 PM
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where did you get yours from incubuss?
Off a forum.
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Old 23-01-2008, 10:00 PM
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If you hold out you are likely to find them on a classified site eventually, just not quickly.

We sometimes get subadults in for around £60 but adults we sell for £99 too.
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Old 23-01-2008, 10:08 PM
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If you hold out you are likely to find them on a classified site eventually, just not quickly.

We sometimes get subadults in for around £60 but adults we sell for £99 too.
No offence (I know you need to earn off them) but why do you sell them for so much?
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