Originally Posted by tlmoon (Post 1982505)

I agree - it makes them look very shady! I'm not sure how legal that even is for them to just paypal like that when there is a dispute in the courts. I've been keeping kind of a neutral view of them, but this is pretty sketchy behavior that leads to questions about how legitimate their actions in other areas are.

Originally Posted by typherp (Post 1968893)

I decided also that I would send her the tegu that I produced (T+ albino) since her contention was that she wanted one that I produced and not by someone else, but I didn't communicate that with her to the end because I wanted to see what kind of person she was and she was greedy to the end. I ask for her address twice so that I could ship her the tegu but she refused each time. After the second refusal, I decided to auction off the tegu I was going to ship her to raise more money for IRCF, which we did to the tune of more than $5000.

Ty

Originally Posted by yeloowtang (Post 1982553)

well, it would have been nice to reply toTy and have a conversation but once he replied back with his only argument that he asked twice for her address, he blocked me, and i think he even changed the settibng so only friends may respond !!! nice way to limit the information.. i was going to reply using another family members account but comments are blocked for non friends it seems..

one question for you Michelle, did you get a tax receipt for your 400$ contribution to that non profit organisation ?? reason I ask (where i wanted to go in his post) is that each person who purchased a ticket should be getting one.. not the promoter.. if Ty is racking all the $$ and getting the tax receipt that is illigal !! unless in the USA things are so very different . he donated a reptile for the cause.. the most he can get would be if he sold it to them to raffle off.. they both could get audited by the IRS and they would have a filed trip with this.. there s a reason why rules exist for these things and it s to prevent tax evasions with this kind of raffle..

an ex: of this here, CHEO childrens hospital, they have a raffle/lotterie for a million $$ home and sell 100$ tickets, each buyer gets the tax receipt , the contractor that builds the home donates his time or paid to build the home at a lower cost..

Ty s situation, the most he could claim would be the value of that tegu as a deduction, but not if he donated it, if he claims the total of 14000$ in tax receipts for himself, he s steeling them from each participants and pulling an illegal tax scam by gaining from a lesser value !!

just asking to see if this is the case or if you indeed get a tax receipt ??

Originally Posted by Sugarhedgie (Post 1982560)

I never got a tax receipt

Originally Posted by yeloowtang (Post 1982580)

that is very interesting, maybe someone with knowledge about how that works in the USA could come forward.

but if they are a legit and registered non profit organisation, donations are subject to tax receipts for your deductions, your are the one that donated after all !!! for each individual that gets a 100$ receipt doesn't change much on the big plan.. but when one person collects them all for his purpose, it makes a huge difference for him and he saves thousands in taxes :( rich get rich but on all of your backs.

so if Ty is taking the peoples donations and then claiming that he has donated 14000$+ to IRCF and HE gets the tax receipts for his deductions ??? now that is way more shady and would raise the curtains on why he's always claiming to donate so much.. all tax deductible. problem with this , is that he's not the one donating all the $$$ he simply donated the animal..

I'm in Canada so it might be different for you guys, but it would make sense why a rich guy donates so much, it's legal if he donates his $$ but he's donating all of you $$ in his name. OHH I get he donates the animal and it has a value, so unless IRCF paid him that vale and gave him a receipt for it !!! otherwise if he donated it, it's considered a gift. In the end that animal was produced by him and really was free and doesn't cost him anything.
this could cause him quite the headaches if the Government starts to investigate, all public info too, he keeps plastering all this on the web