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Bad Guy Chris Kopeckey - Bad Apple Reptiles 100% doublel HET did not prove out and then...

I understand your frustrated about it, and you need to know it was a mistake, and a mistake I'm willing to fix.

This statement does it for me. FWIW, I don't care so much about the 100/100 or 100/50 (although I think the way Chris answered this issue has been shady), you got a 0/0 and he admitted fault above.

Factoring in losses due to time and hatch results seems reasonable, but is hardly (if ever) reimbursed. I don't think you have much hope here (particularly with the 'good season' and 'thinking about selling' what he apparantly offered in trade).

I agree with previous posters - get your gun back, ship him the two beardies, and be done with it. Don't ship first :rolleyes: . Hopefully there's another deal possible, but I don't see it happening based on the way the thread's gone so far.

I wish you two luck in getting this resolved.
 
Chris actually sent me a text a little while ago and after a few texts back and forth re offered the Female to me... so i guess at this point it is resolved, i didnt get the female yet so i guess anything is possible but he did come to me through text messages and told me that he is just giving me the female. im not sure why he avoided the thread all together but i guess thats his personal preference to just keep away. the only question i have now is do i split shipping with him on this dragon or??? when we did the original deal i had to meet him to transfer the gun into his wife's name, seeing as gas is 4$ a gallon and where i met last time was still 40 minuets away from my house(each way) so id rather not have to drive. shipping to me just seems easier....any suggestions?
 
This statement does it for me. FWIW, I don't care so much about the 100/100 or 100/50 (although I think the way Chris answered this issue has been shady), you got a 0/0 and he admitted fault above.

Factoring in losses due to time and hatch results seems reasonable, but is hardly (if ever) reimbursed. I don't think you have much hope here (particularly with the 'good season' and 'thinking about selling' what he apparantly offered in trade).

I agree with previous posters - get your gun back, ship him the two beardies, and be done with it. Don't ship first :rolleyes: . Hopefully there's another deal possible, but I don't see it happening based on the way the thread's gone so far.

I wish you two luck in getting this resolved.

:iagree: 100%.
What was the mistake then? I am curious to the few that keep thinking Anthony would have done this trade for a normal :)rolleyes:) what was the mistake Chris was willing to fix then?
I also agree that Chris saying nothing at all....and reading this thread all day and STILL saying nothing, that just smells like guilty to me. I don't know though:shrug01:
Good luck I hope you get your gun back:thumbsup:
--Amanda Rader
 
I think you should meet up, if you can. Shipping is stressful on an animal, and if he does it right (legally), it'll cost over $40, which is the quick math I got for your gas at 120 miles if you only get 12 miles/gallon. He's offered to do the right thing; he might balk at spending $60 on shipping. Or, worse, he might send the dragon USPS or 2nd-day or something. Does he even have proper shipping supplies? Are you sure?
 
Thanks for the help and support guys. I guess I can meet him at the same gun store where we made the initial trade...it was basicly in the middle of us or close enough anyway. At least as of now its over and he made it right with the original offer from a few days ago. Thanks for all of the input.
 
Chris actually sent me a text a little while ago and after a few texts back and forth re offered the Female to me... so i guess at this point it is resolved, i didnt get the female yet so i guess anything is possible but he did come to me through text messages and told me that he is just giving me the female. im not sure why he avoided the thread all together but i guess thats his personal preference to just keep away. the only question i have now is do i split shipping with him on this dragon or??? when we did the original deal i had to meet him to transfer the gun into his wife's name, seeing as gas is 4$ a gallon and where i met last time was still 40 minuets away from my house(each way) so id rather not have to drive. shipping to me just seems easier....any suggestions?


Just wanted to apologize for coming at you so hard about the emails but I am happy you posted them. Sorry but please understand it was for a good reason.

I am also glad he is helping you out. Personally, I would pay for shipping if I chose not to drive because it appears he's giving you more than the original deal for your troubles. I thinking meeting and shaking hands would go a long way though.

One other question that I may have missed the answer to. Are all the babies you produced double hets?
 
They SHOULD be 100% dbl hets seeing as the mom was a visual hypo trans but with the mess this turned out. To be I'm wondering if selling them as hets is even worth it.
 
And apology accepted, I understood where you were coming from and what tampering means in this business. No hard feelings.
 
