Is it safe??

[stixandsnailsyork]

I was recently informed that is can prove fatal to tiger snails and other breeds like these to be posted to one address and within a week to be posted to another does any one have any oppinions on this?

I ask as i sold some baby tigers and some baby jades last week to then have the person that bought them from me to try and sell them back to me on a different website that i had my ad on months ago.

I have now blocked them from buying from me as the snails welfare is not put first.

If you could let me know what you think on the posting on within a week that would be great. x

[choco]

Jun 1, 2010 21:50:50 GMT stixandsnailsyork said:

I was recently informed that is can prove fatal to tiger snails and other breeds like these to be posted to one address and within a week to be posted to another does any one have any oppinions on this?

I ask as i sold some baby tigers and some baby jades last week to then have the person that bought them from me to try and sell them back to me on a different website that i had my ad on months ago.

I have now blocked them from buying from me as the snails welfare is not put first.

If you could let me know what you think on the posting on within a week that would be great. x

I don't think there's a definite answer here, chances are it depends on the snails and their health, how well they're packaged etc. but I can't imagine it's terribly good for snails to go through two postal journeys in such a short time, especially a sensitive species like tigers. Postage can be stressful for snails and putting them through it twice in one week would certainly not be something that I'd feel comfortable doing.
I think you've done the correct thing by blocking this buyer as it certainly sounds like they're just buying snails to try and make a bit of money by selling them on again, and that's not good for the snails' welfare or for the seller's peace of mind!
Could you let us know the buyer's username or other info so that we can try to avoid selling to them?

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Can we be even sure that person opens the packet and looks if snails are fine and give them so rest before sending again?

I think it's stupid try to sell snails over priced to people that don't know what they usually cost. Really sad that this happens..

[stixandsnailsyork]

Jun 2, 2010 9:57:08 GMT choco said:

Jun 1, 2010 21:50:50 GMT stixandsnailsyork said:

I was recently informed that is can prove fatal to tiger snails and other breeds like these to be posted to one address and within a week to be posted to another does any one have any oppinions on this?

I ask as i sold some baby tigers and some baby jades last week to then have the person that bought them from me to try and sell them back to me on a different website that i had my ad on months ago.

I have now blocked them from buying from me as the snails welfare is not put first.

If you could let me know what you think on the posting on within a week that would be great. x

I don't think there's a definite answer here, chances are it depends on the snails and their health, how well they're packaged etc. but I can't imagine it's terribly good for snails to go through two postal journeys in such a short time, especially a sensitive species like tigers. Postage can be stressful for snails and putting them through it twice in one week would certainly not be something that I'd feel comfortable doing.
I think you've done the correct thing by blocking this buyer as it certainly sounds like they're just buying snails to try and make a bit of money by selling them on again, and that's not good for the snails' welfare or for the seller's peace of mind!
Could you let us know the buyer's username or other info so that we can try to avoid selling to them?

i have put a post in the feedback part of the forum with their user name.
I would never sell to this person again knowing what they are putting the snails through

[stixandsnailsyork]

I will try and find a link to the persons ad and put it on.

[stixandsnailsyork]

It wont let me copy the link the ad is on preloved and is RARE TIGER, ALBINO JADE, RETICULATA giant african land snail he is in harlow essex.
I sold him 3 baby tigers for £15 and 2 baby albino jades for £10 he is asking around the same each i knew it was him he didn't know it was me so i asked a few questions then told him it was me and i would be letting people know what he was doing.

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Could you do so that you open other browser window and lower it down so you could see the address and type it to opened window and when you have wrote whole address then copy it from there where you wanna post it.