lil_ben
Active Member
lol this is a cool thred
When i have sold animals my favourite line is "can i pay it off like a layby"? Sure you can, i am running a Kmart here!
Simone.
When i have sold animals my favourite line is "can i pay it off like a layby"? Sure you can, i am running a Kmart here!
Simone.
If you don't know whether you want to buy an animal, surely you can research it yourself rather than expecting the breeder to tell you all about them? You only have to do it once, and you learn something too, the breeder may have to answer those questions 100 times per clutch and get nothing out of it.
A tyre kicker is generally someone who asks lots of questions, asks for pics, info etc and has no intention of buying at the end of the process.
If you don't trust the person, pics don't help, there is no way of knowing if they are their own pics (it's been done before).
No one expects 100% of initial enquiries to end up in sales, but if you back out, explain why. If you don't think you want to buy it, say that at the start.
The most annoying ones IMO are the people that string you out for days / weeks with questions then say "I can't afford $200 right now, will you take $125?" If you can't / don't want to pay the price, don't even send an email!
yeah i see where your coming from simone.... thats not on!!
when i say pay things off i mean $200 1 week, $100 the next and then the final $500 the week after....
$20 here and there is not good!
yeah i see where your coming from simone.... thats not on!!
when i say pay things off i mean $200 1 week, $100 the next and then the final $500 the week after....
$20 here and there is not good!
another thing i hate and its happened on here before....
Is that ive agreed with someone to buy something for a price they have asked.... i didnt knock them down or anything....
then the next day i get a PM, sorry someone offered me more money so im taking that instead.....
bloody lucky i hadnt done the bank transfer yet!
that REALLY REALLY annoyed the hell outa me!
and i'll never buy off them or sell to them ever again.
another thing i hate and its happened on here before....
Is that ive agreed with someone to buy something for a price they have asked.... i didnt knock them down or anything....
then the next day i get a PM, sorry someone offered me more money so im taking that instead.....
bloody lucky i hadnt done the bank transfer yet!
that REALLY REALLY annoyed the hell outa me!
and i'll never buy off them or sell to them ever again.
but if I send them a reminder that their layby is overdue, they tell me to lump it or they'll demand a refund and go somewhere else.
I don't see whats wrong with asking to pay off an animal, or enclosure like lay-by. I have asked a couple of people for this for the more expensive stuff. I've given the dates and amounts that will be paid, and there was never any problems - they were happy with that. I am absolutly hopeless at saving money, but I always pay what I owe (or promise to pay), when I say i'm going to. Thanks to the sellers that do allow this, I wouldn't have the beautiful things that I love so dearly if I couldn't buy this way
I think it is a bit much to ask. Most people buying expensive herps have been around long enough to have a fair idea of how the market operates and that most animals come on the market between December and around April. While I understand that everyone has cash flow pressures it should be up to them to gather the money from April to December (put it in a jar if you really want). $50 a week will buy you a pair of Womas in the current market.
Granted, there are some really special animals that come up out of the blue, but I would have to question how prepared someone is to house a new animal if they can't afford to buy it outright. I think it demonstrated a lack of forethought.
I agree with you Chimera, I would also be concerned about a persons ability to afford vet bills at short notice if they are having to pay off small amounts each week etc. I will not even purchase an animal unless i have the cash for it and two vet visits. It may not be necessary but i don't want to be stuck with a sick pet and no cash for the vet.
I completely disagree with both of you. All my animals are cared for very well. If anything goes wrong, vet bills aren't a problem. And enclosures are set up before the animal arrives.
If you read the previous posts, we're not talking about small amounts here and there. As I said, i cannot save, not in a jar, not in a bank - cannot do it. But I get paid very well, and can easily afford things if I can pay them off
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