If I read correctly, Reptster is no longer giving the boxes they get from FedEx away for free. After the customer pays for them and uses them, Reptster receives the cost back. What is the cost verses what is charged the customer for the boxes? What does the customer now get after using the boxes that Reptster received for free and they paid for?
You know, trying to find other ways to attack this person than the one this thread was started to address just brings in a lot of irrelevencies and pointless rumors. It's not doing the thread starter any good, and as a tactic, it leaves a lot to be desired. In the interests of not having to roll my eyes every 15 seconds, I'll just go ahead and answer this one.
Since requiring folks to purchase their own boxes, the discount offered by Reptster on shipping was increased to 20%. The total savings is actually greater than when the free box policy was in place.
And how is this relevent in ANY WAY to the situation with Kelly? It isn't. It was created to cast doubts about David's business, and there wasn't any reason whatsoever to be casting them. Whether Reptster's shipping is or is not a good deal has NOTHING TO DO with the situation of show sponsorship the thread is about.
I can see digging into that situation as deeply as possible to uncover the truth, but side-tracking with purely stupid questions that could have been answered in 15 seconds by glancing through the Reptster forum (and don't excuse this by saying you don't want to go there--if you're going to complain about something, you ought to know what it is you're complaining about) just makes YOU look bad. The accusatory tone was particularly ridiculous, in light of the answer. It was PURE politics. Any reader who hadn't been there and didn't know the answer would walk away nodding their head and thinking what a terrible deal was being offered there. That behavior sickens me when actual politicians do it, and I see no reason to put up with it here.
So again--we have no idea what the actual situation between David and Kelly is. Clearly David isn't handling it properly, or he would have spoken to Kelly by now. That's all we actually know. Until he actually resolves the situation with Kelly, or so much time passes that it becomes clear he never will, there isn't any conclusion to be drawn other than 'David handled this business transaction very poorly'.
So, he doesn't like the BOI, and is never, ever going to tell you what he plans to do about this situation here. He isn't going to speak a civil word to anyone posting here.
If that's how he feels about the BOI, then that's what we should expect. Whether he resolves the situation itself remains to be seen--but my guess is that he would rather the BOI be the last to know about it. That, in itself, is not an attack on the herp community, nor is it an attack on any individual posting here...nor is it an admission of guilt, nor does it make him a bad person.
Seeing how he resolves the situation will Kelly will reveal a lot about his business practices. Nothing else makes any difference. And even that isn't relevent to whether or not Reptster gives good discounts or is a good service, just whether or not you ought to trust its owner to uphold a deal before cash changes hands.
Which reminds me...since Reptster goes through Fed Ex, and Fed Ex labels are printed, and since the boxes used come from Superior directly and no longer have a Reptster logo on them, how does anyone propose to actually tell whether or not someone is using Reptster to ship? I guess you could rely on people to tell you in advance, but if people start talking about boycotting folks using Reptster, why should they? Out of the goodness of their heart, so you can properly boycott them?
I can say I'd much rather receive a snake shipped legally via Reptster fed ex (no matter how heinous its owner is) than shipped illegally via UPS. I mean, call me silly, but dealing with a shady business guy just MIGHT be the more appealing option there. Of course people should get their own Fed Ex account set up to ship legally, but as things stand right now, just from my own experiences, more than half the community is still shipping snakes illegally. That's one hell of a lot more shady than a disowned sponsorship payment. Isn't it? Anyone?
In the short term, I care, because I'm still relying on Reptster to legally ship, and unlike a staggering portion of the community, I refuse to ship illegally. Silly me, I actually mark the boxes with what is inside of them. In the long term, I don't really care as much, as I'll be getting Fed Ex approval to ship anyhow. I'll even be getting a Delta account eventually--always a good idea to have a backup.
I'd like to see this resolved the right way. For folks to learn what actually happened here, and how David is going to make it right--or how Kelly is, since I still believe a two-way miscommunication is at the heart of the problem. Perhaps David needs to apologize for his behavior, but I don't think he needs to apologize to anyone other than Kelly.
ALL the rest of the stuff here...well, it fertilizes the flowers. And maybe that's beautiful, but it sure does stink.
Try to stay on-topic folks.
And yes, my entire purpose for posting this was purely as a reaction to the use of a psychologically manipulative tactic being used to attack the subject of the thread. Dishonesty is dishonesty--and that is a dishonest tactic. It has no part in a thread created in the interest of promoting honesty. It doesn't make the people who are engaging in it look any better than David.
I do appreciate the flair you put on the typical " Hasn't hurt my business at all " that we normally get. Let me guess , folks signed up by the hundreds and this time there may be more than 1 screen name instead of having to sign up 130 people under the same one.
