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Bad Guy Edward Haste will not refund money for my DOA Bearded Dragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here are my dealings with Edward Haste "edhastereptiles", I put a deposit on 2/16/10 a great female bearded dragon. Link: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165663

I sent the remaining amount of the money owed on this female on the 26th of February. Ed told me that it would be ok to ship out on Monday. I have a FedEx so I sent him the shipping label for the girl. Long story short. FedEx delivered the girl a day late because of the storm. When I opened the box she was super cold. I pulled her out and she was limp. I stuck her in warm towels to see if it wasn't too late for her. Unfortunately she was gone. I took pics of the deceased dragon.

I contacted Ed and he stated that "sorry i cant refund the money,you need to contact fed-ex that was overnight service ,they should have delivered yesterday,after 2 days the heat pack quit working it was only ment for 1 day."

What breeder puts only a 1 day heat pack in the middle of winter for that reason. I told them that "live arrival is a guarantee and that fedex/ups does NOT guarantee animals whatsoever, otherwise everyone would be claiming dead animals." I haven't heard back from him yet.
 
frilled_queen said:
Ed told me that it would be ok to ship out on Monday.
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Do you have the e-mail where he states that?

frilled_queen said:
I contacted Ed and he stated that "sorry i cant refund the money,you need to contact fed-ex that was overnight service ,they should have delivered yesterday,after 2 days the heat pack quit working it was only ment for 1 day."
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Even thought fed ex didnt deliver the package on time, should Ed have checked the weather reports? how long have you been shipping ed?


frilled_queen said:
What breeder puts only a 1 day heat pack in the middle of winter for that reason. I told them that "live arrival is a guarantee and that fedex/ups does NOT guarantee animals whatsoever, otherwise everyone would be claiming dead animals." I haven't heard back from him yet.
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If anything it should be a 40 hr heat pack. I am sorry to hear that you received a dead animal and the seller is being to stubborn to do anything about it. Just seems like he put the blame on fed-ex and left it at that!
 
Only scumbags place the blame on the shipping agent and leave the customer high-and-dry.

If you can produce emails confirming this I would say that Edward Haste is a scumbag.
 
Re: Female Bearded Dragon‏
From: Edward Haste ([email protected])
Sent: Wed 3/03/10 2:40 PM
To: Renae King ([email protected])

sorry i cant refund the money,you need to contact fed-ex that was overnight service ,they should have delieverd yesterday,after 2 days the heat pak quit working it was only ment for 1 day.
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From: Renae King <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 3:45:59 PM
Subject: Female Bearded Dragon

Hey Ed,
Please get back to me, this dragon was suppose to be for my daughters B-Day present and her B-Day is tomorrow. Please refund my $$ so I can get her something else.

Thanks, Renae King


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Re: baby pics‏
From: Edward Haste ([email protected])
Sent: Fri 2/26/10 1:42 PM
To: Renae King ([email protected])

"yes i think monday is good,temps will be 38 or higher for next week!i have a drop off location.the box is 12X9X7 (LWH)3 lbs"

From: Renae King <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 1:43:28 PM
Subject: RE: baby pics

Hi Ed,
I sent the final payment. Is it ok to ship her out Monday? Let me know so I can send you the shipping label. All you have to do is drop the box off at a fedex location or I can have them pick it up at your house. Let me know.

Thanks, Renae King
 
Do you still have the tracking number and where it was sent from? Would be interesting to know where he dropped it off at and where it got delayed.
 
Where is he located? I see you are in California and your temps were ok for shipping. How sad that such a beautiful animal perished. I agree that the tracking number would be useful to know.
 
Here is a screen shot for everyone on the tracking information from the fed ex page.
 
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Forgot to sign. Figured I would make it easier for everyone than to look it up

Jeff Wise
 
if its only been delivered yesterday and you paid with paypal/cc then file a claim on him to lock his account till something if figured out.
 
RichsBallPythons said:
if its only been delivered yesterday and you paid with paypal/cc then file a claim on him to lock his account till something if figured out.
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Ok, 1st - This sucks! I have been holding off on shipping until temps and forecast comes back to where I feel ok with shipping out or receiving for that matter. 2nd - Ed do you have a website with terms of service on it? While many breeders state that they are not responsible for carrier delays, most will at least work with the buyer to figure something out (discounts on the next purchase, etc.). Without this statement you did not hold to your end of the deal and deliver a live animal.

Rich - Unfortunately Paypal will not do anything for her unless Ed's account has money currently in it. I went through the runaround with Paypal about a year ago regarding payment for snakes that never arrived. Their representatives told me that their buyer protection ONLY applies to Ebay purchases. You should still file a claim but know that you may not get anywhere. I still use paypal but when I pay I use a credit card through paypal and then file a claim with my card company should anything happen (this is what I ended up doing last year).

Ed - I/we anxioulsy await your justification for shipping when temps where so low with only a 1 day heat pack? Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
 
scaledverts said:
Unfortunately Paypal will not do anything for her unless Ed's account has money currently in it. I went through the runaround with Paypal about a year ago regarding payment for snakes that never arrived. Their representatives told me that their buyer protection ONLY applies to Ebay purchases. You should still file a claim but know that you may not get anywhere.
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Actually I think I've seen more situations lately, than ever, where paypal won't even bother to take any complaints into account as long as a tracking number proving arrival of the package is provided. Seems like as soon as they see that info they say it's not on them to try to get your money back any more.
 
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