I actually have a question as well though. The female he is giving me now is a 7-8 month old normal redleatherback, why does everyone keep saying that this female is worth way more the the initial value. The male I got was supposed to be a double het 10% wouldn't that make the male worth more?
 
Visual morphs are typically worth more than hets. You can actually see the genetics on full display and not have to guess on het genes you can't see.
 
Yes I know that visuals are always worth more, what I'm saying is you have 2 red leather backs one is a normal NON het and one is a 100% double het...which one sells for more, unless the non het is a knockout id say the 100% het sells for more everytime. I'm only bringing it up because everyone iseemed to think I was asking for this crazy nice visual morph dragon, but she's just a plain non het normal red leatherback with some decent color
 
Yes I know that visuals are always worth more, what I'm saying is you have 2 red leather backs one is a normal NON het and one is a 100% double het...which one sells for more, unless the non het is a knockout id say the 100% het sells for more everytime. I'm only bringing it up because everyone iseemed to think I was asking for this crazy nice visual morph dragon, but she's just a plain non het normal red leatherback with some decent color

So you can't do as much correct? I am with ya here.
 
I just didn't want people on here thinking I was out to rape this guy for more then what I should have been getting that's the point I was trying to make. I know people are out to make a living and money is tight, so I was def in no way trying to make out like a bandit here. I just wanted to make sure everyone saw that.
 
I did drop in to read thread from time to time to stay updated, and the reason I didn't comment on the thread was I need to stay focused on the real issue and not get side tracked. On top the all the other stuff that needs to be done day to day, getting all worked up in BOI ain't for me.

I'll take full responsibility for my mistake, no problem, said that from day one. I understand it don't matter what I think at this point, I just need to make right.

This is my first time dealing with this so I thought the industry standard would be swapping out males, plus then when Anthony does produce the genetics he wanted, it would have squashed this idea that I misrepresent my animals genetics.

Where I'm at with with my hobby/small business I can do better than the standard, and should have from the start.

After reaching out to Anthony, I think we have resolved what we found as fair. I offered him the red leather female(pic below) and he can keep male he raised up from baby as he has worked hard to get to this point.

I'm willing to meet you and give you your dragon face to face as I think it'd be easier on the dragon as your only 1 hr away.

we can work it out-

Thanks
Chris Kopecky


Hey Dave, if this is the 'BAD GUY' hat your talking about, I could use one....
 

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Yes I know that visuals are always worth more, what I'm saying is you have 2 red leather backs one is a normal NON het and one is a 100% double het...which one sells for more, unless the non het is a knockout id say the 100% het sells for more everytime. I'm only bringing it up because everyone iseemed to think I was asking for this crazy nice visual morph dragon, but she's just a plain non het normal red leatherback with some decent color

That depends on their color/patterns etc. Just because a dragon is het for something does not make it worth more than a REALLY nice non het dragon. Females are also usually worth more than males in dragons.

It doesn't really matter what we think. As long as you and Chris both feel that the solution is a reasonable one then the BOI has done its job! That's really what everyone that responds posts in the BOI (well except scammers etc) wants to achieve.

Good job Chris on coming through here. Anthony, you have handled this very professionally and I respect you for that. Also, as others have mentioned since you both live relatively close to each other I would set up a meeting that is at an equidistant place to avoid stress and added costs of shipping.
 
We'll be talking a little while about when, and where were going to do this meeting...probably meet in the same spot as the first deal.gives me a reason to stop in and go shopping for a new gun :)
 
I'm glad to see this is hopefully on it's way to a resolution for both of you. I think both of you are good guys here, sometimes things just get screwed up. By the way, if you need a gun that's easy to conceal check out the Sig p238. I never thought I'd own anything as small as a .380 but I bought one last week and I love it. Keep us updated on when you're going to meet up again please.
 
Thanks I'm happy its going smooth so far...ill def post and let everyone know about the meeting and so on. As far as the sig......I eat sleep and breath glocks right now my EDC is another GWE lol I didn't wait long to buy another one....I think I'm makin the switch to .357 sig soon though....I'm a big guy so my hands hate small guns. I'm not crazy about sub compacts and I would neverrrrr carrry and put my life on a .380 but that's just me.
 
If the op can't provide any proof that the other party claimed the male to be a double het BEFORE the trade took place this one's a wash in my opinion. It looks to me to be a misunderstanding. Thomas Clarke, can you give an approximate value of what the op thought he was getting and what he actually got?

