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Inquiry Blaine Willard

i deal in used auto parts quite a bit when im building a car. the scammers are way worse in car parts let me tell ya. i always have them post a pic of the part with a message saying a personal message that i chose. that way i at least know they have the part in there possession.
adam jeffery
 
Well i guess i have been crucified as a theif now. when nothing as even exchanged hands.. i am glad everyone has an opinion on the matter.

You haven't been crucified, yet. Pointing out bad practices and asking for proof that you have the animal is far from it. Believe me, it would be easy to do with you if someone wished to.
 
Blaine, Actually when someone stops sending me pm's I usually think that they have gone to bed or life has interrupted. I am not sure if you noticed but this didn't start as a BAD GUY thread. 99% of the time I will do a BIO check on someone if I am looking to buy/trade with them. Also one good guy thread, started by someone that has been on the site only a few times, has no trader rating themselves, to me doesn't hold much weight. We have seen scammers give themselves a good guy post. That is why I posted. Like I have said I have been burned (badly) by people and honestly don't have the good sense a lot of the people here do and there are a LOT of people here that have cool heads and are good at advising. That is the VALUE of the BIO.

Like the others have said when you talk about shipping dates it makes the other person think 100% that the trade is signed and sealed. Also you NEVER mentioned you where entertaining other offers. I have no problem you wanting to get the best for your animal. We all do, especially when trading. Truth be told my last pm to you was (basically) "how can we work this out?"

IF you do business again here let me give you a few tips.

1. TELL the person you are working with if you are entertaining other offers.
2. TELL the person when you no longer want to do the trade with them.
3. Expect to be asked for more photos.


LOL I had other things to say but they just won't come out right.
 
Well i guess i have been crucified as a theif now. when nothing as even exchanged hands.. i am glad everyone has an opinion on the matter.

Not crucified as a theif [sic], but identified as one with questionable business practices. If you make a deals with people and don't keep them, what do you expect?
 
By the way, if that is your picture and snake, you may want to know that it is being used in a few ads with other peoples name on it.

http://www.supershopper.biz/index_e...=albino and piebald ball pythons for sale

http://www.cathaylist.com/usa/44/po...EAUTIFUL-ALBINO-AND-PIEBALD-BALL-PYTHONS.html

http://www.mypetlisting.com/ad/54898/Albino_and_Piebald_Ball_P

Those look like obvious scammer ads. You might want to let those sites know.

Well trained....LOL

I wouldn't trust this guy or whoever posted the other ads (probably this guy as well) at all.

Another scammer exposed.
 
That same picture is also used in an eBay classified out out of LA:

The original ad from here (fauna) seems to have been taken down.

I'm not shy, but I won't call you a thief, either. In this case, it doesn't appear that you were bright enough to pull that off :rofl: .
 
That same picture is also used in an eBay classified out out of LA:

The original ad from here (fauna) seems to have been taken down.

I'm not shy, but I won't call you a thief, either. In this case, it doesn't appear that you were bright enough to pull that off :rofl: .

I just restored it for the third time.
 
I was unaware that the pictures of my snake was being used by others. I have also sold this snake locally today. and informed the buy of this thread so they will hopefully explain the nice animal they bought from me. I was not trying to scam anyone just getting and reviewing offers.
 
I was unaware that the pictures of my snake was being used by others.

So, post another picture of the same snake, as others have asked you to do. Or do you just have the one :rolleyes: ?

And, Blaine, when were you planning to let the people know that their deals fell through? At least two people were scheduled to ship to you Monday, so if it wasn't for this thread....
 
The people that i was considering trades from have been notified better anything was shippied out and it was not because of this thread that they where notified.
 
I realize that i did not go about this trade in the right way. but there is nothing i can do to change what i have done, but move forward and learn from my bad dicsions.
 
Post more pics of the same snake if you want a chance to restore your credibility. That last one was from page 24 of google picture search for 'piebald ball python'.

Where are your pictures published that others could steal them? You are new to ball pythons, no?

I am sure you got a MUCH better deal than a super Mojave....
 
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