I was involved in the last big "DTS Bad Guy" thread about the possible IBD snakes, and have since stayed away from anything regarding Dan and his business practices. To refresh your memory (mostly Dan's), I was the "nice lady" that called the gentlemen who purchased the other pair of snakes that were bagged with the snakes in question in that thread.
I have read this thread twice now, to make sure I have a grip on things, and here is my main outlook on everything, as an outsider who has never done business with any of the parties involved in either thread.
1. Dan needs to do exactly what Harald suggested and start responding in a professional manner. Dan, the thing is, no matter how many times you say "I do it this way to piss off certain people," what you are not realizing is that, as an outsider, you come across as looking at EVERYONE as idiots. Maggie (Lakeside Boas) is someone I have come to respect a lot, and even she mentioned catching more flies with honey, etc. Dan, the thing is, you need to learn to be the bigger person, whether you are right or wrong in the threads about you, and just be professional. It really does affect how people see you, and many will choose whether or not they do business with you solely on how you react to bad situations. Even if you were proven right in every instance of something posted about you, I, for one (among MANY) would never do business with you simply because of your unprofessional attitude towards others.
2. In this particular instance, I do not think that Scott (Kingetula) was trying to "get" anything from Dan, he even stated that in his first post. I think the "heat of the moment" got him, and the argument started. I honestly believe, after seeing him post many times throughout the BOI on other issues, that if he would have had an issue he felt worthy of fighting over, he would have started this fight a long time ago in his own thread and done so with the proof he needed to "make it stick" better. I honestly believe he was just posting to share an experience and Dan was able to turn the entire thread around into something it was not meant to be to take the focus off of the issue at hand. We all know how good he is at that.
3. This whole situation with Andy was handled wrong - by both parties. Andy should have never sold that snake and expected Dan to handle any problems, but at least he has tried to retract the PayPal mistake to show this. Dan, on the other hand, needs to (once again) realize that an unhappy customer needs to be handled with kid gloves, as bad press spreads 10xs faster than good press in ANYTHING. Sure, the kid made a mistake, but at least he has owned up to his mistakes. Dan, as usual, refuses to acknowledge any mistake on his part, and refuses to answer questions. Bad business no matter how you look at it.
Dan, you can go ahead and call me names for not seeing your side, whatever you want to do. You can kiss my ass like you tried to do for awhile in the other thread, whatever you want to do. Fact is, your unprofessional attitude online causes a lot of people to think twice about doing business with you, even when you do seem to have a good diverse stock. Sure, you might still do 1000's of sales, and that might be good enough to you, but personally, I could never sell myself down the river over a few issues just to say "I'm right" all the time.
Kelly Kordek
with this thread.