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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ackerlight" data-source="post: 56783" data-attributes="member: 4188">Adding my own experience for my first post.  Ordered two Pandinus imperator (supposedly captive bred juveniles one male and one female) from them and a 1" B. smithi sling (supposedly female).  They immediately marked the order as shipped and closed.  Contacted them, asking them if they truly had Pandinus imperator and if that is what I was getting.  No contact before shipping.  They said "our supplier only has Asian Forest Scorpions so that is what was shipped."  No contact about if I still wanted them or not.  I did NOT since I already had Asian Forest Scorpions, but they replied about something about needing to receive them returned live, etc if I wanted any refund...  I then sent them an email about the price difference and said I would rather keep them than have to pay $50 in overnight shipping for a return of a $20 pair of scorpions.  They kind of kidded about it and offered me a $5 refund total (instead of the $20 refund I should have received for the price difference of the Emperor and AFS).  They said if I had additional problems to let them know after I received the order.  At this point I was getting pretty upset over the entire thing and their base dishonesty.Order arrived finally.  Two Asian Forest Scorpions and one 1/4" sling.  Not the 1" sling I was promised.  Scorpions were in low deli containers of dirt and I could tell pretty easily they were both male.  Sling was at least packed in a folded piece of tissue - but tissue with sling was sliding loose inside a similar deli container.  This thing was microscopic and I can't even tell if it was a B. smithi or not.  The entire order and the sling smelled like it had been packed in tissue damped with ether?  Not sure what that was about as it's a fine line between knocking an arachnid out with ether and euthanasia.  Sling and scorpions were alive at least.Overall, bad experience.  Yes, they drop ship and you have no clue about what you are going to receive and they seem to have no clue about what is actually shipped.  They are dishonest and do not bother to follow up on orders or substitutions. They are just an order broker.  What they have on their website may or may not be what you will receive.  In my case, product delivery and what as ordered did not match.  Overall, not recommended.</blockquote>

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