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Post by hypanartia on Aug 11, 2011 18:18:54 GMT -8
Hello I am looking for a dealer of butterflies in Uganda or Ethiopia.
Could you recommend me a dealer with which you had a previous good experience?
Regards
Jesus
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Post by admin on Aug 14, 2011 11:06:34 GMT -8
The silence is deafening. That should tell you something.
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Post by wingedwishes on Aug 14, 2011 15:18:55 GMT -8
It's kinda like a gold miner. Gold is so hard to get that a miner won't share where he gets it. Same principle applies here.
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Post by starlightcriminal on Aug 15, 2011 4:57:09 GMT -8
Plus the miner usually find fool's gold from what I understand. Good luck with that one. Would be easier to find a beetle from Mars I think.
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Post by wingedwishes on Aug 15, 2011 10:22:07 GMT -8
Plus the miner usually find fool's gold from what I understand. Good luck with that one. Would be easier to find a beetle from Mars I think. and the mines are salted. Good pick up on that one Starlight! |
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Post by prillbug2 on Aug 15, 2011 11:11:30 GMT -8
Hey! I've been dealing with William Kilumile for about 8 years from Tanzania. He's honest, has provided me a lot of good specimens, and I pay him what I think he deserves, usually between 500 and $1000. He runs a school for orphaned children. His email is wlkilumile@yahoo.com. I'm sure that he'd be interested in sending specimens to you. I've had no problems with him. Actually, he's had more problems with me.
Jeff Prill
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Post by hypanartia on Aug 15, 2011 19:07:58 GMT -8
Hello All Clark, the silence tell me what I already know, for that reason the need for a post. In the other hand, just to point out that being secretive about the identity of honest dealers from "difficult areas", do not help precisely his business. However, people has not trouble to exhibit the name of re-sellers (second or third hand dealers) which with they had good experiences. My guess is that part of the problem is also that today everyone is selling insects. Reveal the name of one of this native people is loosing "costumers". Revealing the name of a re-seller is painless, because if you do not sell insects you do not care, and if you sell insects you are no that stupid to believe you are going to sell them for a bigger prize. Just a reminder that this hobby is about insects, and insects are no currency. From the areas I am looking for the only dealer I know is a French fellow (I can remember his name now) that collect himself in Ethiopia. Unfortunately is Coleoptera and Heterocera biased. He has also Papilionidae and Charaxes (no my thing). I did not do any trades with him, but people told me is quite honest. boutique.ald-entomologie.fr/epages/243657.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/243657/Categories/Papilionidae Jeff, thanks for give me the information of that collector. Do you know the area in Tanzania where it is located? He is outside my area of interest but I will keep his information. Sounds a lot of money, but I suppose he could take smaller orders. Anyway, again posting his name him probably help him to increase his income. Regards Jesus |
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Post by africaone on Aug 16, 2011 2:00:13 GMT -8
with ALD, you need some money to buy !!!
I tried yet many times to deal with Kilumile but always failed 'despite many promises from him). I think he is working yet with some collectors/ dealers and don't need any more custumers. Like all the good hunters in Africa !
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Post by prillbug2 on Aug 16, 2011 6:28:24 GMT -8
It's in the NJombe area. He always lets me set my own prices. I pay what I want to pay to him. Result is, I get some very rare specimens, and I've got him to the point where he gives you very good data.
Jeff Prill
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