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Dear Bob,

I think you know as well as most how the Herp Trader works. We do nothing to set prices and have little control over when what adds are placed. Your complaints could be leveled at any similar trading system.

What the Herp Trader provides that other similar forums don't is that we check the adds for wording and correctness. For example ads for dangerous species get labeled as such.

If advertisers put up a pair of a species rare in captivity at a high price and get a good response then they may well be tempted to sell off the remainder of that species rather than hang on to them as breeding pairs.

One of the advertisers whose adds may have provoked your comments recently decided to cut his collection back to almost nothing as his herps were getting in the way of his family and business traveling commitments.

If two different advertisers put up similar ads on the same day at different prices then this is a bit unlucky. Often we will point out this kind of anomaly to the advertisers.

The Herp Trader advertises millions of dollars of animals every year, the vast majority of which sell at or close to the advertised price. The $10 dollar listing fee is a very very small percentage of the value of animals sold. (Much less than 0.1% on average... and it is invariably waived if the total value of the add is less than $100.)

All ads get the same attention and quality of service regardless of the value of the animals on offer and hence the flat fee.

If you don't like the service please feel free not to use it. If you want to get in contact with the herpers of Australia who might be interested in what you have to offer then I suggest you use our service.

If you are having problems with any of the forms on the Herp Trader site please email us directly via email (herptrader@herptrader.com.au) but please remember to include all the relevant details like phone numbers etc. as we will quiz you for the missing information before handling your inquiry.

The Herp Trader is a service of which we are proud. We put a lot of effort into making it the best quality service available and I believe for the most part we succeed. If you think the $10 listing fee is too much then there are plenty of free services available including the one on this bulletin board. If these work for you then great… when they don’t, hey we will do the best we can.

Salutations Judy, Daavid & Brian (aka Herp Traders #1, #2 & #3)