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Bad Guy Tyson Shuler and Taylor Alfs - Exotic Wonders of the Permian Basin - Midland Texas

My phone fell in a bucket of water since then, only proof I ever had was him arguing with me and then admitting to me in text messages about all the issues I had, I still have the glass from the vision cage and it doesnt fit and its not even vision cage glass but thats my fault for not looking over the trade better I guess. I also bought new glass since then.

As far as the gaboon covered in mites and them claiming 3 different stories on how it happened and each story from a cat giving it to the snake is rediculous. Taylor Alfs personally came over and saw the mites and all my old text messages I posted showed him admitting to that.
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Not sure if this photo is before or after treating for mites, I think after.
I sold the gaboon to a friend as a BGRADE animal for $100 and took a loss because I didnt wana mess with it anymore and didnt want it anywhere near my collection.

As far as the burm there is no physical evidence saying it was sick except the text messages I posted where he admitted to me after I got it home that it was making gargling sounds and tried to tell me that was normal, and I did the wrong thing by doctoring it myself but its perfectly healthy now at a friends house now and I just saw it a few days ago.

In my defense I have taken animals to A to Z vet here locally and they just give me the medacine and tell me to doctor it myself anyway, there isnt a good reptile vet in the area that ive found but I would love to know of one.

As far as all the claims against him and not a single REAL person has ever said a good word about him, that should be proof enough. Im still waiting for someone to speak up for this guy and say hes an alright fella...... I even made a deal with him that if he could get 3 reputable reptile keepers in the area to speak up for him id publically appologize and remove his ban from "Permian Basin Reptile Connection and Classifieds" on facebook. He promised me that would not be a problem but not one single person has spoke up for him yet. That also was in my previous text message screenshots.
 
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Heres the burmese with nose rub from the wire cage Tyson kept it in that I personally saw.

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Heres an afterphoto, took a few sheds to get it good again, and his eyes are just spooky but hes a healthy snake now and does not gargle or spit crud up anymore.
 
Kevin, if persistence is what it takes to get answers here then so be it.

You see Tyson as sincere, I see Tyson as a person that will lie trying to talk his way out of his bad dealings, after all he has been caught lying here. he also has been caught registering his account with a false last name. Nicoles name has been brought up a few times. it would be nice to hear her side of all this.

Some proof of anything other than accusations would be nice.

I do not eat cheerios my friend I eat meat!


As for Tyson, well the my jury is out what he has done. He really seems sincere to me though.

Then throw Mightymike into this and I can see what a lot of the issues are.

@Ed

You really need to find out who is peeing in your Cheerios. Man you're cantankerous!
 
Your pictures are appreciated and I applaud the effort, but unfortunately I don't really see much in those pictures. Maybe you can take this as a lesson learned. Always have pictures as evidence whether its a good or bad situation.
 
This whole thing seems to be amounting to a good, old-fashioned, smear campaign. Before getting too far into the actual business trainwreck, someone needs to establish some semblance of credibility. Because from my view, everyone directly involved appears to have a credibility rating of about -5.

No one involved has produced much of anything with a whole lot of substance to it. The unsubstantiated claims of a possibly vengeful ex-girlfriend don't carry a whole lot of weight, to me. Nor do claims made by members of a closed FaceBook clique. Someone please step up and post something tangible, that we don't need a gibberish decoder ring to decipher. Anything that can actually clearly support your own claims, or refute those made against you: Phone/electric bills, pictures that actually clearly depict a sick or mite-infested snake, vet reports, bill of sale to go along with the allegedly doomed purchases, something.

If what's been posted so far is the best anyone has, I recommend that you all just put your helmets back on, climb back in the short bus, and call it a day.
 
This has got to me one of the most nonsensical threads I have ever had the displeasure of reading. I wouldn't do business with any of the involved parties, ever. This thing reads like a very bad high school drama, offering no substance, just more he said she said. The immaturity displayed here, is unreal.
 
$43,000.00 was supposedly lost in this pet shop start up. thats alot of money to lose.

Hmmm... not sure how to say it other than Tyler and his associates were thick as thieves flipping herps of all kinds. selling sick and misrepresented wild caught animals. they all seemed to be in the mix grabbing the cash stabbing each other in the backs, then run to the BOI to stick it to each other again.

Birds of a feather?
 
Nope my real name is Shannon Ray Smith, teacher started calling me Sean in the 5th grade since the kids made fun of my name and it stuck. Everyone calls me Sean like my account name displays but I used my real name 100% signing up.

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:thumbsup: I learned something from this, thanks fauna :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for clearing that up Sean.

Nope my real name is Shannon Ray Smith, teacher started calling me Sean in the 5th grade since the kids made fun of my name and it stuck. Everyone calls me Sean like my account name displays but I used my real name 100% signing up.
 
One more thing on one of my warnings/infractions in this mess, I appologize for accidentally breaking rules and heres one of them answered.

I can share multiple, Stephanie Wes Brightman, Todd Tindol, Chevy Ford, Connie Jo Covington Campos, Kym Huslander, Susie Korte Bochniak, Jeremy Pullen, Brandon Scott Ely, Wendi Baugh, Justin Dean Smith, Michael Voorhies (my supposed new partner), Clay Eades, and theres a few others that specifically asked not to be brought up on fauna so ill leave them out. Not all of these people had dealings with tyson but they all wanted him off the facebook group also some of those dont seem like real names but those are their facebook names.

hhmoore said:
Dear SeanSmith,

You have received a warning at FaunaClassifieds.

Reason:
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Anonymous third party quotation

I'm making this a warning, due to the time that has passed since you posted - but if you are going to reference what people said about the subject of this thread, you have to identify them.
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Original Post:
http://fauna2.mpm.pm/xenforo/index.php?posts/1503757/
i was gona let all that slide but constantly people tell me how they have cheated others also and they wanted me to ban them from our group. then tyson started running his mouth so i started this thread.

Warnings serve as a reminder to you of the forum's rules, which you are expected to understand and follow.

All the best,
FaunaClassifieds
 
It doesn't matter who wanted Tyler out of your facebook group (at least not in IMO); but it does matter who said they were cheated by him. Presenting a laundry list of people that you admit didn't all have dealings with him is meaningless in that regard. If you want to make a comment that a bunch of people said they were cheated by him - post their names OR don't make the comment. If they don't want their names used here, don't use what they told you.
 
$43,000.00 was supposedly lost in this pet shop start up. thats alot of money to lose.

Not really, it depends how long they were in operation too.
Basing any sort of opinion on the fact they lost money opening a store is pretty crazy.
You're going to lose money, you're going to be in the red for a lot before you have anyone walk in your door to buy a dozen crickets :rofl:
 
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