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Bad Guy tinmantribe5 - Shawn Lewis

Shawn Lewis aka tinmantribe5

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The Tin Man is my Hero

I received two very healthy beautiful ball pythons from Shawn today along with two lovely little corn snakes.

I am honestly thrilled, just tickled pink lol. They are very tame and active.

He did great with the packing and shipping went very smoothly.

He has defiantly been very helpful with every question I've threw at him.

I absolutely highly recommend him to everyone, he really is a great guy. I would gladly do business with him again in the future without hesitation.

Thanks for the wonderful reptiles Shawn and being so kind and patient with me, was a great BD present!

Amanda Tanner
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I would like to say this will be my last post on Amanda!
Amanda IM sorry if I was a badd friend to you! and wish you all the best
I wish to go no futher with this thread it and my thread has done enough to my and maybe even Amandas reputation,for that I appologize to everyone
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tinmantribe5 said:
I would like to say this will be my last post on Amanda!
Amanda IM sorry if I was a badd friend to you! and wish you all the best
I wish to go no futher with this thread it and my thread has done enough to my and maybe even Amandas reputation,for that I appologize to everyone
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www.MidwestConnectionReptiles.com
AKA The "TINMAN"
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Getting into a huge bicker fight and apologizing the next day seems just like high school. The problem for you Shawn is that possibly people are not going to take a chance on doing business with you because they don't want the same kind of headache to happen to them.

Plus, the thread is so full of meaningless bickering that I did not see a satisfactory resolution to the accusation that you shipped snakes illegally using USPS.

There is a long road ahead for you. By being courteous and honest you may someday regain the respect you lost here. I hope that is the road you will choose.
 
tinmantribe5 said:
I once again opologize for my childish behavoir my Feeling have been hurt and I acted like a child in response I am sorry to all!
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Indeed, understandable reaction Shawn.

Don't know if it's my business or not but have you and Amanda begun discussing the situation rationally?

I'd really like to see you two work this out to a point where there aren't any hard feelings.
 
lucille said:
Plus, the thread is so full of meaningless bickering that I did not see a satisfactory resolution to the accusation that you shipped snakes illegally using USPS.
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His statement was that he has only shipped snakes to Amanda once, and he used UPS/SYR.....The more recent USPS 2nd Day shipment he claims was shipped by his son-in-law, Ben (though, according to Amanda's initial post, the wording seemed to indicate he had some involvement - it's ok they won't find out because we put bearded dragons on the box!
 
lucille said:
Getting into a huge bicker fight and apologizing the next day seems just like high school. The problem for you Shawn is that possibly people are not going to take a chance on doing business with you because they don't want the same kind of headache to happen to them.
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High school? Elementary my dear Watson.

Shawn,

You need to realize that you have done more to your reputation then Amanda ever could have done. Also, the way in which you attacked Dean was not acceptable and I believe you owe him an apology for your unwarranted attack of him.

The way one conducts one's self when adversely confronted like this is all part of the (for lack of a better term) game. The purposeful mislabeling of and shipping of snakes USPS notwithstanding, to have a temper tantrum and the handling this in an unprofessional manner as you did speaks of your character that will deter others from dealing with you in the future. The retaliatory thread and prepubescent nonsense within the threads show others that this is the way you would act/react if a transaction with you did not go well for whatever reason.

DAND said:
it is NOT legal to have roaches shipped to Florida
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tinmantribe5 said:
I still bet you can find a ton of people to ship them to ya !
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tinmantribe5 said:
Well I guess IM crazy and if I want it! I could care less what the law says
I get it!(sorry I dont mean to sound like a jerk its How I feel)
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tinmantribe5 said:
No disrespect to anyone elses Beliefs I live for Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not for YOU!:D:yesnod::D
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The above posts Harald first referred to also isn't going to help your cause. While you may disagree with rules or laws they are there for a reason. Without rules and laws there would be anarchy if everyone did as they pleased. There are jails and prisons full of people who think and have acted upon said thinking as you have stated above.

Also, the above posts lead me to believe that the misrepresentation of contents and the shipping of the snakes via USPS was done in a purposeful manner. Hopefully this will not occur again in the future. :toetap05:
 
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