I know some people often wonder who the great sellers are and who to run from. I myself are one of those people lol. So please if you have bought from a seller on aquabid and know they are good to buy from let us know. Also if there are sellers to steer clear from would be helpful as well.

Could also recommend other places that are good to buy from it may help some people with their search

cichlidsandherps.com is an excellent place to buy from
ive bought a good bit off aquabid but i dont remember the sellers names

The only person I have ever had anything shipped from was Shay and she was great to deal with. The fish were excellent as well.

Bettadan, very good starter worm cultures
Georgegarcia, decapped brine, easy to deal with
Blueface, good shrimp, good to deal with
Hy640312, great angels, English isn't the best but really good person.

Haven't gotten any bad's yet

Snookn21. A Ft. Myers local that offered for me to come see him Pleco stalk. Nice guy and has some of the more unusual species, plus Discus and Angels.
http://www.freshwatertropicalfishonline.com/index.php

I fully agree, I only ended up working there because I was in there so much rooting through the bone yard of used stuff my first job there was to dig, test and scrap out parts from the busted stuff

I have a 4/4 rating on aquabid but so far I have only been a buyer.

Wish I could get into my old account but didn't have net for years and can't find the info any more but here's a few I've dealt with recently.

snook21 - great guy, easy to work with and shipping all the way up here rocks!!
prettypaula - easy to deal with have even done personal trades on the side
roaddog - not sure if they are around anymore another I've done personal trades with - out of PA
carmelzammit - killifish eggs wonderful guy will even ship to other countrys for me
90125 - easy to deal with good fish got some native killis from him
AlabamaAquaticPlants - Red is one of my favorite people for shipping supplies
Wetspotx - good people haven't had fish shipped to me from them but have been to their store more than once, very clean and good stock
AngelsPlus - good + have had more than one box of fish from them
GeorgiaCichlidProject - good people have gotten wilds from them
AlluringAfricans - good people great fish
AngelfishGardens (pretty sure that's right) - great fish well worth the money
Somethingphishy - good fish and shipping
Elmo(there's numbers after) - sells bettas and have gotten some awesome fish from them
m1847(?) - betta seller out of Alabama, nice fish great to deal with
mademan - killifish out of HI nice fish

okay for now those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head and one cup of coffee, there's more LOL when I start a restock change up project there's lots of fish that come in

I've forgotten how many years I've been on Aquabid (mostly buying) w/ a feedback rating of 65/65. For the most part, the sellers have been trustworthy. The past month though I've come across one (Moonrose2164 aka Melody Sherman from PA) who'd ripped me and another buyer off (sent payment, no items, no refund) and as of the past week, it looks like she's still "selling" and performed yet another Breach of Sale with yet another buyer. *shaking head* The feedback system for the most part works but it takes 4 filed complaints before Aquabid will investigate.

I don't even rate anymore because if you leave a bad review you get one back. I look though just in a case like yours. The rating system isn't always far you have to read the comments.

The only one I would warn to stay away from on aquabid for Discus is petzonesandiego. That have possibly the worst looking Discus I have seen anywhere. Not all the pictures show it but in many you can see the football shape and large eyes. I would be very weary about Discus from them. Now other fish might be fine.. at least ones that require less care.

plus they use stock photos and not the photos of the actual fish.

Ya know the funny thing is that often the stock photos would show a persons best stock haha... I know that before I buy online I often would search around for a dealers post or reviews on other sites. Many forums specialize in Discus, Cichlids, Brackish water ect and you can find reviews from people on that site that have bit the bullet and ordered from some random aqua sellers.
I guess I am always suspicious buying from others and I know many times it is not intentional that their stock is poor (people always like their own stuff...) but unless they can send me pictures of the fish I will be getting and in some cases pictures of the parents I will just walk away.