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Old 08-05-2004, 06:01 PM   #1
Ghi Reptiles
Stop! Buyers and Sellers BEWARE!

Over the last couple of years I have heard many horror stories of people being ripped off in this business. Collections have been robbed, animals taken right off tables at expos, money has been sent and animals were never delivered, money has been sent and bad animals were delivered and so on. Let me tell you about one of my experiences that still haunts me today.....

I think just about everyone knows about my deal with a Tim Bowles just over a year ago. Well today marks the 1 year anniversary of the death of one of my favorite snakes! My mistake was believing someones BS and not seeing the red flags that he was throwing out there. In short I paid $2,500.00 up front for what was suppose to be a beautiful New Locality emerald tree boa and this is what I got......



A snake with a death sentence. To this day 07-05-04 and in this post on Kingsnake Suticat's post I am still being harrassed by either Tim or someone else using his login info. My name is mentioned in the article that is scrolling across the screen....old news from 1997. This article is also in Tim Bowles RedTailBoa.net gallery and my name is highlighted in it. It seems he has an entire page dedicated to me....creepy isn't it! A few of his friends including Bobby Pruett have joined in too over the last year and one of them got so bad that he was booted off a forum where just about anything goes, The Reptile Room. I have been threatened with many things including being told on a public forum 'You have no idea how close I am, I can be in your front door within minutes' (The FBI loved that one). So not only do I have to put up with paying $2,500.00 for a 'dead' snake but a year later these morons are still going at it. I guess getting caught really pisses some people off.

So on the anniversary of one of my favorite snakes death I would like to thank everyone for the kind words over the last year and I am here to urge everyone to be very careful who you buy from and who you sell to! Do background checks on who you are dealing with before you buy or before you send money up front on a purchase. The best thing to do is go on the BOI right here and ask about someone or do a search on them. Get all of the particulars worked out before hand and maybe you will not have to go through what myself and many others in this business/hobby have gone through. Good luck everyone and enjoy this wonderful hobby of ours!
 
 

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