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Bad Guy Gastro3003 aka Dr. Robert Brunner -- Scam Artist, Forger, Beware!

Have you contacted parrots of the world to verify those reciepts were actually forged?

Julia, have you read this entire thread? One of the documents Robert provided me (the second one) was a body disposal receipt for $75, issued upon the supposed death of the tortoise. My tortoise is clearly alive, healthy, and in good hands with another FaunaClassifieds user Robert subsequently made a deal with.

As soon as Robert provided me with the 1st supposed vet bill that claimed the tortoise was sick, I immediately called Parrots of the World and was told that no man by the name of Robert Brunner had visited the clinic. :shrug01:
 
Kytuan if you have emails about the trade deal with Robert could you post one or two, along with a picture from today so the ad picture and the tortoise you have can be seen side by side please?
 
Worldismarble, have the person that has the tortoise now take a picture of it on a piece of paper with today's date.
 
Worldismarble, have the person that has the tortoise now take a picture of it on a piece of paper with today's date.

I am reaching out to KYTuan now.

It's the identical tortoise.
 

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he did --and they did...

be well
The problem is that you have nothing in writing from them, so no proof - unless you recorded the calls.

I've compared the picture of the tort you were sent by kytuan with the one from your sales ad and I believe they're the same animal, but since the pictures are from different angles and in different lighting it's difficult to match up specific patterns. I see the tort's new owner kytuan is currently viewing this thread - can you post a picture showing the tort in the same orientation as in the OP's sales ad?

Also kytuan do you have a copy of the sales ad for the tort you purchased? Where was it advertised?
 
I've compared the picture of the tort you were sent by kytuan with the one from your sales ad and I believe they're the same animal, but since the pictures are from different angles and in different lighting it's difficult to match up specific patterns. I see the tort's new owner kytuan is currently viewing this thread - can you post a picture showing the tort in the same orientation as in the OP's sales ad?

It's up to KYTuan to oblige -- frankly, he has no real motivation to do so.

I completely disagree that one cannot discern them to be the same animal. Take a look at each scute. It's not "difficult" at all, and there are no "lighting" or "angle" problems.

Frankly, I never fully believed Robert Brunner's story that the tortoise had died because I owned the animal for 6 years. 15" healthy tortoises do not suddenly perish. Unfortunately, I never had any proof until KYTuan reached out to me this morning inquiring about the history and full lineage of the tortoise -- hence my posting this thread today nearly 2.5 months after this transaction had completed.
 
All a Fraud...
It is fraud on someone's part no doubt.

Simply because you have some positive feedback does not serve as proof of what happened here.
I am hoping Kytuan will post pictures and perhaps some emails as I requested.
 
I've compared the picture of the tort you were sent by kytuan with the one from your sales ad and I believe they're the same animal, but since the pictures are from different angles and in different lighting it's difficult to match up specific patterns.

Yes the patterns match up. Would really like to hear from Kytuan with either a current photo to confirm ownership and/or correspondence with Dr Brunner to confirm the trade.
 
Yes the patterns match up. Would really like to hear from Kytuan with either a current photo to confirm ownership and/or correspondence with Dr Brunner to confirm the trade.

Full texts from KYTuan with a timestamp of "today" so that everyone may see the full conversation.
 

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This guy is a fraud
Tortoise died
Was sick to begin with

Took to vet

He got over 3k

He has my wedding band!!

I am taking him to small claims

Looks like there is pretty convincing proof that you resold the tortoise. You didn't pay him the remainder of the balance and sent him the ring as collateral. Looks like you still owe him money, so the ring is his for now until you pay up. It's a shame the two of you didn't decicde on a reasonable timeline so he could pawn that sucker off and at least get some money out of it. Good luck in small claims court, though.

not the one that died!!!
YOU ARE THE FRAUD...Faking Texts
And posting my picture and info is Illegal

You will be getting small claims papers this week

And if you do anything to my wedding band ----You will pay alot more than its worth in court

Posting your picture and info actually isn't illegal. If it is, start a suit with google...

All a Fraud...I refer you to MOST of my other feedback
take care ...

The good transactions won't show someone's character, it's how they handle the bad ones that do, and you appear morally and ethicallty depraved in regards to the issues that have come up. I sincerely hope that you don't act like this with your patients.

THIS IS LIBEL....
NO MORE REPLIES

...So much for that...
 
Looks like there is pretty convincing proof that you resold the tortoise. You didn't pay him the remainder of the balance and sent him the ring as collateral. Looks like you still owe him money, so the ring is his for now until you pay up. It's a shame the two of you didn't decicde on a reasonable timeline so he could pawn that sucker off and at least get some money out of it. Good luck in small claims court, though.

Here's the original deal terms texted to me the night before we did the deal. See for yourself. He promised I would receive $250 a week towards the balance owed.
 

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He said the ring is fake tho, no pawn shop would take it, he'd be lucky to get $5 for it

If read our original text message, I was very skeptical of taking the ring to begin with and I didn't even want it. I wanted the entire $5k balance upfront, but was willing to work with him due to his situation. I took the ring as collateral almost as a favor to Robert because he really wanted my tortoise.
 
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