INQUERY: MONSTER-CAGES.COM and MONSTERSNAKESFOREVER.COM

anyone know these two guys???

Harry Wessels from monstersnakesforever.com had referred me to Matt at monster-cages.com for possibly purchasing my retics that i have for sale...

originally Matt had told me he only had 3000 to play with and then did a switch saying he would pay me 3500 if would ship him my snakes first so he could look at them and then he would pay me.... sounds kind of odd and particularly fishy for someone to make a request like this...

any feedback on Matt at monster-cages.com and harry weasels is appreciated.

thanks,
Brian Watkins

If you do a search on Monster Cages a few threads pop up. I have never dealt with either.

Originally Posted by Serafim

If you do a search on Monster Cages a few threads pop up. I have never dealt with either.

have you ever had somone you didnt know very well ask you to send them reptiles, and then pay you after they checked them out?

what do you think of that?

Originally Posted by esoteric-lizard

have you ever had somone you didnt know very well ask you to send them reptiles, and then pay you after they checked them out?

what do you think of that?

I don't think too highly of that myself. I would never ship without payment. Just too many bad stories about people not getting paid. Not saying it would happen in this case. Go with your gut...

originally Matt had told me he only had 3000 to play with and then did a switch saying he would pay me 3500 if would ship him my snakes first so he could look at them and then he would pay me

Too fishy for me !!! Only has $3,000 to spend but will send you $3500 if he can look at them. I would stay away from that deal.

I have dealt with Matt recently, and I have no complaints. If you search through the first couple pages of threads, you should find the one I posted about him.

Originally Posted by justinmorse

I have dealt with Matt recently, and I have no complaints. If you search through the first couple pages of threads, you should find the one I posted about him.

after doing a search, it seems to me his business practices are a bit questionable. glad things worked out for you justin... and i am glad i am NOT doing business with him and his parter harry wessels.

First off here is the message that Brian sent that sounds very wishy washy and made me even question these animals but who says this kind of stuff. I have cash waiting but this email from Brian made me think twice. Sounds odd when someone says stuff like that.


they came straight of the plane to my house from prehistoric pets in fountain valley, California. male is 8ft, female is about 10ft. feel free to ask jay at prehistoric to verify - although he may *&^* with you a little cuz he doesn't like me at all. let me know if he tells you any different cuz i would love to catch him in a lie and make it public... he deserves it BIGTIME.

i sold another het to someone in Cali - they drove up here and picked her up - 18ft female het FROM pp with papers... he drove home and took it to pp and jay tried to tell him that it was a male and i lied... so i get a phone call a month later from this guy i sold this snake to freaking out telling me i ripped him off... turns out i had all the proof and jay eventually probed the 18ft 180lbs female correctly... when was the last time you seen an 18ft 180lbs male retic LOL!! anyway i hate pp, they are scum bags so let me know what jay says PLEASE.

anyway - they are legit dh's.

the kayuadis are in the 7ft range and are agressive feeders - like scrub pythons as we discussed before. with copies of original papers.




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From: martin01@hbci.com
To: starvingstudent@eagles.ewu.edu
Subject: Re: 1.1 Dh albino genetic stripes and 1.3 Kayuadis
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:38:07 -0600


did you buy them from Prehistoric or someone else?
how big are they

Thanks
Matthew
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----- Original Message -----


I asked about alternatives is all. Who sounds alittle odd about things and where i get my extra funding from really doesn't matter either.

Thanks for the inquery Brian. I banned you last night from MonsterSnakesForums.com for trying to lowball the market and suggest in a personal email to Matt I was in some way dishonest? Here is a copy of the email you sent to Matt.

From: martin01@hbci.com
To: starvingstudent@eagles.ewu.edu
Subject: Re: 1.1 Dh albino genetic stripes and 1.3 Kayuadis
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:05:33 -0600


I will do $3500 if you send the animals so I can make sure they get here fine and that they match the paperwork too. If you have any problems with that I understand but you can check with Harry and I am sure he will personally back me up on this totally.
Let me know

Happy Holidays

Thanks
Matthew
www.monster-cages.com

You replyed with this...

----- Original Message -----
From: starvingstudent@eagles.ewu.edu
To: Matthew Martin
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: 1.1 Dh albino genetic stripes and 1.3 Kayuadis


ummm.... no!

pay first.... then ship. these are the real deal man. i told you to talk to jay... i have papers if you want to see them i can email you a pic of them... to be honest i dont really trust harry... i have known him for a while but i wouldnt say he is exactly someone i trust.

money talks matt.

I then sent you this pm on Monsters...

_____Original Message_____
From: SAMHAIN
Date: 2007-12-22 20:33:07
Subject: WTF man?

WOW whats this brian?

----- Original Message -----
From: starvingstudent@eagles.ewu.edu
To: Matthew Martin
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: 1.1 Dh albino genetic stripes and 1.3 Kayuadis


ummm.... no!

pay first.... then ship. these are the real deal man. i told you to talk to jay... i have papers if you want to see them i can email you a pic of them... to be honest i dont really trust harry... i have known him for a while but i wouldnt say he is exactly someone i trust.

money talks matt.

in turn you sent this back...

RETIC_LORD Re: WTF man? Sat Dec 22nd, 2007 08:16 pm
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tell your friend to stop bothering me.... and to get serious.


I then decided after you bad mouthed me you didnt need to be on my forums selling your animals for FREE and at 1/3 the market value and you are upset with me because I would not let you undercut the market on my website...I then banned you. After I did I recieved this...

From: starvingstudent@eagles.ewu.edu
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: Sat 12/22/07 8:26 PM
To: samhain_retic@msn.com

you're a fag i knew you would do this... lol!!!

remember - fuck with me and i will fuck with you back 100 times more... so leave me be or else.

I was not even asking you to send me the animals nor am I financially partnered with Matt, he is my friend and I help him sell cages on my website and I did refer Matt to you because of the unbelievable price you were selling these Snakes of your at. That is my total involvement in this issue and I think it is obvious why you misspelled my name Weasel in the first post? Brian behave yourself. I only tried to help you sell your animals and this is the thanks I get for having anything to do with you.

This will be my last post on this issue because I have no involvment with it. Thanks...

i just thought it was kind of odd that matt said he only had $3000 and then turns around saying he had $3500 but he wanted me to ship them first so he could "take a look at them."

i told you not to haggle with me cuz i was giving you a sweat deal!!!

i know both harry wessels and matt at monster-cages.com dont have a very good reputaion and are known for being less than civil when it comes to business dealings.... so far i havent recieved any death threats from harry but i am sure they are on the way.

all i was doing was inquiring - i was offering both of you a great deal on a pair of very rare snakes and it seemed you wanted to jack me.

please go back to the hole from which you crawled out of - thanks.

thats all i have to say for now.