Well lets not call it a wash. Anthony did provide proof of genetics in a screen shot. In TWO separate e-mails.

While Chris was at a loss?:shrug01:

And on the Approx. Value on the dragons. I can tell you what I think there worth. But in another breeders eyes it could be worth more or less. So thats where the buyer has to think the price is reasonable or not. Not what one or another breeder may "quote the price on the dragon". As some breeders are ALOT higher than others.

Don't get your panties in a wad. You posted the info you had now it's up to the readers to make up there own mind about the situation. I'm not ready to call either one of you a liar.

Uh, either Chris forgot or he did kinda lie.

If you go back and read, Chris said. " i didnt state that male was het for anything".
Anthony ...look in the emails again I never said the juvi was dbl het I called it juvi leather male..


Thanks
CK
Because Chris didnt have the e-mail that said the genetic's. THEN Anthony provides two separate e-mails where Chris states that it was a double het. then where its a 100% hypo and 50% trans.

How do you forget that you sent genetic's on that dragon in Nov. But two days ago Chris state's the dragon wasnt a het for anything.:shrug01:

This statement does it for me. FWIW, I don't care so much about the 100/100 or 100/50 (although I think the way Chris answered this issue has been shady), you got a 0/0 and he admitted fault above.

Factoring in losses due to time and hatch results seems reasonable, but is hardly (if ever) reimbursed. I don't think you have much hope here (particularly with the 'good season' and 'thinking about selling' what he apparantly offered in trade).

I wish you two luck in getting this resolved.

:iagree:

Admitting fault before the boi thread was even started. Then willing to do a het male for the het male that didnt prove out.

Why say you will send him a dragon. Then later come on here and say I have no e-mail that says the dragon was het. When Anthony clearly had TWO of them.

Then the extra time to feed, raise, breed, and then hatch the babies. Im not saying give this guy a hypo trans leather, since he didnt get to produce any. But there is almost year to make up for.


Just wanted to apologize for coming at you so hard about the emails but I am happy you posted them. Sorry but please understand it was for a good reason.

:rofl: You came on alittle strong. BUT you were on to something. In 90% of other cases. I think you would have had some one's.:censored:. I applaud you for your keen eye. But maybe you learned not to come on so strong next time. I have been over everything with Anthony before he posted this thread. First he had to convince me, and im a tough cookie. After I seen the text and e-mails. I knew he had a solid case.

I am also glad he is helping you out. Personally, I would pay for shipping if I chose not to drive because it appears he's giving you more than the original deal for your troubles. I thinking meeting and shaking hands would go a long way though.

Me too this will separate Chris from the true "bad guys". But what about his genetic's. Chris seems to be totally lost when posting his genetic's?

One other question that I may have missed the answer to. Are all the babies you produced double hets?
yes, the leather to the visual hypo trans morph.

and if he bred it to the trans het hypo he has. there 100% het trans and maybe 25% het hypo. beings the mom is a trans het and the dad is a normal.

I did drop in to read thread from time to time to stay updated, and the reason I didn't comment on the thread was I need to stay focused on the real issue and not get side tracked. On top the all the other stuff that needs to be done day to day, getting all worked up in BOI ain't for me.

I'll take full responsibility for my mistake, no problem, said that from day one. I understand it don't matter what I think at this point, I just need to make right.

This is my first time dealing with this so I thought the industry standard would be swapping out males, plus then when Anthony does produce the genetics he wanted, it would have squashed this idea that I misrepresent my animals genetics.

Where I'm at with with my hobby/small business I can do better than the standard, and should have from the start.

After reaching out to Anthony, I think we have resolved what we found as fair. I offered him the red leather female(pic below) and he can keep male he raised up from baby as he has worked hard to get to this point.

I'm willing to meet you and give you your dragon face to face as I think it'd be easier on the dragon as your only 1 hr away.

we can work it out-

Thanks
Chris Kopecky


Hey Dave, if this is the 'BAD GUY' hat your talking about, I could use one....

As I said this will separate you from the true "bad guys" and someone who excepted there mistakes. An willing to make it right. For a future reference if you would have kept the deal where you sent the female when you said you did. You would never had this thread posted about you. Even though you do make it right. Unfortunately it will cost you sales in the future. Selling "hets" that dont prove out, will put you outta business.

I do hope that you have or will get your genetics straight. Maybe now you see how important it really is to know what your breeding.
 
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