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Bad Guy A Lesson to Learn From Buying From John Richardson (Bird's Reptile Shop)

So this guy told you he would pay you and to tell everyone all has been taken care of.....a week ago..no payment, what a scumbag. Definitely someone to avoid doing business with, thank god I don't keep snakes.
 
Update on my situation. After a few heated e-mails between John and myself he has once again agreed to ship replacements. I have in writing he will be shipping the 28th.

Regarding claims for live animals with paypal. I have only filed one claim and I did win b/c the animals I received were not what the seller had advertised, similar to Kimberly's situation. If she follows the correct procedures she does have a decent chance of getting her money back.
 
RoseRed said:
I have officially escalated the case to a Paypal claim
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I am sure you already know this, but do not close the claim until you already have a refund in your pocket. Several times throughout the years, sellers at this point would promise that a refund is forthcoming only if the buyer closes their claim with Paypal. The buyer does so, and the seller does not come through. Not saying what would happen in this situation, (although he has already not come through with the promised refund) but once a claim is closed it rarely will be reopened by Paypal.
 
check on that shipping again I dont think fedex is guaranteeing overnight priority till january 1st you can always ask him too book the shipment and send you the tracking info (ive used this feature when using reptiles express dont know if others offer the service)
it might not be the animals in the mail but he has to atleast pay to book the shipment showing some form that hes going to make it right
 
Ryan Beatty said:
Update on my situation. After a few heated e-mails between John and myself he has once again agreed to ship replacements. I have in writing he will be shipping the 28th.
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Ryan, that sounds like a bad idea to me- shipping on a Friday, BAD!!!, and especially before a holiday. There's no way I'd accept a shipment for the next two weeks- it's not safe.
 
Ryan Beatty said:
After pointing out the 28th was a Friday he agreed to ship the week of the 7th to avoid the holidays. I plan on reminding him on the 7th and we'll see what happens.

As a side note I suddenly have a negative reputation level after making a few comments against him. Odd....
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Please keep us posted. I hope it all works out.


BTW I added to your Karma ( lets see how long it stays):thumbsup:
 
Well there's been an interesting development in my case. I sent John an email on the 6th reminding him that my replacements were due to shipped out the week of the 7th. I received an response from him on the 7th saying he was the "real" John Richardson and to give him a call. I wanted to keep everything in writing but I was having trouble sending emails so against my better judgment I called him. He said that someone else had been running his biz under his name and he had access to his paypal account and email. He also said when he went and checked on the animals most of the hatchlings were dead due to neglect. I told him about the BOI thread on him and he said he knew his name was ruined and would be selling out as a result. He assured me that he would be sending me a partial refund via money order in a timely manner.

This whole story sounds fishy but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, again. Time will tell.
 
Ryan Beatty said:
Well there's been an interesting development in my case. I sent John an email on the 6th reminding him that my replacements were due to shipped out the week of the 7th. I received an response from him on the 7th saying he was the "real" John Richardson and to give him a call. I wanted to keep everything in writing but I was having trouble sending emails so against my better judgment I called him. He said that someone else had been running his biz under his name and he had access to his paypal account and email. He also said when he went and checked on the animals most of the hatchlings were dead due to neglect. I told him about the BOI thread on him and he said he knew his name was ruined and would be selling out as a result. He assured me that he would be sending me a partial refund via money order in a timely manner.

This whole story sounds fishy but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, again. Time will tell.
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How does somebody impersonate another & have access to their animals? :shrug01:

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem
 
RoseRed said:
PayPal did not rule in my favor, so I will not be getting a refund. The seller did not return my texts, so I guess this is the end of the road for me :shrug01: The amount I paid for them is not worth taking legal action.
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Maybe Ryan Beatty can give you the "Real" John Richardson's contact info.:shrug01:
 
I had a similar experience with John except I never received my snakes from him. I find this to be total BS. Who let's someone have total access to email, paypal, and their entire collection of snakes? I ordered 4 snakes from him. 1 100% het reverse het okeetee a reverse okeetee, a extreme okeetee, and a bloodred corn that was a Christmas present for my daughter. This was around the 10 of December. He promised to have them to me by Christmas when I made him aware that one was a gift. Needless to say my daughter was very disappointed when she didn't get her snake. We went round and round about shipping until the 31st when I asked him for pics of the exact animals I was buying. I haven't heard from him since. I have filed a claim through PayPal. They are waiting for a response from him. Today I also contacted the Virginia beach police department. If anyone else that has been ripped of would like to do so, the number is 757 385 2800. I am going to contact every internet provider in the area until I find the one he uses. They all have terms of service that any type of fraud violates. Also the FBI has a site just for internet fraud, when I find the link I will be sure to post it. I will be filing a complaint there as well.
I love snakes but I want nothing to do with this one! He is a liar and a fraud and the best thing he can do for me is to not reply to PayPal and just let them refund my money
 
Amf1978 said:
I had a similar experience with John except I never received my snakes from him. I find this to be total BS. Who let's someone have total access to email, paypal, and their entire collection of snakes? I ordered 4 snakes from him. 1 100% het reverse het okeetee a reverse okeetee, a extreme okeetee, and a bloodred corn that was a Christmas present for my daughter. This was around the 10 of December. He promised to have them to me by Christmas when I made him aware that one was a gift. Needless to say my daughter was very disappointed when she didn't get her snake.
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Check your email. We can give your daughter a belated xmas present. You're close enough to pick it up.
 
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