Jason does have a point that these Phelsuma, none imported into the US in years, had some pretty cheap wholesale prices quoted to everyone -- $5 to $20 each! Last year I was offered a serraticauda for $1000. Far cry from what was being quoted. It made very valuable day geckos seem very cheap.
Leann www.daygecko.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:46 AM Subject: [Gecko] Phelsuma confiscation rumor?? > Hi > Isn't anyone suspicious of this rumor at all? > I find it very fishy from the start. > I think it is just as likely that some unscrupulous "dealers" fabricated the > entire shipment. This way they collect the money, but can blame the "loss" on > US F&W, for a shipment that never was. > I'm even more suspicious when I hear that the shipment supposedly contained- > out of all the types in Madagascar- only the few types most wanted by > collectors, and historically hardest to have exported. > It seems no one has first hand knowledge of the shipment or the euthanasia. > It sounded like a scam when the ads went up on kingsnake, and it still sounds > like a scam. > Jason > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ########################################################################### > >
