Why I will not order from ExoticAntStore.com Having recently ordered a number of colonies from ExoticAntStore (formerly AntsFromAsia), totalling nearly £400. After a stock availability mix-up on their end my order was split to two deliveries, in which I paid for both deliveries at the full rate. The first delivery arrived pretty much as expected. The second delivery however was where the problems really occurred, after taking a considerable amount of time in transit both the Polyrachis Armata and the Harpegnathos Venator all arrived dead. It was a real shame. Upon declaring this to the owner of antsfromasia.com, he proceeded to explain that the lengthy delivery process and the cold was always a risky move. However at no point did he advise this or even suggest alternative options to insure safe delivery. Once calmly and respectfully challenged on this, I was instantly greeted with an email full of threats and intimidation, purely designed to overwhelm. I will most defiantly be avoiding dealing with AntsFromAsia.com, ExoticAntStore.com and any other popup store this dodgy seller creates to avoid the bad publicity he gained, in the future on the following grounds: 1. Customer service no way near a level required in a modern society! There is absolutely no excuse for a company to become abusive and intimidating. 2. They will fraudulently fill in the import customs declaration. Contrary to the claims he makes! 3. Money sent is purely on the roll of a dice on whether you will receive the level of service you expect. 4. This company provides no advice or warning on the legalities on importing, further more they will use this against you as an intimidation tactic, should you disagree with them at any point. If you decide to ignore this warning, do your self a favour... ask around in ant keeping communities for reviews and advice in dealing with this company, along with doing your due diligence on the importing regulations, ask them the question too, since they are also required to provide export documentation! Which at no point is offered. Honestly though, you will find it far easier, cheaper and less risky all round to avoid and order locally. EDIT: Paypal accepted my request and even IF they had of close my account data protection would prevent them from telling the seller... clearly more lies.

This seller is amazing!! This seller is amazing! The shipping process was easy and very fast. This seller takes immense care with their packaging- three layers of foam, news paper, and bubble wrap! The colony arrived with almost no deaths and is currently doing well.

I highly recommend this seller after 2 orders from him! This is the second time I ordered from Exoticantstore and I am very satisfied. I find Peter the person in charge, very professional and very patient when discussing about ants, their shipping and breeding. It happened during my second order that the post office in my country (France) was particularly slow and disorganized, but Peter proposed to me another shipment and was very professional in the transaction. More generally, the ants arrived very well packaged, in perfect health and with brood. This is for me the most important thing when buying ants. To conclude, I highly recommend buying your foundation from this seller, discussing with him beforehand, to establish the details of the transaction, check availability and define the shipping date. N.

Great experience The seller has first hand knowledge in the collection and rearing of the species he sells. Very knowledgeable, and more than willing to share the information he knows with you regarding species that you are interested in. The order I placed came in yesterday and was packed well and ingenuitively. Not a single ant was lost with lots of brood. It seemed like they did not even realize that they were moved and shipped halfway across the world. This seller has experience, communicates well and quickly, and I admire his ethical collection stance - Could not ask for a better person to interact with to adopt ants from.

Great service as always. Great service as always, arrived in about 6 days including the weekend and had an extra pair of alates in case of any DOAs.