Philadelphia Exotics inquiry

Looking for some information on these guys. Here's the story. There was a company by the name of Exotic Pets operating out of Philadelphia that pulled a disappearing act last year. It was owned by someone named Rose and her husband Pat. Before they disappeared they bounced a check on me for close to $900. They also did this to at least one other person that I know of. All phones were disconnected, and their bank account closed. Recently on the kingsnake classifieds someone by the name of Joshua Myers has been advertising under the company name Philadelphia Exotics, and their e-mail address is philaexoticpets@aol.com. The fact that their names and e-mail are so similar and they are/were both from Philadelphia has me very suspiscious that Rose and Pat, are behind this new venture. If anyone has any inside information on Philadelphia Exotics, please let me know. If my suspiscions are unfounded I apologize, but in the meantime I would say buyer beware.

Dave Prada

hi everyone,
i am joshua myers, i own and operate philadelphia exotic pets. i do not know who this guy is refering to, but its not me or anyone i know. i emailed the guy who posted this comment and asked him to remove it or post a follow up saying that i am not the person that he is thinking about. i have a perfect record with all of my customers. he wrote me back saying

"Hello,
all I did was post an inquiry not an accusation. If
the two companies are not related in any way, you have
nothing to worry about. In fact I stated in the post
that I apologize if my suspiscions are unfounded.

all he had to do was ask, before posting something like this.

if anyone here has a question about me or my business practacies feel free to email me.
thank you very much.
joshua myers
www.philadelphiaexoticpets.com

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David...That was ABSOLUTELY the WRONG WAY to handle the situation you were in! You HAD their email address?? Why couldn't you have just ASKED HIM FIRST...instead of getting on here and make yourself look foolish??? I'll just never understand why people can't just look a guy in the face and ask the question!
Joshua...don't worry, you came on here in a professional manner, you stated your case very well, and you didn't resort to name-calling! THAT says it all! (to ME, at least&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> ....Neil

Neil, are you serious??? &nbsp;First, the "milk" thing and now this??? &nbsp;I hope you haven't been sipping some of uncle jesse's moonshine! &nbsp; <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

Do you really think if Joshua was the guy who robbed Dave of 900, he would admit it?? &nbsp;All Dave did was ask for inside information, he even added a disclaimer. &nbsp;He didn't accuse Joshua Myers. &nbsp;If Dave finds it isn't the same guy, he should post a followup (under the same thread of course, no need to waste bandwidth). &nbsp;

Thanks...

Ciro...NO, I'm not kidding??? Suppose there was a guy out there named Cirow Speena who was ripping everybody off! Wouldn't you want your potential customer to ask you first if you were the same guy?? You're right, that doesn't mean he can't lie and say what you want to hear...but...you ASKED HIM FIRST??? If you don't get any comfort AFTER his answer...ask for his phone number?? If he's the same guy, he probably won't give it to you....I'm just saying you've got to exhaust all your other options before "going in the public eye" with "inquiries" that are unfounded?? Just the HINT of impropriety could be devastating for some...not to mention, possibly putting a damper on an otherwise perfect reputation....I still think this thread was PREMATURE when, as it turned out, ONE E-MAIL would have solved the problem....can you at least see where I'm coming from?? Just PURE and SIMPLE courtesy! ....Neil

thank you very much neil,
and CIRO i can see your point as well. however the situation stands, i am not the guy that dave is talking about. i have many refferances with people i do business with weekly, i have not been doing this very long, and i didnt even know that this board existed untill a customer of mine seen the comment on here and told me about it. some of my customers have even met me in person. i would be happy to give my phone # to dave. al i wanted to do is clear up the confusion, and still to this minute david has not posted a follow up in here. and now that i know that this board is here you can count on seeing me often. &nbsp;once again thank you neil, a friend of mine told me that a complamint coming from you is better than 10 appoligies comming from dave.

joshua myers
phiadelphia exotic pets

Again, if my suspiscions were wrong then I apologize, I'm not making any accusations. &nbsp;Do you really think someone that stole $900 dollars from me would say they were still operating their business if I asked them? They were bright enough to figure out how to rip off a couple of their suppliers in the end and then vanish, they aren't going to say "oh yeah, that's us" if I come right out and ask them. The similarities in names and location seemed too coincidental to me. All i did was make an inquiry looking for information, If Joshua just had the bad luck to choose the company name that a &nbsp;couple of criminals used he has nothing to fear. I don't know if he is involved or not, that's what I'm trying to figure out. &nbsp;I thought that was what the BOI was about.

Dave Prada

dave,
if you would like any referances from people i have done business with, i would be happy to give them to you (some have met me in person). and if you can give me some info on these people ie. names address etc.. i can help find them for you (i am also a licensed bail enforcement agent) and have many friends in the police department here in philly. i dont believe any one should get taken advantage of by people like that, i will help you in anyway i can, and who knows mabe we will do business with each other in the future.
all that really counts is that i know who i am and what i do is 100% legit.
let me know if you want my help.
thank you
joshua myers
philadelphia exotic pets

Hi,
I've been following the board of inquiry for a while and thought I'd
interject with some thoughts of my own. It seems as if it's far too easy to
start unsubstantiated rumors on here that could potentially ruin peoples
reputations and by extension, their businesses. To come on here without
doing any research first and say, hey these may be the guys that ripped me
off is almost criminally irresponsible. Do some research first, contact the
police and the better business bureau, do some background checking before
you post something like that. In this day and age it's far too easy to
destroy someone by simply making an accusation. You see it every day in the
papers, people who are ruined by innuendo and unfounded rumors. All you have
to do is tar someone with a label and a lot of people will believe it
whether it's true or not. A lot of people read the BOI and I'm sure that if
your names on here with people asking questions about you, it has an effect
on your business. I think it would be better for everyone if people made a
few phone calls first to check things out before posting on here. Just my 2
cents
Ross Buskard

thank you ross, and i still have no apology or retracement from the guy Dave who started this whole thing. that seems very unprofessional, and impolite to me.
and im not gonna tolerate it much longer, i am losing business over this. i am trying to be as calm and mature as i can be, but i am starting to lose my cool over this, because as you said, many people read this.
thank you
josh myers (not rose and pat)