Originally Posted by Dro B

Hey Michelle, just out of curiosity, if he did say he'd refund you the $500 and donate the rest to charity is it something youd be willing to do? I do beleive this is a clear case of "I have it, and I COULD give it, but I just don't want her to have it". I think you should strongly consider this because as I'm sure you've discovered by now lawsuits are very expensive and if you lose, you don't get anything, and if you have done research and think you have a strong chance of only getting your $500 back you may want to consider the option, as I'm 99.9% certain he would agree to it. I beleive he's damaged his reputation permanently here, the worst type of businessman is the type who doesn't honor thier word, and then decides that because you "said something bad" about him, he somehow no longer owes you what he owes you. It shows other people that if they do move forward on a deal and something goes wrong, there's enough reason to beleive they may never see thier money again, and with thus guy it would be too much money for the average person to gamble with. There are over a dozen breeders who have otherwise impeccable reputations who I will never buy from for this reason, because they made 1 mistake, slacked off on making it right, and took the old " bag guy thread makes us even" stance. You are definitely 100% right and 100% owed the tegu or $3000, but as time goes on maybe youd want to consider proposing that type of deal because at the end of the day I do beleive that the fact he's donated so much does show he is a good person who's made the mistake of letting his ego get in the way in a situation he created. I'm not so much asking for you to answer the question to me personally, but to simply ask yourself so if the time comes and a lawer tells you the odd aren't in your favor, that you may decide to propose something like this for the simple fact that at least the money you won't get will still go to a good cause.