Tarantulas.com (www.tarantulas.com)

[Immortal_sin]

Positive

I met Alex at the reptile show last weekend in Hillsboro Oregon. I bought a female adult G pulchra from him, she is in PERFECT shape. It was a pleasure talking to Alex, and he had very good prices. Since I bought in person, I don't know about his packing, but I would suspect that it's just as good as his quality spiders.
I would not hesitate to order from him, and look forward to doing so in the future.

[galeogirl]

Positive

I've done business with Alex for years and he's great. Always friendly and knowledgeable about his animals. He offers good deals at shows, too. I've always done business face to face with him so I don't know about the quality of his shipping, but as much as he cares about his spiders, I can't imagine it being any less than superb.

[EDED]

shocking that there are only two reivews?

where do i begin,

I have bought spiders through Dan Ventura.
their prices are very competitive and lots of interesting spiders. From talking to him on the phone I did not realize how long tarantulas.com has been around importing and selling inverts. Dan's cell phone is on their ad for a reason, he will answer anytime you call him and I've had numerous chats regarding tarantulas. Their shipping is excellent, I have ordered during the period when it was quite cold here and the spiders came in alive and healthy, well packed. One unfortunate event was when a spider arrived with a broken leg (courier service reason) but still alive, which was replaced right away next day free of charge eventhough the spider was not DOA.

the best thing i like about these guys, is that they are big enough where if they bring in a certain lot of new species they will actually send it off to a proper taxonomist while holding off selling anything unidentified to the public before it gets ID'd. I think that is very responsible for the hobby.

I have already recommended their service to another hobbyist and I will be purchasing from them again soon.

to recap:
1. good prices
2. excellent shipping
3. highly knowledgeable and experienced
4. easy to reach and friendly customer service

thanks guys,

[syndicate]

dans a great guy and i wouldnt hesitate doing buisness with him again.he knows his stuff.

[Thaedion]

POSITIVE

This was my first purchase of livestock from an online dealer, I purchased 3 Asian scorps. I contacted Dan Ventura via email several times prior to submitting my order, during, and after the order. Dan was always respondent, very quick in responding also. When I finally submitted my order I asked Dan to delay my shipping for 1 week and he was very compliant. From door to door, from WA to OH the scorps traveled only 15 hours, it's winter here and the temps outside are 20's - 30's F, the temps inside the box were ideal for tropical scorps (the heat packs were still warm). All 3 scorps were healthy, lively and huge.

Thanks for a wonderful experience. Thaedion

[reptist]

I just purchased some stock from Dan and Alex and the whole trans was verry professional and friendly, some online dealers are kinda flakey when dealing w/ other online dealers, and treat you as though they are above you in some way, NOT THE CASE W/ THESE GUYS, real dealers w/ a real concern and genuine enthusiasium for the hobby and the bugs, a welcome change from alot of online dealers I have worked with, stock was A to A+, shipping was flawless, and again I cant stress enough how nice it was to do buisness with pros who dont put all their energy into making sure everyone recognizes them as such!!!! PEACE guys and I'll be talking w/ you again, thanks for being real, B.

[BPruett]

Just finished another deal with Dan Ventura. The deal went very smooth and I plan on doing allot more buisness with tarantulas.com.

[WyvernsLair]

I have done two separate transactions through Dan so far this year and everything went quite well. The first transaction was actually during fairly cold February weather and the spider arrived still snugly warm in the box and ready to explore outside of it's transport cup. I would not hesitate to order again in the future (budget willing)

[John Apple]

Dan's the man
great deal and a bootload of freebies ...what else can I say...my hat's off to ya Dan

[tacomadiver]

I have purchased from them twice, both times at shows here in WA. They have been very helpful and friendly. When I emailed Dan on a Friday night, he got back to me on Sunday appologizing for the delay! I absolutely recommend them to anyone!
Chris

[EDED]

i will repeat that...

Dan is the man

i got a kickass deal and some freebies on top of that! again good communication and great packaging.

thank you

[davegrimm1]

I just finished a trade with Dan , I am impressed with the size and beauty of the T's that I recieved. I sent him 3000 roaches and got a nice trade in return. I will not hesitate to trade or purchase with them again.

Thanks for the drop dead gorgeous T's!!!

[TheDarkFinder]

Wow I can not believe that I have not posted a review on these guys. So where to start. I have spent, thousands and thousand on these guys. Top notch dealer with top notch spiders.

[mikeythefireman]

Awesome price! Big, beautiful spiders! Generous freebie overcount!

Mikey

[cacoseraph]

Positive!


My local group of bug enthusiasts got together to take advantage of a very god price on a group of 25 Poecilotheria striata spiderlings i saw advertised on the boards

I was in contact with Dan Ventura most (if not all) of the time and he was very good about communications... there was a little email hiccup and he took the initiative of contacting me through arachnoboards' PM system.

The packaging was very good, with all spiderlings arriving looking very healthy and quick A safety margin overcount was provided and not needed

Packaging: Very Good
Value: Excellent
Communication: Excellent


I am VERY EAGER to do biz with tarantulas.com again and hope to soon! THANKS AGAIN TARANTULAS.COM