I need money!!

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So, for all of you that have been to my place and seen all the arcade crap that I have scattered throughout, do you think that I could sell enough of this stuff to be able to afford me this stuff?

These "1.1 2007 adult snow boas $2000 plus actual shipping costs", are not in the deal any longer and so the total price went down to $2500.

By the way, I would have to make sell enough to make $2500 by January 15th. Whatcha think, would it be doable?

Just checking before I commit to anything.

-Tim
 
You don't think you could get better? He isn't that good looking you know.

lol,
Kevin

PS: Your sound PCB will be going out next week :)
 
You don't think you could get better? He isn't that good looking you know.

lol,
Kevin

PS: Your sound PCB will be going out next week :)
But he's going to school to become a nurse! Although, I don't think he's included with the deal.

Cool on the sound board, thanks.

-Tim
 
I haven't been to your place so I don't know just how much you have to sell off, but why don't you post a list of all the stuff you are thinking about selling, and if you get a bunch of interest in the first 48-72 hours, commit to it, if you don't then of course don't do it.
 
I think that guy will kidnap you and do nasty things... he looks like a silence of the lamb type...

let me know what you want to part with... you know I'm an impulse buyer...
 
So, for all of you that have been to my place and seen all the arcade crap that I have scattered throughout, do you think that I could sell enough of this stuff to be able to afford me this stuff?

These "1.1 2007 adult snow boas $2000 plus actual shipping costs", are not in the deal any longer and so the total price went down to $2500.

By the way, I would have to make sell enough to make $2500 by January 15th. Whatcha think, would it be doable?

Just checking before I commit to anything.

-Tim

Get some 09s they'd be cheaper. The only reason I'd plop that much money on a snake is for a good female pie'd ball. And she'd have to be "huge" (for a ball).

To each their own though.

Hop you can sell enough to make the deadline. I know what its like when hobbies collide... oddly enough, same other hobby for me.

Speaking of which, what do you have, herp wise? I've got a nice big female false water cobra I've been try'ng to find a male for...
 
let me know what you want to part with... you know I'm an impulse buyer...
I know Steve, that's why I'm always telling you that you need to get your very own shipping container.

Get some 09s they'd be cheaper. The only reason I'd plop that much money on a snake is for a good female pie'd ball. And she'd have to be "huge" (for a ball).
I would rather have breeding age, so I can produce and be selling in 2010.

Right now I have your usual stuff.
For snakes:
Tiger Reticulated Python, Lavender Albino Retic, Calico Retic and a couple Het Calico Retics
Normal Burmese Python and a couple Albino Burms
A bunch of Corn Snakes...different morphs
A couple Normal Ball Pythons
Snow Boas, Motley Boa, Hypo Boas, Triple Hets, Deering Estate Boas, Albino Boas, Hogg Island Boas, Pastel Boa, Coral Boas...and a handful more
Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons and Coastal Carpets
Other reptiles:
Leopard Geckos and Bearded Dragons

I also have 17 2009 Corn Snake babies and 4 2009 Ball Python babies, but they are being purchased by someone in Iowa.

I have never really been a fan of the Pied Ball Python, except maybe 11 or 12 years ago when they were going for $7,500 for a cheap one. But, I understand that we probably will be getting an adult pair, maybe even a threesome, sometime within the next few months.

Yeah, what's for sale Tim?
I'll try to get out and get some pictures and a list soon, right now there is a semi in the way and I can't even open up the doors enough to squeeze in.

Let's put it this way, I sure would like our shipping container empty of games SOON! I need the space for rat breeding.

-Tim
 
I have never really been a fan of the Pied Ball Python, except maybe 11 or 12 years ago when they were going for $7,500 for a cheap one. But, I understand that we probably will be getting an adult pair, maybe even a threesome, sometime within the next few months.
-Tim

I like them when they're 80%+, but I'm more interested in them for breeding than anything else. I have a male lemon pastel ball that I'm try'ng to find a female spider for... I want to make a bumble bee or two, then breed them to the pied.

