A friend notified me of this thread today, so I would like to thank her (I won't mention her name, but she knows who she is).
Here is a copy/paste of what I posted in the other thread about this "deal".
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Dan no longer lives in Florida. He now lives out of the country (from what he told me, he sort of "had to leave" the country). His wife goes back and forth from their home in Venezuala to Florida. He contacted me a short time ago after not speaking to him for over a year and offered to sell me his entire cattery (to include an unrelated male bengal kitten, his adult bengal cat females bred to his male, his 1.4 adult albino bengals and a 50% jungle hybrid bred to his male bengal for $3500 cash or certain animals in trade. He planned on keeping a few bengals at his mother in laws place in Florida.
I had spoken to him in the past about his bengal cats and African Servals, but we never came to an agreement.
I agreed to the trade he offered, which he changed multiple times until I finally told him that we had to settle on a single deal and stop changing things. We agreed on one of two groups of animals (both groups were exactly the same except for which animals would be males and which would be females). He told me on the phone that he wanted snakes there were as small as possible and even stating that '07 hatches would be ideal. I made it very clear to Dan that I would be trading out some animals that I have in order to get the specific animals that he wanted.
After the deal was agreed to by both parties, I went about making deals with other people to obtain the exact animals that Dan wanted. I could only speak to Dan when he called me via his computer (I don't have a phone number for him), so I had spoke to Melissa (Dan's wife) several times during this process and called her again on Monday or Tuesday of this week to let her know that everything was in order, all the animals were lined up (some being picked up in Florida and some being brought by van with me in order to avoid any shipping).
It was at this point, after speaking to Melissa, that she called me back and wanted to verify that all the animals were well over 400 grams! Of course they were not over 400 grams, as Dan was very specific that he wanted babies as small as possible! So, I asked Melissa to have Dan call me, which he did. I asked him what was going on and he started screaming that he only wanted animals over 400 grams. When I reminded him of what the trade deal was and what he very specifically asked for, he yelled and cussed and hung up on me. Of course, I could not call him back (the only number that shows up when he calls from Venezuala on my caller ID was 00012345 (probably because he was calling thru his computer....not VOIP, but directly thru his computer mic). I called Melissa several times and left her messages to have Dan call me back, but he never did.
I emailed Dan, trying to work things out. He stuck to his story about wanting larger animals the whole time and about how he is "bending over backwards" (even though he contacted me and offered the deal to me......not vice versa). I offered other alternatives and he raised the cash price by $1000. I still tried to work things out with him, explained that I had spent quite a bit of money preparing to receive these cats, in good faith. I even agreed to his increased price in an effort to make this work.
He further attempted to pressure me by stating that he has another buyer willing to pay $6000 for the cats. He also had his wife call me and leave a message on my voicemail stating that if I didn't agree to all of Dan's demands, he was going to sell the cats to this other party for $6000. When I told him to take that deal and run with it, that buyer was suddenly out of the picture.
There was the additonal pressure that most of the cats were pregnant, according to Dan, and transporting them and setting them up in a new home just prior to delivery would not be a good thing. I needed to get these animals back here this weekend. But, with Dan making so many changes, making me back out of trade deals that I had with other people for the animals that he wanted (which I can't stand), and ambushing me at the very last minute with a demand of cash and price increase, there simply was not enough time to sell the original animals and get the cash in hand to make it down there this weekend (we are talking about less than 48 hours before I was scheduled to start driving down to Florida).
So, I told Dan that I had had enough and would not budge any further. I would stick to my final offer of compromise and that was it. I explained why, I explained that I was tired of the shady tatics, and I explained it all without cussing or name calling. I did tell him that he is living up to his reputation, which I had previously told him I would give him the benefit of the doubt since this was to be a face to face deal (albeit with his wife, since Dan can't come back to this country, or so he told me in the past) Of course, Dan responded by calling me names, attempted to degrade me because I ALSO sell rats and mice, and proclaimed himself to be the superior business man.
I simply responded to his email with "Typical Bifield response. What a broken record", as this is what Dan does every time he is unable to get someone to do exactly what he wants.
So, I would have to say to be VERY careful about dealing with Dan. Everyone that I know told me not to do a deal with him, and I should have listened. I figured I was pretty safe since I was not shipping anything out and would see the cats in person before doing the actual trade. All I am out at this point is the money that I spent building a cattery, alot of time and sweat, and that is about it.
Anyone that wants to know more can call me or email me privately. I do have the emails between us.....
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Jason Brennan
www.gotmice.com
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I have every single email ever sent between Dan and myself and would be more than happy to forward them to anyone that wants to see them. Dan's latest claim is that I am doctoring his emails....
Several people have copies of the emails. I can post them here if need be, but there are ALOT of emails. Not to mention the "colorful" voicemail messages that I have received.
A simple search will reveal that this is typical Bifield activity.
My orange ghosts are not WC. They are CBB. My pastels are not WC. They are CBB. My superpastels are not WC. They are CBB. My pinstripes are not WC. They are CBB. My lessers are not WC. They are CBB. I buy and sell alot of reptiles. I breed and sell alot of reptiles. I make my living this way, but I do not discuss how much I make. Dan keeps saying what I can and can't come up with....Dan has no idea. I would not pay cash for the cats because our deal was for a TRADE (Dan's offer, NOT mine). I also have the email to support this as well.
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Dan with the Bengal cattery for sale.
Hey man how are you. Still have the cattery for sale. Give you the
cattery
for $3,500. We are still selling kittens.
I would take the following Baby Balls Pythons for the cattery.
1.1 albinos
0.1 pastel female
0.2 100% Het Albino Female
I am sure you can aquire the Ball Pythons cheap.
Dan
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