kenneth Yates of South Carolina

This guy is a total piece of work. He posted his entire collection for sale on kingsnake. I noticed the ad, it looked pretty good, so I emailed him and we agreed on a price. I sent the money to him next day, the money was recieved and he promptly sent out the animals. This is where the trouble began, I got home with the boxes, a friend and I started unpacking the animals. First off, we noticed that he did not properly insulate the boxes or put appropiate heatpacks in with the animals. The first box we opened contained green and black mambas, 4 of the greens were extremely cold and dead, the black was also cold and dead(picture attatched). We continued to open the boxes as fast as we could inorder to get he animals out and warmed up quickly. As we opened the others, we noticed that there were 4 neotropical rattlers missing(suppose to be 2.4) and a puff adder was also missing(suppose to be 0.0.3). We also noticed that there were extremely small heatpacks in some boxes and heatpacks were not in some of the other boxes! All the animals were extremely cold due to the poor packing methods and the 40F- weather. Kenneth was promptly called and emailed after the animals were unpacked. Kenneth called about 4 hours later in a state of panic saying that all the animals were there and that he didn't know what was going on because he paid someone to box them up for him. He said he would find out what was going on and call back. He has never called or contacted since last saturday morning, the response to the first call by me. I have made arrangements to file fraud charges for the animals missing and a lawsuit for the value of them. What is funny is that he has never responded to any of the phonecalls or messages, until tonight when I emailed him, told him my intentions and gave him the chance to end it now without the legal problems, well, he emailed me not even 3 minutes after I emailed him! Here are pictures that I have taken of the dead animals and how they were packed.
Kevin Smith
Here is the original list of what was posted on the ad on Kingsnake:
1.0 12 FOOT KING COBRA 650.00
1 Indo King Cobra--NICE ADULT 325.00
0.1 Sumatran Gold Spitting Cobra 380.00
1.0 Suphan Cobra 375.00
0.1 Black Mamba 435.00
1.2 W.A. Green Mambas 425.00 Each
4 E.A. Green Mambas 425.00 Each
1.1 Egyptian Cobras 125.00 Each
0.0.3 Puff Adders 95.00 Each
1.1 Cape Cobras 175/265
1.1 Black & White Spitting Cobras 150/250
1.1 Black Pakistan Cobras 160/275
1.1 Macklott’s Pythons 125.00 Both
11 Canebrake Rattlesnake early 03 25Ea./5-20.00
1.0 Black-Tail Rattlesnake--Beautiful 295.00
2.4 Neotropical Rattlesnakes 120/240
1.0 Northern Pacific Rattlesnake 45.00 Each
0.1 Southern Pacific Rattlesnake 45.00 Each
0.0.2 03 Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes 45.00 Each