The false water cobra I just want to get some babies from because every time I take her to the store (local store my friend owns, they're interested in seeing how she's doing) people are literally always try'ng to buy her from me on the spot because there are NONE to be found down here. I got her from a local breeder who's since stopped breeding them, so they're really hard to find around here... people have offered me $600 for her, so any babies would be instant bank. Plus I wouldn't mind getting a few more to keep for myself since I just REALLY love these snakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZFr-0aipiI&feature=related

She's grown about 1'6" since that video. While I was in the military my friends were keeping her for me and they fed her like a ball python, so she didn't get fed as often as she should have... kept her small, she's taken off since I got her back in my keep.
 
my buddy had some real big ones at his shop- like 14, 16 feet that the state decided to take away.. guess theres some bs law here in il or something they cant be over a certian length or they need to be donated to a zoo or put down... effing stipid...(EITHER THAT OR HE WASNT PERMITTED FOR EM LOL)

no way in hell id own one tho, at least not untill my kid is bigger.... would be my luck id pull a bonehead move like this and get my kid killed...

http://news.limauais.com/snake-kills-baby-2-years-old-baby-killed-by-python-snake/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31684161/ns/us_news-life/
 
Tim, you should tell them what your state is thinking about doing. Due to some morons who shouldn't have kids but yet they do and snakes. When something goes bad, the whole snake owner community gets flagged.

Tim, you may want to keep that in the back of your mind before shoveling out all that money on more. It would suck if that ordinance past and now you have nothing to show for all that money.

Kevin
 
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin...

***Windbag alert***

It's not just my state of Michigan, it's the entire United States; federal law, 50 states!

Many here wouldn't give one crap if they found out that there was a bill right now that is on it's way to becoming a law that would make it illegal to transport snakes across state lines or import any into the USA from anywhere else in the world.

But yes, this is the case with nine species of snake:
Indian or Burmese Python
Northern African Python
Southern African Python
Reticulated Python
Boa Constrictor
Green Anaconda
Yellow Anaconda
Beni or Bolivian Anaconda
DeSchauensee's Anaconda

Yes, there have been a few well publicized cases where some 'idiots' pet snake has killed a child, or so it was meant to be seen as the case. There have also been idiots out there that let their pet snakes go instead of taking them to a rescue or just advertising them for free...people do this with cats and dogs all the time too you know.

The important thing to realize if this bill becomes law is that it will become a stepping stone to making ALL snakes illegal, all reptiles illegal, all non-native species illegal. Wanna bet? This bill, S373, became into being because of the squashing of bill HR669, which was a bill to make it illegal to have any non-native species, whether it be snakes, reptiles, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, tropical fish, and the list goes on and on. Illegal! HR669 wasn't a citizen friendly bill, if it would have became law, all your little pets would have instantly made you a law breaker and with the nationwide confiscation that would have taken place, your pets would have been taken away and killed and you, most likely, would have been fined for having them in the first place.

S373 wanted to make it illegal to own any pythons, that means that the Pied Ball Python mentioned earlier would have been illegal to own. Luckily for snake holders the bill got amended to only include the nine species listed above...except, that's not lucky for those of us with those species.

Isn't laws suppose to make sense?
Then why is it that this bill, if it becomes law, will be totally bogus?
S373 is about invasive species. How many of you think that a Burmese Python could live out in the wild in your neighborhood and become invasive? Could they, needing an ambient temperature of 84 degrees F, live out in your neighborhood? Through your winters?

Read more about S373 at nosnakeban.com, usark.org, natpet.org or pijac.org to name just a few.

This bill was sponsored by Senator Nelson of Florida, claiming that the feral Burmese Python population that lives in the Everglades is harmful to the rest of the United States, that these Pythons will eventually take over the entire country. This is a Florida problem, not a Federal one, and Florida needs to address these concerns herself.

If you want to do some reading, go to Dave and Tracy Baker's website, over on the right you can download a pdf titled: "On Burmese Pythons in the Everglades (revised)" Read it! Remember, these two are not only snake hobbyists, they are also very educated and know what they are talking about.

Now, for those of you that think that this bill is a good thing, I ask you...why would you think this? Because snakes are evil, as the Bible portrays? Because some small kids have been killed by them? Because they are slimy animals looking to bite, then eat you?
Well, it's a known fact that I am sure every one here will attest to that more pet dogs kill kids every single year than any snake has.
Anybody that's held a snake, including all of you that I visited over the summer when I was loaded down with them, knows that snakes are not slimy animals looking to bite and then eat you.
Are they evil as the Bible portrays? In the original Hebrew Bible, that snake is actually thought to actually be Lilith (Adam's first wife); if you believe in anything from the original Hebrew Bible.

