A public apology....
Sometimes, what you want to mean and how you type something does not always come across well. I spoke to Cody, and also some of my other vendors, and have realized that some of the things I said in my post were incorrect. I want to clear some things up (again). I meant to do this a few days ago, but had internet issues...
Chaos Reptiles was at the show in October, represented by Cody, NOT by Josh or Dan. There were some issues with some of the animals, and Cody was very good about removing any that were not in good condition. I have had no dealings at all with Dan or Josh directly, only with Cody as their representative at the show. Cody was even the person that paid me (on time and no issues with payment).
So, yes, I will say that if the animals brought to the show were representative of the stock that Chaos brings to the show, they left something to be desired overall. I have not seen Cody's animals to make a statement on his stock, assuming that all of the animals he had with him were from Chaos stock.
I want to say here that first, I never asked Cody to remove animals personally, and this is how it sounds. Cody was asked by a vendor to remove some uros, and that is all to my knowledge. I was under the impression that he was asked to remove others, but according to Cody, those were the only animals he was asked to pull because of "not so great" quality. Cody also assured me that the uros that were sold from that bunch were doing great today, as he has had contact with several of his buyers.
Also, apparently there was a little mix-up in who Chaos Reptiles was at the show compared to another vendor who was behind/beside them. Some of the vendors thought that they were one in the same, and the complaints I heard about were NOT from the animals Chaos brought, but from the other vendor (the one who is NOT welcome back to the show). So I apologize for being mistaken on the quality of the animals Chaos brought to the show, as it was NOT their stock that had issues.
[QUOT]As far as Chaos being declined as a vendor at the second show in January...I was never contacted by Chaos (or Cody) to be a vendor at the January show. I did make a statement at the show and several times after that I will not allow ANY vendor in the show with low quality animals on purpose, as there was another vendor that had issues as well with their quality of animals that will NOT be allowed back if I am contacted. I have been having some serious discussions with my husband about Chaos Reptiles and their future at our show if we are contacted. Cody has contacted me about vending at the March show, but we have been playing phone tag, and I will be having a discussion with him about this issue. Cody does his own thing as well as representing Chaos, and it is something I am open to talk to him about before making a final decision on HIM attending the show.
There has been no official decision as of yet, but I do stand behind the fact that I will not allow low quality animals at the show on purpose (you can't always know until someone shows up). [/QUOTE]
I want it known that I was NOT saying that Chaos had low quality animals, but was trying to get across that ANY vendor who has low quality animals will be dealt with at the show. I apologize to Cody or Dan if it sounded like I was pointing them out directly with this statement.
Also, I have not yet spoken to Dan/Josh, but am open to the idea of them attending the show at this point. Cody plans on attending the show under his own business name, if he can attend.
So, I want to say that I am sorry to Cody and Chaos reptiles if my statements did not come across the way they were meant. I am half blaming my medications (I love sinus infections and generally being sick), and half blaming a crazy brain (which is every day!).
). Well, they can rest assured that any show I vend I will be displaying the sign.