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Originally Posted by xoxocammyxoxo
I agree. I look at a lot of the ads on here, even the ones from the beginning of the year and beyond and wonder if those snakes are even still available, or what the pricing is. I don't feel comfortable pming someone just to ask the price of a snake (or anything else for that matter) especially as a new person getting used to the market.
Personally I don't mind when there is a link to an outside website. But one of my biggest pet peeves is when things are not updated, websites, forums and classifieds alike. It's happened here where I've found an ad in the classified section for an animal, inquired on it, looked at their site, seen it there and then upon further research on someone else's site which is more recently updated seeing the exact animal I inquired on. If I'm really interested in a snake and there's no price, I'll pm for a price... but this stuff really upsets me.
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Don't get too upset as it works both ways. Despite my website stating in large bold red letters at the top of my Price List page (I don't even have an Available/For Sale page up) that I do not have anything for sale, I get e-mails asking if I have any xyz morph for sale.
Also, checking the date of the original classified post can be a big help in determining if a particular snake is still available or not. I've seen many 12 month and older ads bumped to the top with people asking if such and such was still available. And if the seller hasn't updated it at some point in that amount of time, chances are pretty slim that it's still available.
You also need to remember that on this forum, classified ads can not be edited beyond 30 days from their initial posting unless it is done by a moderator. All that can be done by the OP is to make a post saying that the snake has been sold, but if it's post #37, it might never be read before the question is asked by a new viewer.