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Was doing mindless labor in the basement today. Honey doos, you know. And thinking about this. I remember Ty Park and several others commenting on that they believed that Michelle Cutler was being greedy and preferred to have the $3000 cash instead of the albino tegu. Actually I think that is the main reason that some people copped an attitude about her. So I'm thinking, WTF?
What does it matter? The $3000 was offered in the raffle if the albino blue tegus weren't produced by Ty Park. Obviously anyone working with animals realizes that sometimes the worst really does happen, and Ty Park spelled out the contingency if this were to happen. And in this case, it wasn't the worst case, but it did happen. No albino blue tegus were produced by the deadline stated in the raffle. Ty Park figured he could buy the albino blues from someone else, apparently at a discounted price, to fulfill the raffle obligations.
So what would have happened had Ty Park not produced any albino tegus nor able to get any from any of his hoped for sources? Would the other(s?) winning the auction have also been belittled as being greedy for wanting the $3000 too?
And even if Michelle Cutler had really preferring the $3000, so the hell what? She paid for the tickets for the chance to win, knew that if she were to win she would probably get an albino blue tegu with only a slim chance at the cash, but she did it anyway. And she did win, didn't she? Fair and square.
How is it considered greedy to want what was promised in the offering for the raffle? No matter if it was a lizard or cash? Ty Park pretty much stated that the prizes were equivalent as far as he was concerned, otherwise he wouldn't have stated it that way in the bait to attract ticket buyers.
So really, I don't understand the bad blood that has come from this. Michelle Cutler only wants what was promised as either the prize or the alternative prize. Nothing more, nothing less. And now we have lawsuits flying. Over what? A guy who failed to provide what he promised, and now pissed off because the person owed that prize is pissed off at the way she was treated?
Insane? You betcha it is. Ty Park might not be a bad guy in a lot of peoples eyes, but some people have to be thinking that if Ty Park again fails to produce exactly what he promises, maybe he is going to treat them in the same manner as he is treating Michelle Cutler. Try to wiggle out of his obligation, and then sue you when you don't like it too much and complain publicly about it. Probably a wonderful business model for someone who has the money to squander on attorney fees, but not really someone I would want to do business with.
Man up, Ty! You are doing someone wrong, and you have to know it. Just as a lot of people now know about it. Don't you want to be able to be able to tell people who bring this up to you, "Well, I just made a mistake, but I finally did fix it and make it right." That is the only way you are going to be able to walk away from this with your reputation intact. Suing someone complaining about how you treated them is sure as hell not going to do that for you.
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