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04-23-2006, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by shrap
Lucille,
That is great what they are doing in Texas, but that still dont mean you can get blood from a turnip. If the person in question is broke or hiding their money then you still dont see a dime. Sadly that happens all the time in civil cases. You cant take from people what they dont have.
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Sammy
Do me a favor and put this conversation somewhere, where you won't forget it. I will never forget Fauna, and the people here, and what they have done for me.
Someday, I'll take a picture of my study, and you'll see the hides of Texas scammers nailed to the wall by the new Texas Hammer..... 
I promise you, the turnip will bleed.......
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04-23-2006, 08:32 PM
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The problem is you are asking what a service would be worth to us but you are being sufficiently vague that we have no idea what exactly the service is.
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Clay,
You are right, and I shouldn't have opened my mouth in the first place. But when you are asked "do you think there's a need for something like this", and at the same time "please don't disclose details", you are put between a rock and a hard place. So far I had "other" expectations as far as the type of replies. These are more than likely from what you are very well pointing out, not enough information. Forgive me for a while, OK?
Regards
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04-23-2006, 08:57 PM
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Someday, I'll take a picture of my study, and you'll see the hides of Texas scammers nailed to the wall by the new Texas Hammer..... |
Is it legal to do that down there?
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04-23-2006, 09:03 PM
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Is it legal to do that down there? |
Shhhhh, no honey but we're just tryin' to scare 'em. Same with the tarrin' and featherin'
But it IS legal to charge $30,000 for a case and send the bill to them after I win a DTPA case, and have a judgment so their future earnings are mine.......
mmmmm, turnip blood...... 
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04-23-2006, 09:25 PM
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But it IS legal to charge $30,000 for a case and send the bill to them after I win a DTPA case, and have a judgment so their future earnings are mine.......
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But you will have fronted and risked the $30K, and be waiting to recover via garnishment from a scammer. If and when it happens, it will be fun to read about here. But until then, I would recommend a "Plan B" to all buyers of hets.
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04-23-2006, 09:57 PM
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Jim
Yes, "plan B" as in Lee Marvin's "Ballinger"; yes, I'm that old...
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04-23-2006, 10:05 PM
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Well, you only got me by a year, and I loved Lee Marvin, but I can't recall his "Plan B". I doubt it was nice?
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04-23-2006, 10:09 PM
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I would probably not pay for any sort of insurance program. I would do as others suggest, know my breeder and buy only from reputable sources.
As a breeder of high end morphs involving possible hets, I like the idea very much about having genetic testing available. In my species, perhaps others, it would be difficult to issue a certificate with a picture verification as the babys change completely in appearance as they grow up. Some of them continue to change for many years.
As a holder of several possible hets though, I would gladly pay a lab fee to determine which of my snakes were hets... and for that matter, sexing would be a very nice thing to determine in babies too. Mis-sexing can happen to anyone accidentally.
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04-23-2006, 10:42 PM
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As a holder of several possible hets though, I would gladly pay a lab fee to determine which of my snakes were hets... and for that matter, sexing would be a very nice thing to determine in babies too. Mis-sexing can happen to anyone accidentally.
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Cathy,
This is exactly what we are trying to do here. But unless we find an interest in the industry that justifies the involvement of a serious company it's not going to happen.
Regards.
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04-24-2006, 12:08 AM
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This does not give the appearance of being a near-term solution, but maybe in time. Seems cost-prohibitive in the foreseeable future, but I would thoroughly enjoy being wrong there.
Straying a bit off-topic, I did some reading. Lee Marvin as "Ballinger". TV show which ran from '57-60 (you were about six, and I five, when it ended). Chicago detective, and Paul Newman was his captain boss (imagine a TV show with those two before their tremendous movie careers). 100 episodes filmed. Not likely to happen, but I would find tremendous comfort in sending a Lee Marvin-type after some scammer who was selling normals as hets ! Of course, we do have Lucille with her skinning and tanning aspirations in Texas !
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