Is it me or would a site with current Veils and Panthers be of value? I keep seeing a lot of cool looking juvenile chameleons only to then see they're available for homes 06-2010 for example. Searching all the multiple vendors and half done websites is taxing too. I'd just prefer a picture, a buy button and then a chameleon at my doorstep.
hi Picasso,
I see two problems here that you may not understand.
the first problem is that you see animals up for sale at a later date...
this is normal for this pet industry. it lets people like you or I know when an animal will be ready for sale (ie: old enough to ship, or old enough for most keepers to care for the animal in question). it also alows you the buyer to to contact the seller to ask questions and maybe place a deposit to have it held for you once it is ready.
if this is not done, most small time breeders may not be able to sell all or most of the babies, thus less in the future will be offered to potential buyers like yourself. it's a win, win situation for everyone.
next, to have a one stop shop for ALL potential Chameleon pets hurts not only the buyer, but the sellers.
on top of all the problems I can see such as missed shipping dates, shipment of wrong animals, and let's not even get into the sale of unhealthy animals...who is going to pay for such a website? you? me? all of us?
what you are asking for is to have the price of an animal go up in costs for no gain whats so ever...well, other then convienance because it hurts so much to click a mouse button a few times.
I'm in no way making fun of your idea. it would be nice if buying an animal was as easy as some one click shopping. but if this is such a good idea, why isn't the rest of on-line shopping like this? why can't I click just one website and buy a TV from it? wouldn't Best buy and Walmart and all the rest save so much money if you didn't have to shop at their on-line store?
sorry, but they would loose tons of money.
let me end this by saying that the last "new" car I bought was done in my livingroom in my underware.
online shopping has made this happen and it was so easy. I even got the lowest price I could get after dealing with too many "brick and morter" dealerships.
I still had to pick up the car from a dealership, but the paperwork was already filled out and I was driving my car in about 30 mins after I showed up. maybe not even that long.
I hope that helped,
Harry
OH WAIT!! A number of sites DO have a Buy Now button!!
