Got it loud and clear- my personal preference and naïveté will keep me to hobbyist only. I had money ready to send for an adult cinder pair offered lately. The seller had someone make his intentions clear that he was buying them yet he had not paid yet. Did he sell them to me. No, he contacted the other person to let him know pay now, there are others ready to, he got his snakes. Obviously I would have the cinders now given the business only mindset of many. Lesson learned
Tom, I'm sorry but you are simply blowing this way out of proportion. Suggesting that they care nothing about their customers and just their bottom-line isn't even close to being fair by your own timeline of what happened and the evidence of the communications you had.
You should really read over your own posts regarding communications with the seller and your description of what transpired. Hopefully you can see what others take from this thread after you calm down about not being able to obtain a snake someone was advertising.
I will keep this as short as possible. I answered the add for the sale of a sunglow corn with hours of its posting. By the time Jo clarified which snake I was referring to ?? (only ad/pm) .
Now is that really fair and accurate? Here is your communication.
Originally Posted by Tomsnake
If still available I will take
Tom
Is it really by the time Jo clarified or by the time Tom clarified?
He had to ask because you didn't tell him which snake you were interested in.
Hi Tom,
Im not sure which one you are interested in. Can you let me know and Ill see if its still available?
Thank you
Jo
Nice and polite response to you asking for you to clarify.
My posting was I WILL TAKE THE SNAKE IF STILL AVAILABLE. My one and only response from them was 'call us tomorrow and we will set up shipping" . Upon my call I was then told it had been sold to someone else. At no time was I told I needed to 'pay now' to insure my purpose. The entire exchange was that I was purchasing. I was told by Jay that I took too long -I was PM'd at 9am and called at 2pm as I am a busy retail pharmacist, and that at 1pm someone called and payed . For gods sake, a WE DO NOT HOLD ANIMALS warning at least, but don't have a conversation like you give a shit about your customers and then tell the next caller-oh, sure, I haven't seen money so its yours. I apologise that this is disjointed but have had to write during work
Thomas Shern
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can easily post actual exchange-as my coworker said "I'm pissed off for you"
This was your follow-up and his.
Yours
His
The Possibly Gravid Female? She is still available. If you call in today we may still be able to get it shipped out today, as long as weather in your area is good. Give the store a call at 954 427 2938 and speak with Jay or Ryan, they'll be able to complete your transaction.
Thank you
Jo
You're communicating with Jo online and he tells you to call the store to make the purchase that at the time he is writing it is still available.
Ask for Jay or Ryan. This was at 9 am in morning according to you. When you called at 2 the animal was sold. This is what you stated here about that.
don't have a conversation like you give a shit about your customers and then tell the next caller-oh, sure, I haven't seen money so its yours.
How do you know that the next person who called got the snake that Jo talked to? You called the store and it was sold when you talked to Jay or Ryan.
That comment and these
Did he sell them to me. No, he contacted the other person to let him know pay now, there are others ready to, he got his snakes.
(He did. he contacted the other person and told him to pay now? You know this how? How about the other person called the store and payed? Why state things like this?)
I totally get that a business is not going to be as ethical or even "fair" as a hobbyist selling snakes but I did not see this coming.
are just really absurd and unfair by the evidence you presented.
This is really just the plain truth about your experience.
I was plenty ready to pay, but needed a shipping quote, but, sadly, I did not call early enough in the day.
Not the rest of that quote.
Got it loud and clear- my personal preference and naïveté will keep me to hobbyist only. I had money ready to send for an adult cinder pair offered lately. The seller had someone make his intentions clear that he was buying them yet he had not paid yet.
I highly doubt you would experience much difference by anyone that has multiple people contacting them about a ad but let me give you another point to think about. Again, this is what he told you in the morning.
The Possibly Gravid Female? She is still available. If you call in today we may still be able to get it shipped out today, as long as weather in your area is good. Give the store a call at 954 427 2938 and speak with Jay or Ryan, they'll be able to complete your transaction.
Thank you
Jo
He didn't tell you that he would hold the snake. He told you to call the store and talk to the staff that could process the transaction. Somebody called in and did just that before you. He didn't state it's yours. He told you the procedure. You didn't respond that morning because you were working.
He hadn't heard from you by private message or call that you would do just that but someone did before you. Really that's the end of the story and I wouldn't even had bothered commenting on this because others have already but your overreaction is extremely over-the-top for what transpired.
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Bad Guy BURNED BY "THE JUNGLE" DEERFIELD BEACH"
"I totally get that a business is not going to be as ethical or even "fair""
"I ' get' that businesses are not going to have the same values as hobbyist selling"
"but don't have a conversation like you give a shit about your customers and then tell the next caller-oh, sure"
I'm sorry these statements just don't fit In my opinion. You weren't "burned". They weren't unethical, "lacking values" or pretending to care about their customers.
You're just angry that you didn't get the snake and your overreaction and emotion of outrage is unwarranted in my opinion.
Much like your overreaction of the private correspondence (means nobody but you and the moderators can see) that you received about profanity not being allowed here somehow means you are now a bad guy.
Tomsnake said:
Ironic that now I'm the bad guy for profanity
breathe in, breathe out.
