Wanted: Achatina varicosa

[beaglegirl]

Hey,
And greetings from Finland to everyone!

I'm really interesting about Achatina varicosa. Have anyone for sale them? Babies or adults?

I can pay by Euros or pounds.

Greetings

[Kevin]

www.landsnails.org/Snails%20en.php#

This site sells them.

[jayne]

That's a great site,so many unusual snails. Have you used them or do you know anyone who has?

[Kevin]

I havent ordered anything yet from that site.

[slackie]

Hey, it´s our czech site, Tomáš Protiva, who is owner of those snails and that site is one of the best breeders from Czech Republic. I have bought my albino-bodied a. reticulata from him.

[Acha-Roby]

i have bought a lot from this site.. perfect shipping and very healty snails... a very good service
ah, and they have only CB specimens!

[jayne]

Thanks for that feedback,I will definitely be using them for some of the more unusual species.

[Falck]

Hi.

I have Achatina varicosa for sale.

I have young ones ~ 3 cm shell lenght.

If you are interested, then make me an offer.

You can contact me via PM

Kind regards

Peter

[Tomáš Protiva]

Hi Peter,
You are alive? Why you are not answering my emails? I am still waiting that you will return me some money which you owe me for dead snails you sent me. I have paid you for 24 snails and you promised that you will send them immediately but you send them after two month in very cold weather and very bad packed. As I wrote you before in email, 15 of them were dead after arrival or died in one week because of cold on travel.
Why you are ignoring me? Why you can´t behave as solid man and pay your depts?
And I don´t know how you are keeping your snails but all babies you sent me were very bad grown. I don´t understand it because this species is without problems and my own babies are growing very good without abnormalities.
I don´t believe that you will return me my money because I am waiting about one year and still nothing but I only want to warn other people to be aware of you.
I don´t care if people will buy babies from or from you I am only trying to prevent other people from bad experience that I made with you.

Tomáš Protiva
www.landsnails.org

[Acha-Roby]

Thank you for the warning, Tom

[Falck]

Tomáš - let me respond to your very insulting accusations.

Of cause Im alive – why shouldn’t I? When writing a complaint on a public forum – it will suit you to stick to the truth!

I did respond to your emails, but you didn’t want to send me any pictures as proof – then I started to smell a rat! I didn’t send you any dead snails – if some of them were dead when you finally received them, it CAN NOT be my responsibility!! As to “very bad packed” I can only shake my head – they were packed very well, so no harm could come to them because of bad handling during shipping! I also included a heatpack, with minimal airflow, so it would keep lukewarm for several days.

Ignoring you?? Why did you totally ignore my request for proof/pictures?

Because you are upset, then everything is wrong all of a sudden??? “Badly packed” – absolutely wrong!!!!! “Very badly grown” + abnormalities (the babies) – what?? I can hear that a lot of things happened during shipping!!??!!

Of cause I won’t return as much as a penny – why should I? You didn’t want to send me any proof – so I should just believe you and send you some more snails or return some of your money?? Again….why did you ignore my request for proof e.g. pictures? Besides…. why should I bear ALL the consequences regarding this deal?? Normally when I send (spiders) to people I do not know – I DO NOT guarantee that they arrive alive!!!! Why not you may ask… well, I know of way to many people being victims of “the DOA scam”!!!

Let me sum it up. Because I didn’t jump up and shipped you some more snails, or returned your money, when you claimed that some of them were DOA or died a bit later, then I’m the one doing wrong!! Remember that I didn’t get any proof from you!!! Another important factor is - I never promised you a “guarantee live arrival”. I could do that, but then it would have been another price!!!!

If 15 really died, then I’m really sorry for that, but it was not because of “badly packed” or snails in bad health. When I post a packet it is out of my hands – I cannot be held responsible for what happens during shipping, but I always pack the animals in such a way that they have optimal conditions, should they be exposed to “extreme situations”.

Rgs

Peter