Angry!!!

[Deano]

Some of you may remember that I posted some pics of my new additions, 6 woma pythons in total. Well I picked them up a couple of weeks ago from the airport and as soon as I got home one of my females looked very sick, I gave the guy a call (PM me for the breeders name) and told him straight away that one of the females looks very sick, her body was all manky looking and she wouldn’t move at all. He said she was fine when she left which I find hard to believe as she only came down from SA to Sydney.

I took her to the vet and the vet had her for a week to see if she would recover but she just got worse and $300 later we had to put her down, anyway the guy is refusing to give me back my money for this particular female. I cant believe some people out there, I just spent over $12000 and all I asked for was $2000 back and ill send him the vet report and body of the dead woma if need be.

He sent all 6 snakes crammed in the one little esky box on a hot day and with her being the smallest she should have been in a separate box, or two to three snakes max sent in the one box but instead I find her down the bottom of the pile with the bigger snakes on top of her when I picked them up from the airport.

We are just waiting on the vet report now to see if we can take it further with a solicitor, the vet reckons she was definitely sick for a while before we even got her and he is taking further samples of her to complete the report.

I can’t believe people out there would sell a sick or injured animal to someone and think they can get away with it, well I hope this guy gets what he deserves. It makes me sick in my stomach and makes me so angry that we have people like that in our hobby.

[Christine]

That is disgusting. You have definitely been treated terribly by this breeder. I am glad that you said his name so that other potential buyers will be aware of the way he treats his customers.
I would definitely take it to the hilt with the solicitors. Common sense would say that you are guaranteed a win and compensation for your trouble. This guy will be dragging his own name through the mud.
And yes very sad that there are people like this in the hobby...I would have liked to have thought that we would all look after each other...but it's not the case.
How are the other snakes?

[waruikazi]

You would think after you gave him that much money he would go out of his way to keep you happy, i know i would. What a mongrel.

[Inkslinger]

You have rights under common law pursue them perhaps if more did there would be less of this. Is he a proffessional breeder paying his tax etc? that could be another avenue.

$12000 that is not hobby money


The sooner we get a registry micro chipping and history on animals like every other animal of m value the better!!

[JasonL]

Tis why I really try to buy local! Good luck with that one Deano.

[AussieMum]

That is so sad that people can do things like that to animals, people like that deserve to have their licence revocked, and crewelty charges.

[Deano]

Originally Posted by Christine

That is disgusting. You have definitely been treated terribly by this breeder. I am glad that you said his name so that other potential buyers will be aware of the way he treats his customers.
I would definitely take it to the hilt with the solicitors. Common sense would say that you are guaranteed a win and compensation for your trouble. This guy will be dragging his own name through the mud.
And yes very sad that there are people like this in the hobby...I would have liked to have thought that we would all look after each other...but it's not the case.
How are the other snakes?

The other snakes are fine, thank god.

[Hsut77]

For twelve grand I would deliver the snakes no matter where the buyer was. Did the vet come to a conclusion to the cause of the problem? Sorry to hear all that.

[Hetty]

Be careful using names, defamation could cause problems for the site and for your court case (if it comes to that).

[raptor]

Nail him to the wall. Yes, things go wrong occasionally, but a reasonable breeder will make every effort to sort something out. Flat-out refusing just shows what this guy is made of. Whether it's 12k or 1200, there's a principle at stake & if we all keep publicising these type of incidents, maybe we can free our hobby of these parasites.

[Deano]

Originally Posted by Hsut77

For twelve grand I would deliver the snakes no matter where the buyer was. Did the vet come to a conclusion to the cause of the problem? Sorry to hear all that.

No not yet, but he said that she was definitely sick for a while with him just looking at her, I should get the report sometime this week.

[Chris1]

if hes getting 12K you'd think he could afford more than 1 esky,..!

theyre snakes, not sardines,..!!

[Deano]

Originally Posted by thenothing

Be careful using names, defamation could cause problems for the site and for your court case (if it comes to that).

I thought about not mentioning his name, but I don’t want other people to go through what im going through with this particular seller….

[Hetty]

Yeah, I understand and personally think it's fine, but we don't have the First Amendment here. Our freedom of speech is limited, and in NSW this is considered defamation. See what the mods think anyway.

[Tatelina]

Stupid 'backyard breeders'....who aren't in this for the love of the reptiles... *shakes head*
Buyers beware of that name!

Originally Posted by Chris

if hes getting 12K you'd think he could afford more than 1 esky,..!

theyre snakes, not sardines,..!!

heheheh touche!