Anyway, some people hate cats and there are more feral cats in the United States then probably any feral animal, yet they are totally legal to own anywhere in the Country.

Again, this bill (S373) isn't just a Michigan thing, it's a Federal thing that could eventually affect every person in here.

Ok, enough about that!

-Tim
 
Tim, you may want to keep that in the back of your mind before shoveling out all that money on more. It would suck if that ordinance past and now you have nothing to show for all that money.

Kevin

By the way, just the black 4' cages are worth $4000 minimum if I wanted to purchase them elsewhere. So the deal is with them, the snakes are a bonus...a real good bonus, but still just a bonus.

-Tim
 
my buddy had some real big ones at his shop- like 14, 16 feet that the state decided to take away.. guess theres some bs law here in il or something they cant be over a certian length or they need to be donated to a zoo or put down... effing stipid...(EITHER THAT OR HE WASNT PERMITTED FOR EM LOL)

no way in hell id own one tho, at least not untill my kid is bigger.... would be my luck id pull a bonehead move like this and get my kid killed...

http://news.limauais.com/snake-kills-baby-2-years-old-baby-killed-by-python-snake/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31684161/ns/us_news-life/

Here's my big girl:

DSCF0292.jpg


She has some company right now, my 14' Lavender Albino Retic is hoping to mate her.

-Tim
 
I like them when they're 80%+, but I'm more interested in them for breeding than anything else. I have a male lemon pastel ball that I'm try'ng to find a female spider for... I want to make a bumble bee or two, then breed them to the pied.

The false water cobra I just want to get some babies from because every time I take her to the store (local store my friend owns, they're interested in seeing how she's doing) people are literally always try'ng to buy her from me on the spot because there are NONE to be found down here. I got her from a local breeder who's since stopped breeding them, so they're really hard to find around here... people have offered me $600 for her, so any babies would be instant bank. Plus I wouldn't mind getting a few more to keep for myself since I just REALLY love these snakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZFr-0aipiI&feature=related

She's grown about 1'6" since that video. While I was in the military my friends were keeping her for me and they fed her like a ball python, so she didn't get fed as often as she should have... kept her small, she's taken off since I got her back in my keep.

Our internet sucks at the moment, the usual thing for HughesNet, so I can't watch the video but I will when I can.

Here's a 2007 female False Water Cobra for ya, at $700.
I see babies for under $200 each.

I want to get a False Water Cobra just to have something different around the house someday. I like that it has the name Cobra in its name.

YES!!! I want a Bumble Bee, AWESOME MORPH for sure! I also like Blue or Black Eyed Leucistic morphs.

I hope you have written/called your Congressmen and expressed your concern about S373 and let them know that they should oppose it and not make it law.

-Tim
 
I knew that you wanted snakes at your house Bill. Your kids will love you for it!

-Tim

Ummmm, no thanks... They are all slimy and yucky. haa ha. Just kidding. Maybe I'll meet you with Declan in Kalamazoo in January or February for the amphibian show. However, no snakes yet for my place. Wife agreed on a Pac Man Frog until she found out the salesman lied to us and told us he "ONLY" eats Crickets. We found out that sooner or later he can eat mice!
 
Our internet sucks at the moment, the usual thing for HughesNet, so I can't watch the video but I will when I can.

Here's a 2007 female False Water Cobra for ya, at $700.
I see babies for under $200 each.

I want to get a False Water Cobra just to have something different around the house someday. I like that it has the name Cobra in its name.

YES!!! I want a Bumble Bee, AWESOME MORPH for sure! I also like Blue or Black Eyed Leucistic morphs.

I hope you have written/called your Congressmen and expressed your concern about S373 and let them know that they should oppose it and not make it law.

-Tim

Congressmen? I'm in a state that has already banned turtles. Trust me, they really don't care here in TN. Turtles were banned here for almost the same reasons; irresponsible parents not taking the time to learn anything themselves, and more over not take'ng the time to teach their kids safe handle'ng. Even if the bill doesn't pass nation-wide, our slapnuts politicians here will make sure that something like it get's passed in TN.

I've been watching Kingsnake.com, but I haven't found a male that I'm looking for yet. I lucked out and already have the female... random luck. My friend was breeding them a few years ago and he let me have my pick of the litter for $50. That was 2001... I need to get a male soon before it's too late and my female turns into a bitter old hag and can't breed.
 
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