Ballbids.com

Didn't see a thread here yet so wanted to write a quick post in case anybody hasn't seen the ongoing discussions and was being lured in. It appears that at worst, this site is a scam and at best, it is being run by fools who have no idea how to properly care for either animals or their customers (or targets).

Much more can be found here:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?160471-Ballbids.com

A Thank You to Don for his thorough, systematic breakdown of their TOS

I've been reading up on it. Very interesting as to the details revealed. Just a couple days ago, nobody knew anything about them.

I checked it out yesterday. Does strike me as some sort of scam. Not that I would buy an animal from someone I didn't know

For some reason, the idea of someone who thinks proper husbandry is an aquarium, heat pad with no thermostat and four snakes in the same tank, really irked me. There is no way that they could be caring for the animals they are flipping.

If this were my business model, I would have the most generous and lenient terms and conditions in the industry. After all, the profit margins are gigantic, you can afford to be generous in your model. Even if you refunded every snake purchased through the auction, you still make a killing.

The two people who are doing this are scam artists and give our hobby a bad name. They will not get a penny from me.

Their entire business model looks as if it would be a GREAT method of spreading mites, cryptosporidium, IBD and other nasties into the collections of others.

very disturbing. glad we generally dont deal with people that we have never met before. alot of crazy people in the world but ones that do not give our hobby a good name really urk my nerves