I guess I should have known better from the fauna posts I had read about them but I figured since id be doing business in person it would work out better.
So I remembered that donald had a trio of rankins for sale and I contacted him and asked if they were still available.
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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:22:11 -0700
From: donaldleerollins@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: rankins dragons
To: reptile333@hotmail.com
sorry i sold the trio , but hatched out some babies and have 3 left at $50 each . if your interested call me at 937-718-1889
thank you , donald
From: Joshua Frederick <reptile333@hotmail.com>
To: donaldleerollins@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:06:37 PM
Subject: rankins dragons
Hey this is Josh,
I do the Indy show with Josh/Dan (Chaos Reptiles) all the time and I think we have talked about a couple of reptiles through craigslist before. I was wondering if you still have that trio of rankins dragons and if so what is the least that you would take for them?
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I then called him over the phone since that is how he wished to communicate and we agreed to $120 for all 3. After which I was told to contact his good friend Jesse Wisecup who takes care of his animals while he is away. I contacted Jesse and asked for a picture of the dragons. I dont know much about baby dragons and did think something was up with the dragon on the left. I asked Jesse about it and he proceeded to tell me it is just a hatchling and thats how they are it is fine. I also ended up negotiating a hovabator with the fan upgrade for an extra $20 bucks. .
I go home and transfer the dragons into a more suitable container and as i transfer them the two healthy dragons grasped my finger as i moved them. the third dragon wasn't even trying although at the time it was still breathing. I texted Jesse and told him i was suspicious of one dragon health and he just replied ok. So i fed the dragons and gave them a tiny bowl of water. the next day the lethargic dragon had passed.
I contacted both Jesse and Donald and they argued that i shouldn't have bought a dragon I thought to be sick. even after i was reassured it was fine. I guess I learned my lesson not to do business with these guys and just wanted to reinforce their bad images to the rest of the community so noone else gets taken for their money.