pacific chelonians
Well-Known Member
I don’t know where to start, but the last month has been a legitimate nightmare. But here we go, when it comes to buying Tortoises. I will start by just making sure all the information adds up and then kind of just go with my gut. I’m usually right but this time I don’t know what happened. It all started when a gentleman reached out to me with 7 Cherry Heads that he needed to sell. I love Cherry Heads and they were priced fairly conservatively but not alarming Low. Therefore I decided to buy them so I sent him the money and it took a few weeks to get everything sorted and for him to ship. He was supposed to ship on a Monday after that Monday passed in a few days of not being able to get in contact with him, he informed me that he had lost his phone and that his wife had had a heart attack. I tried to be as sympathetic to this as I could and so I gave him another week to try to ship them out. Another Monday passes and I hear nothing from him again for a few days. Then I receive a text from his wife and I can’t even make up what she said in the message. Apparently his hybrid rattlesnake bit him and he was in the hospital and they wanted to amputate his arm. Once again I am sympathetic and ask the wife if she would be able to ship them out. I sent her a full guide on shipping them where to buy the label what FedEx to drop them off and everything that she would need to do. She tells me that she will ship them out on Monday. This is great news for me because it’s only two weeks in and she’s going to ship them, Monday again passes and she goes silent for a few days. She wasn’t able to ship that week obviously. I am finally able to get a hold of her over the weekend and apparently her husband will be back and will help her ship on Monday. My expectations are low but I still have hope. This Monday rolls around and I hear nothing. Finally on Tuesday he tells me that he’s going to ship today, I clarify with him that he’ll be shipping overnight and everything. He says yup and he send me a tracking number. Turns out he didn’t ship overnight just FedEx standard delivery. I’ve had plenty of tortoises get delayed over the years, luckily it’s only three days in the mail. So we’ll see what happens there’s not much I can do other than wait now. Anyone have a story like this or any advice
