Reptster.com experience with show sponsorship not good

Originally Posted by crotalusadamanteus

Gerry is a member at other forums. Why don't you go read up on him, so you can make an educated decision, instead of making one that's been prejudiced from this thread?

Except for getting tangled up in Davids web of deceit, I have never read anything from Gerry to lead me to believe he is anything other then an honest straight shooting person. He made an honest mistake, by trusting someone untrustworthy. When he caught on, he got the hell out. Period. He didn't dodge issues, he tried to help customers.

You gotta be fair about things. Even when going for the throat.

Deb/Dennis issue aside, I have to agree with the assessment of Gerry. It really wasn't his mess to mop up, but he hung in there and did
a lot more than David Young or the customers could have expected him to do to try resolve things. He was pretty successful until David stopped playing ball all together. Momentarily 'aligned' with a scammer or not, he definitely emerges from this as a stand-up guy.

Coupled with Steve Kelley stepping up and making amends with the Kordeks, I have to say it is a very pleasant surprise that David Young was so unsuccessful at taking some of his supporters/conning victims down in flames with him.

Also, a big fat hint to some others who have fallen into disfavor for trying to make Kelly and Matt the bad guys, I think these two case studies show that the 'wolf pack' can actually be awfully forgiving to those who just man up and do right.

Just sayin' .

It's been a month or so now and Reptster is still up with pretty much no activity. Does anyone have any new info?

Originally Posted by Suncoast Herpetological

It's been a month or so now and Reptster is still up with pretty much no activity. Does anyone have any new info?

As far as things go with us and our shows, till this day there still has been no contact at all from Mr. Young with this. This is no big surprise to us at all.

Matthew D. Kordek

Seems to me that he's followed the scammer's hand book to a tee. Pg 12 says...."Get everyone fired up over what you're presenting, get them to send you money, and then disappear as quick as you showed up."

Sound about right?

Any updates on this?

I looked at the website, and it's still saying that it will be "just a few days" until they have their software up and running again....

I love some of the cover-our-rear statements they make here....but they could have summed it up more more simply by just saying, "No matter what happens, we aren't responsible...and please don't try to get your money back when something does go wrong, because we need it more than you do." LOL.

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