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Bad Guy Adrian Cieslak Florence, SC from Ashley Pets

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Adrian Cieslak, Florence SC, (404) 483-2542. This guy was adamant he didn't want PayPal and said he was the real deal. I agreed to his Walmart money transfer and he received the money but has not shipped 4.4 EBT in almost 2 weeks due to "family energency". Apparently he owns a pet shop called Ashley Pets in South Carolina. I asked for a refund or the turtles with a 4 day notice. He stopped replying to me. Then I discovered he sold the turtles to someone else and still kept my money. He tells me most of the turtles look sick.

This guy is a fraud, do not buy from him. This is sadly the first and hopefully last time I will ever have to post a scammer here.

On FB there's a group called "turtle and tortoise seller reviews (BOI)" and another guy says he was also scammed out of $1000 and never received anything. What a sad day. Wish someone would've warned me about this guy.
 
Wish someone would've warned me about this guy.
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Actually, he did warn you himself when he wanted to get around a payment method that would make him responsible for his actions.....

This guy was adamant he didn't want PayPal
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Hate to say it, but you missed some red flags there for sure.

Also, posting any actual evidence you have about this would help greatly.
 
Please name the person you are referring to in your third paragraph, Jeff, to avoid issues pertaining to an anonymous third-party quotation (one of the rules is to not have quotations without attribution).
 
The response Adrian went with after this thread was made known to him was to create a second account using the registration details for Emma Smith under the username of Bosshog. That account was discovered as a duplicate right away and was merged into the original account accordingly.

It really does not look so hot when people do that sort of thing.
 
I trust that there will be no further lapses in compliance with the rules, Jeff.

I am including this to secure the information for the benefit of readers/members who might otherwise not be able to view this in the event of removal. This was not my obligation.
 

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Adrian Cieslak, Florence SC, (404) 483-2542. This guy was adamant he didn't want PayPal and said he was the real deal. I agreed to his Walmart money transfer and he received the money but has not shipped 4.4 EBT in almost 2 weeks due to "family energency". Apparently he owns a pet shop called Ashley Pets in South Carolina. I asked for a refund or the turtles with a 4 day notice. He stopped replying to me. Then I discovered he sold the turtles to someone else and still kept my money. He tells me most of the turtles look sick.

This guy is a fraud, do not buy from him. This is sadly the first and hopefully last time I will ever have to post a scammer here.

On FB there's a group called "turtle and tortoise seller reviews (BOI)" and another guy says he was also scammed out of $1000 and never received anything. What a sad day. Wish someone would've warned me about this guy.
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Did the other guy he sold the turtles to actually receive the turtles?
Has anyone alerted F&G in South Carolina that he could be poaching and selling native wild life?
 
I guess South Carolina must be the last place box turtles can be collected for commerce, sad really but I was referring to the North American Wood Turtles he has advertised, he would certainly need some type of paperwork showing their origin or would he? I am not so well versed but I thought they were endangered and protected.
 
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE FUNNY ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING, AND I MIGHT BE OVERLY SUSPICIOUS, BUT ABOUT THE TIME ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING DOWN ABOUT ADRIAN CIESLAK THERE WAS A SUDDEN PROLIFERATION OF OFFERS TO SELL TURTLES COMING FROM FLORENCE S.C.. I REMEMBER TWO DEALERS AND BOTH JOINED IN 2017 AND I JUST WENT BACK ON THE WEBSITE LOOKING FOR THEM AND SUDDENLY I DON'T SEE THIER ADS !
 
Richard Fasano said:
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE FUNNY ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING, AND I MIGHT BE OVERLY SUSPICIOUS, BUT ABOUT THE TIME ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING DOWN ABOUT ADRIAN CIESLAK THERE WAS A SUDDEN PROLIFERATION OF OFFERS TO SELL TURTLES COMING FROM FLORENCE S.C.. I REMEMBER TWO DEALERS AND BOTH JOINED IN 2017 AND I JUST WENT BACK ON THE WEBSITE LOOKING FOR THEM AND SUDDENLY I DON'T SEE THIER ADS !
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I thought the same thing. I wasnt aware you could sell EBT that were collected in the wild
 
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I guess South Carolina must be the last place box turtles can be collected for commerce, sad really but I was referring to the North American Wood Turtles he has advertised, he would certainly need some type of paperwork showing their origin or would he? I am not so well versed but I thought they were endangered and protected.
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the only folks who need to account for the origin on their north American wood turtles are folks living in states where they are native to ....... there was a guy on here a few years ago that got busted for selling hundreds of Pennsylvania poached na wood turtles ....... federal protection may be an inconvenience , but it's the only way to protect turtles like na woods .........
 
I have been private messages and text by a couple individuals asking if I know or am associated with this person. Absolutely NOT and advise everyone who contacts me to contact their credit card company and post on the BOI. Someone was reportedly contacting people who posted on my ads with photos of my animals and asking them for payment. I am suspicious if it was this person.
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Cieslak86 (Adrian Cieslak) sent me the wrong turtle, and now he won't pay me back for shipping it back and wont send me the correct turtle or refund me my money. That's nice. the worst part this turtle has a deformed shell and has an ear infection with an abscess growing so big he wasnt eating or even walk around.. its been over a month and i gave up on seeing my $275. i had a buddy run his name and info i got all of his family address and names in case someone wants to visit.
 
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