Sent me at least five (5) more scorpions than I paid him for, (Tityus serrulatus), *all* of which were:
-Alive
-Intact
-Well packed for shipping
-Very healthy, and clearly captive-bred
They arrived Thursday, January 17 prior to noon. Absolutely zero complaints, and would definitely recommend this individual for doing business with, as they're 100% straight-dealing, and I can't think of anything bad to say about him.
To see pix of them (after I'd unpacked them and just before relocating them into their new, nicely prepared home), see the following:
http://www.sculpturatus.com/assorted_pix/tityus_s/gthing/I have other, more detailed pics of them in their habitat eating merrily away, but no time to post all of them at this time.
Definitely consider this a positive endorsement.
~JMB
------------Addition as of Monday, February 11th, 2008------------
As an addition to the above, so far I've yet to have a SINGLE discernable loss (won't know for 100% until I remove them from their confines & actually manually count them)...But suffice to say, all have & are doing exceptionally well to date, and here's a (weak) update on the picture-front, including one (1) of the many shed exuvia which I've managed to retrieve intact (some not, though):
http://www.barkscorpions.com/tityus_serrulatus/In short, it's not like "Hey, he sent me something great" (fast-forward a week or three) "Huh, everything's dead" -- and while most of us (myself included) _oftentimes_ would tend to blame the recipient (at least if the mortalities were very high/absolute), I personally *HAVE* witnessed many T's and the like which were sent to friends in poor/fair (and even good) condition, only to mysteriously go casters-up a week later -- and I've even seen this consistently through a certain vendor(s), believe it or not.
This is to say that Labin/G-Thing is NOT ONE OF THOSE. When asked as to his care/keeping/shipping of Scorpions, the Magic (Manic...?) 8-Ball say:
He Velly Good.
That is all. Just a quick followup.
Regards,
~J