Hi everybody,
I'm not one to post things or say much but instead always been one to "keep to myself" in the Herp world. I just don't like debates or fights and tend to just enjoy my hobby and let my annual litters speak for themselves. I had the worst experience in my life buying an animal about a year ago now and have been encouraged to speak about it on this forum. My wife encouraged me to get it off of my chest as well so here goes.........
I purchased a Female Surinam Emerald From Frank Fusaro of Bronx reptiles off of an ad from Kingsnke.com. The animal was picture perfect in appearance and the man knew what he talking about when I inquired about feedings etc.. spam_I purchased the animal for $450 plus $45 for shipping and the animal was delieverd via delta dash. Not one to trust anybody, I opened the package in front of the employees just in case it was empty so that I would have witnesses. Instead of a healthy snake I pulled out (much to the employees horror, they were afraid of a snake) the sickest looking snake I've ever seen out of 25 yrs of Herping experience! No body weight! URI was plain to see. I went home immediately and checked the picture of the animal to what I had and it was plain that the scale patterns were not the same, I had been given a different snake that what I
purchased on the net. I called Bronx Reptiles that hour and told them of what arrived. I was polite, politically friendly and suggested that maybe they sent me the wrong snake, allowing them to gracefully fix the problem without admitting stupidity in grabbing a VERY sick snake and sending it. They accused ME of trying to pull a switch for a healthy one they sent and hung up on me. We got into some nasty E-mails. I filed the complaint with Kingsnake.com abuse and also with the FBI fraud thing they send you to. My issues were never resolved and Bronx reptiles still sells on Kingsnake. I took the animal to My herp Vet the next day and he has known me for over Ten years. He couldn't believe I had actually paid for an animal that far gone.I explained the circumstances and we tried to bring it back but it died in 19 days! I kept in the freezer for over 4 months waiting for this to be resolved but the FBI never got back to me, Kingsnake said "sorry" but I don't feel for one minute that they stick to their rules and enforce things. They just want the $$$ from the businesses that are advertising on their site. Stay Away from Bronx Reptiles! spam_The guy is a thief. I spent over $700 on a snake that died within 3 weeks. spam_ Sorry about the long msg. I'll head back to my "hermit's cave" now..
This was pasted from my original post on a seperate website. In the follow-ups from this original post it has been discovered that Mother Earth Reptiles is directly tied to Bronx Reptiles by the owners being partners of some type. This was confirmed by Danny Mendez of Urban Jungles who happens to know them both. If anyone needs to see the whole list of postings E-mail me privately and I'll show you where to find them. spam_ spam_
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