Justin Greenbeck Colorado reptile Company Bad GUY

How long ago did you send the snakes? It takes months for a ball python to get that emaciated.

These snakes were hstchlings with only about a months age
He had the snakes only 3 weeks before he sent me these pic
He claimed .
"Vet was out of town in Portland but they had water "

Strange claim to make a couple days before the police found his store and 100+ animals with no water

Originally Posted by Ballroom

sorry to have to post this . But after several good business deals with Colorodo reptile company i found out the hard way that the co- owners of the shop had split up . Justin was now running the business and Travis had legally left This is where things went really wrong for me.
As repeat customer i shipped Justin 7600 in animals after speaking to him while i was packing he was " on the way to my bank to deposit 5K and the other 2600 he would deposit Friday that was over a month ago . since there was a time difference of several hours i needed to get the animals to fedex so since i had done similarly with Justin before i trusted that he would pay me,,,

the rest of the story plays out horrible below and i am still out 7600.00.... in addition Justin had a sale to benefit usark last week which he brought in 1400 he claims..... he also pocketed that money .

below is the news report..
attached are the police reports. and a picture from Justin to me of some of my dead snakes that Justin apparently killed by neglect before the store was inspected . he blamed my snakes deaths of unhealthy snakes... HA right Attachment 827119

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LAKEWOOD – Police officers in Lakewood requested a search warrant Saturday after finding more than 150 reptiles neglected at the Colorado Reptile Company. According to agent Rob Albrets with Lakewood Police, officers received several tips over the past few days that the store’s owner wasn’t taking care of the reptiles at the 7827 W. Jewell Ave. business. When animal control went to check on things, they found a dead snake, and numerous reptiles without water. “When animal control went out to do a welfare check on them, the door was open, but no one was inside,” Albrets told 9News. The owner of the store showed up when police were on-scene Saturday afternoon. Police spoke to him and decided not to file charges at this time. The incident remains under investigation.

Michael,
That totally SUCKS!

I'm EXTREMELY SORRY, about the loss of your snakes, and of course the money your out!

That shouldn't happen to anyone, especially a Top Quality person, like yourself!

Michael, if there's anything I can do to help, just call.....

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles

Thank you Lynn

This is awful! Both for your financial loss and for the neglect of the animals. I am glad the police are investigating. Definitely a bad guy case. Thanks for posting this here so others don't get taken. I'm sorry that you are going through this!

I'm confused; if the boa was allegedly a gravid female who passed due to complications, as the owner stated, why was the enclosure labeled as a male? Sounds fishy to me... I was in that store once before and found the owner very uncooperative. I asked about the origins of a white-eyed croc skink, Tribolonotus novaeguineae, and he told me he could not disclose who produced it or where it came from. I then said I was interested in purchasing, but needed a little more background, so I asked if it was WC or CB to which he replied "obviously WC, these are super rare and no one else in the state has them". I responded by politely saying novaeguineae are not exactly "super rare", and that there are plenty of people who work with them which would indicate the possibility of a CB popping up for sale. He then said "this isn't novaeguineae, or whatever that is, this is a white eyed croc skink." I told him that it was the latin species level designation for the animal, and he just stared at me. Since I know that some importers are more trustworthy than others with their stock, I then asked if he could tell me who he got the animal from. Again, he refused, saying that it would be a "breach in confidentiality and he would be blacklisted and refused business from his suppliers ever again". I laughed, left the store, and never returned.

I know where that $1400 came from! Me! I have no clue why this didn't come up when I searched for any info the last month before I posted something. A good buddy did a search for me and got this thread. This sob told me the exact opposite and put everything on Travis. Can't believe I got rookied by this guy. Played the innocent victim in all this. He's gonna get what's coming to him one way or another. I'll be filing my police report in the morning. I have a lot of text from this guy and one or two he sent me on accident talking about obvious drug stuff. I'm sure the police will love that.

On 11-1-16 I received my animals from Justin. He was very apologetic about the delay and stress it caused me. I was issued a partial refund for the troubles. As for the above mentioned questionable text messages, it was determined it was taken out of context and I no longer feel that way. As for the allegations in the police report, every one deserves their day in court. I think we need to hear Justin's side of the story. Hopefully he can fully resolve this situation,move on and leave this all behind him. I hope you got your issues resolved also Michael.