RedDevil
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I made a purchase in the amount of $1,300 with D. Dedrick back in June. All four snakes arrived dead the day after he told me they would arrive. When I opened the box I could immidiately smell that there was something dead inside, and all four snakes had already begun rigamortis. I contacted the seller minutes after their arrival and provided him with my phone number.
He started off by insinuating that I had killed the snakes myself in order to get a refund, and then went on to suggest that I might have gotten the hogs to play dead for the pictures (which they are clearly not). After getting the run around, he proceeded to tell me that I was never offered a live arrival guarantee, and that he might consider giving me hatchlings later in the year.
Hatching time came around, and it didn't look like I was going to get anywhere. Luckily Sam from GBU Enterprises knew about my problem, and when Dedrick tried to purchase snakes from him, he declined and told him he needed to fix our transaction first.
I then received a call from Dedrick, where he apologized and said he thought I was a friend of Justin Mitcham (I had already told him some time ago that I had no affiliation with Justin, but he continued to believe I did) and was "trying to screw him." He went on to say that he would never have called me if it were not for Sam, and that I owe Sam for setting the record straight with him. Eventually we decided that I would purchase an axanthic 66% het albino for $3,000, the $1,300 would be deducted from that price, and we would exchange in person at Daytona.
Neither of us could make it to Daytona, so I offered to drive out there and collect it. He then told me it was no longer for sale, and he sent me a partial refund. I was told that I would receive an additional $700 at a later date.
Not long after, I received an email stating his entire collection was for sale (including the axanthic I wanted), and that I could use the $700 as credit or just get a refund. His list said he had 1.3 extreme albinos for $800, so I inquired about those. He replied saying they were sold pending payment.
He deleted his ad from Fauna a couple of days later, and has made no new ads trying to sell anything or send me any of my refund.
I feel that I remained quite civil throughout the transaction, even after a few comments he made both over the phone and through email that were clearly meant to provoke me. I eventually contacted him to (sarcastically) inquire about his sales, and was told I was being uncivil, and that I should "grow up."
And so here we are now. I have all emails ready to be posted, and I will do so in a few minutes.
He started off by insinuating that I had killed the snakes myself in order to get a refund, and then went on to suggest that I might have gotten the hogs to play dead for the pictures (which they are clearly not). After getting the run around, he proceeded to tell me that I was never offered a live arrival guarantee, and that he might consider giving me hatchlings later in the year.
Hatching time came around, and it didn't look like I was going to get anywhere. Luckily Sam from GBU Enterprises knew about my problem, and when Dedrick tried to purchase snakes from him, he declined and told him he needed to fix our transaction first.
I then received a call from Dedrick, where he apologized and said he thought I was a friend of Justin Mitcham (I had already told him some time ago that I had no affiliation with Justin, but he continued to believe I did) and was "trying to screw him." He went on to say that he would never have called me if it were not for Sam, and that I owe Sam for setting the record straight with him. Eventually we decided that I would purchase an axanthic 66% het albino for $3,000, the $1,300 would be deducted from that price, and we would exchange in person at Daytona.
Neither of us could make it to Daytona, so I offered to drive out there and collect it. He then told me it was no longer for sale, and he sent me a partial refund. I was told that I would receive an additional $700 at a later date.
Not long after, I received an email stating his entire collection was for sale (including the axanthic I wanted), and that I could use the $700 as credit or just get a refund. His list said he had 1.3 extreme albinos for $800, so I inquired about those. He replied saying they were sold pending payment.
He deleted his ad from Fauna a couple of days later, and has made no new ads trying to sell anything or send me any of my refund.
I feel that I remained quite civil throughout the transaction, even after a few comments he made both over the phone and through email that were clearly meant to provoke me. I eventually contacted him to (sarcastically) inquire about his sales, and was told I was being uncivil, and that I should "grow up."
And so here we are now. I have all emails ready to be posted, and I will do so in a few minutes.
