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Bad Guy Garret Smith ( Scammer )

Garrett had Markus leave a positive trader rating for him. It may be worthwhile for you to get the contributor status at this point, Michael, since Garrett clearly has no interest resolving your problems and is once again using questionable tactics to appear as if he is running a legitimate business.

Garrett's user profile is here:http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/traderratings.php?u=87532

He currently has several classifieds ads up as well. It may be worthwhile linking this BOI thread in the ads, especially for high-value animals of questionable legal status (such as the Borneo earless monitor ad he has). I am currently abroad and have limited internet functionality, otherwise I would do so myself.
 
No lynn he refunded me partially for the princeps that died that i ordered from him he kept $500 from the money he gave me cause i was gonna get more hardwickii but im still waiting....Not sure why garret isn't on here offending people like he usually is about the smuggling that i brought up.
 
uromastyx13 said:
No lynn he refunded me partially for the princeps that died that i ordered from him he kept $500 from the money he gave me cause i was gonna get more hardwickii but im still waiting....Not sure why garret isn't on here offending people like he usually is about the smuggling that i brought up.
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Michael,
Any updates to your situation with Garrett??

Hoping ALL works out for you.:thumbsup:

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
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Michael,
Any updates to your situation with Garrett??

Hoping ALL works out for you.:thumbsup:

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
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No, zero updates on anything he has blocked me so i have no communication with him hence why i said he will never refund or deliver false animas im still waiting for my copy of
"CITES " paperwork
 
In that case you should get your contributor coins to offset the +1 trader rating his associate left him.
 
snowgyre said:
He currently has several classifieds ads up as well. It may be worthwhile linking this BOI thread in the ads, especially for high-value animals of questionable legal status (such as the Borneo earless monitor ad he has). I am currently abroad and have limited internet functionality, otherwise I would do so myself.
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Garret has locked his threads since he began posting here, presumably for this reason. He forgot to lock one today, on which I posted a link to this thread.
Retribution was swift! The post was deleted, and:

He attempted to give me negative karma again (called me a "Stocker" [sic])

He posted on my unrelated inquiry thread here (Link)

He posted on my unrelated classified ad here: (Link)

He claims to be "doing a BOI on you [me] shortly" (Link)


All this and no response in this thread. :shrug01:
 
JoshM said:
In spite of his silence here he's kind enough to make time to warn others.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1839641#post1839641

Here's hoping he's moments away from letting us all know here he's resolved the issue in this thread for the benifit of all involed.
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I wouldn't hold your breath. Right now he's making a bad guy thread about me, claiming that I am stalking him. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504870 :shrug01:
Maybe after that?
 
Yeah, and he left me negative karma again. He's a real treasure, certainly a stand up individual to do business with. What a joke. Hey Garrett, how about those smuggling charges? Are you going to resolve your issue with Michael? Or are you going to continue these pathetic attempts at improving your own reputation by trying to hurt the reputation of others?
 
Now that I'm back in the United States I can actually take screenshots. Here is the karma feedback that I've received from him. Notice he even posted on my classifieds ad (or Trade: Orange Ghost), calling it "Inappropriate and unprofessional" after I left him negative karma using the same language on the quite inappropriate and unprofessional feedback he left on my own BOI page.
 

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You mean he tried to leave you negative karma - he's negative himself, so he can't actually impact anybody's karma.
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Yes, that's correct. Doesn't keep him from trying though. I see he's switched tactics from trying to hurt people through negative karma spamming to posting inappropriately on peoples' classifieds and BOI threads. One of the reasons I didn't come out with the 'negative' karma fiasco until it was pointed out by someone else is because I suspected he would change his modus operandi if he learned his primary method of cyber bullying was ineffective.
 
snowgyre said:
Yes, that's correct. Doesn't keep him from trying though. I see he's switched tactics from trying to hurt people through negative karma spamming to posting inappropriately on peoples' classifieds and BOI threads. One of the reasons I didn't come out with the 'negative' karma fiasco until it was pointed out by someone else is because I suspected he would change his modus operandi if he learned his primary method of cyber bullying was ineffective.
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If he put me in the "red chicklet" zone, it wouldn't matter. The karma in real life is a force to be reckoned with. Creeps NEVER prosper!
 
uromastyx13 said:
No, zero updates on anything he has blocked me so i have no communication with him hence why i said he will never refund or deliver false animas im still waiting for my copy of
"CITES " paperwork
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Michael,
Has anything changed?? Or is it Status Quo??

I can't say it or feel it any stronger than I do, I'm hoping that Garrett steps up and does the right thing, and it ALL works out for you.:thumbsup:

Best Regards,

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
Big Time Reptiles said:
Michael,
Has anything changed?? Or is it Status Quo??

I can't say it or feel it any stronger than I do, I'm hoping that Garrett steps up and does the right thing, and it ALL works out for you.:thumbsup:

Best Regards,

Lynn Peterson

Big Time Reptiles
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Hey lynn ,
Nope everything is exactly the same zero attempts at refunding me or zero communication to tell me a date of any sort of payment plan to pay me back im still waiting for the "CITES " paperwork copy he said he can provide me with for the Hardwickii , but so far all i heard is crickets on both CITES or invoice for them.
He's still advertising animals for sale he recently posted he imported monitors from germany on August 6th and he states on his ads that they are sold but yet he has no money to " pay me back " don't think i have to say anymore in what kind of person he is.
 
This guy is something else
 

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This was sent to me yesterday
 

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Michael,
Will you explain the $1500 he lent you back??:shrug01:

Again, I HOPE it all works out for you!:thumbsup:



Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 

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Michael,
Will you explain the $1500 he lent you back??:shrug01:

Again, I HOPE it all works out for you!:thumbsup:



Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
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Hey lynn back in january i told him i wanted 4.4 but only had money for 3.3 hardwickii , so when some of my princeps died that he got from juergen and he kept the refund he told me he was gonna keep my refund cause i wanted 4.4 hardwickii i told him around march i needed some money out of my refund that i got for my princeps he only refunded me $1500 and kept $500 as a deposit for the other pair i was suppose to get from him i told him once they came in i would be buying the last pair but as the time went obviously no animals ever came in or have come in , he told me over a message and even verbally he would give me a free pair of hardwickii just for waiting this long for them so not sure how i owe money for my last pair when he guaranteed my last pair free. Unless hes gonna back out of his own word and guarantee now
 
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