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03-06-2014, 11:53 AM
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Scammer Alert - Thomas Hensley
The user "ThomasHensley" is using other people's photos in what are clearly fake ads. Buyers beware! Here is MY picture of my pewter bee at ~200g - note that it is being listed at 800g and she is still in my posession:
There is another string of ads being placed with a photo of a Mojave female. I cannot speculate about that ad but the Pewter Bee being posted is FAKE.
Time to create a watermark for my photos, I guess...
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03-06-2014, 12:35 PM
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Can you post your photo for comparison?
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03-06-2014, 12:51 PM
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That photo is my photo, but here are a few more:
Here's her now (250 grams and a few sheds heavier)
From the same "shoot"
At hatch - there is an extensive thread from 8/25/13 (her hatch date) to 9/10/13 I posted trying to determine if her brother was a pewter or sterling bee
This photo of her is actually on my business card:
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03-06-2014, 01:19 PM
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Thanks for the warning... Did you confront him, and if so, what was his response?
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03-06-2014, 01:29 PM
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I put in a PM as a knee jerk reaction demanding he remove it and letting him know I am starting this thread. I also notified a mod here, who linked this thread in one of the posts.
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03-06-2014, 07:43 PM
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Not saying its impossible but that Mojave has some good growth to her. lol
Was supposedly proven in June of '13 was only 1100 grams in October of '13 and then jumped up to 2200 grams in February of '14.
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03-11-2014, 08:05 PM
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He got me
Well looks like i fell victim to Thomas Hensley. I paid 450 for the female Mojave he had for sale via PayPal and that was last I heard from him. Numerous phone calls and texts left unanswered after payment. PayPal dispute started wish me luck.
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03-11-2014, 08:17 PM
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Good luck. Not sure if it would help but send them a link to this thread also.
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03-11-2014, 08:45 PM
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Sorry to hear that. I hope nobody paid for my pewter bee... because she's still here with me!
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03-12-2014, 12:58 PM
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Thanks for posting the pictures MrLang. Acura, sorry you got burned; if you paid via credit card or Paypal you can request a charge back.
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