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Inquiry - Mike West, crickets for geckos?

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I received a phone call 6-8 weeks ago from Mike West at a cricket farm in Idaho who made a proposition to trade feeders for geckos. He seems like a 'straight up' guy, and I have ordered feeders from him to check them out. Has anyone else done business with him? Is he keeping his end of the deal after the trade(s)?
 
Marcia,
I would stay as far away from this guy as you can.I sent him about 15 bearded dragons and he totally screwed me.I had to call the police dpt out there and get them involved.He is a young kid and he sounds very trustworthy on the phone, but that's were it ends.His father called me and sounded very upset that his son was getting involved with people on the internet.He told me that his son had no money and that he couldn't possibly come up with the money needed for shipping.I paid for the first shipment,but everything arrived dead and smelly.The count was also very,very poor.Please don't make the same mistake I did.
Brian [BK Dragons]
 
Thanks for the info, Brian. Fortunately, I have not sent him any geckos. He has been very good about calling every week for an order, and has always returned my calls... but there was just something nagging me inside to check him out. I have not been real thrilled with the feeders he has sent so far, so I guess the moral of the story is to trust your gut instinct.

Thanks for the BOI, Rich!
 
mike west, do not trust this guy

let me tell you about this guy, and btw i should have done this a long time ago.

I have my website and contact info on kingsnake.com. This is how mike gets customers, he went to my site, and then called me.

He tried to sell me some crickets, we bargained for a bit and finally came down to 13 shipped a thousand based on a standing weekly order.

I kept on receiving orders that looked as though they were in the box for a while. I was also having them shipped to my partners facility in Tacoma, WA. He was having similar troubles with the crickets. I mean the crickets died within 4 days. Mike was pretty good about replacing them, but I couldn't help but wonder.

I inquired and he said that he bred them at his place and he had no idea why they were dying.

One of the weeks I received a whole dead shipment from him I made the 1 and a half hour round trip drive to Sunshine Mealworms (great people by the way). I spoke with Nicole the co-owner about this. She asked if this Mike guy was from Idaho. I said yes, she asked if his last name was West, I said yes. She said that he buys thousands of crickets a week from them and was very delinquent on his payments. We concluded that based on everything, he was lying to them (they had a no drop shipment agreement btw) he was drop shipping his crickets to all of his customers.

Sunshine then, based on this dropped his orders and we subsequently dropped our business with Mr. West.

So Mike West has lied to everyone in the past and is a known drop shipper. I wouldn't touch Mike's business with a hundred foot pole.

Thanks for reading and hope this helps.

Andrew Owen
 
MAN I CANT BELEIVE YOU GUYS ! THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS . I KNOW MIKE HE IS GREAT ! I HAVE SEEN HIS ANIMALS THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY !!!!! SOUNDS MORE LIKE A SMEER TO ME !!!!!!

GET REAL AND STOP THIS BULL !
 
bow624 said:
MAN I CANT BELEIVE YOU GUYS ! THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS . I KNOW MIKE HE IS GREAT ! I HAVE SEEN HIS ANIMALS THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY !!!!! SOUNDS MORE LIKE A SMEER TO ME !!!!!!

GET REAL AND STOP THIS BULL !
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So Mike is a "young kid" yet has thousands of crickets and some of the best animals in the country? While living in his parents house? I don't know how anyone else was raised but I have yet to see a parent allow that to happen. And "Jim" you should trust people on here. Most know what their talking about.
 
Mike is the son of Tim West, who also is in the herp biz. They work together. Both have their fair share of Bad Guy threads here.

I would say "Jim Weed" is 1) either one of the two or 2) a relative or 3) clueless. However, that is just my opinion,

I will say he's been very helpful in dredging up their Bad Guy threads for everyone to see again. :)
 
Pythonbreeder99 said:
So Mike is a "young kid" yet has thousands of crickets and some of the best animals in the country? While living in his parents house? I don't know how anyone else was raised but I have yet to see a parent allow that to happen. And "Jim" you should trust people on here. Most know what their talking about.
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wow i have never done business with them but from all the things i have read no business with them from me. take it from another young buyer. i am only 18 and i am currently living with my family. moving to another location by myself in july yet i have bought 3 snakes off fauna and two others from my home town. all of which my parents dislike. TO MIKE WEST AND DAD pull your heads out of your butt, be truthful and maybe you will treated better. not to mention you dont have to lie to make a little money. these are nice people on here treat them with respect.you are very dishonest and its not right:NoNo:
 
to who ever this laura is WHAT A JOKEEEEEE !

it is crazy for someone to say such hateful things and get away with it out and BULL S.....

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO . GET A LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!! SOUNDS LIKE A REAL W A C K O
 
SOUNDS LIKE THIS L A U R A IS A FRIEND OR A RELATIVE OF A SMEAR CAMPAIN . NOTHING BETTER TO DO SIT AROUND AND C R Y AND C R Y
ABOUT THIER FAILURES .

DO IT RIGHT ! MIKE AND TIM WEST ARE GOOD GUYS S T O P THE SMEAR THEY ARE GREAT ! THEY HAVE TREATED ME GREAT AND I WILL
DEFEND THEM TO THE END . YES I KNOW THEM AND THATS WHY I AM NOT GOINGTO LETTHIS INJUSTICE TAKE PLACE .

VERY HIGH QUALITY ANIMALS GREAT PEOPLE ! MIKE AND TIM WEST :yesnod:
 
LETS DIG THIS UP EVERY DAY AND SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT YOU ARE TRULY ABOUT

EVERYDAY WORKS FOR ME ! THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! JUSTICE !
 
bow624 said:
LETS DIG THIS UP EVERY DAY AND SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT YOU ARE TRULY ABOUT

EVERYDAY WORKS FOR ME ! THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! JUSTICE !
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Seeing every single one of your post are on Mike West threads and you post nothing but praise . IMHO I think you are Mike ...
 
Craigh said:
Seeing every single one of your post are on Mike West threads and you post nothing but praise . IMHO I think you are Mike ...
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Of course it is, or one of Mike's friends :rolleyes:

Harold BUSTED him on another thread :thumbsup:
I believe shortly this "Weed" fellow, will be banned....:yesnod:

Randal Berry
 
Jim,how do you explain your registered email address here as being "[email protected]??...Are you gonna argue with harold over that one??..And how come you didnt care to reply to that??What about an answer now Mr. WEST!!!!
 

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As it stated in the Thread where Harold Busted them

BUSTED

There Not going to answer the question on the email address. No one ever does. More like there going to sit back and wait untill they think everyone has forgotten about this ( Not going to happen thats why we have the BOI) Secondly if your remorsefull about your past and the Lie's you've told. Why create more Lie's to try and Bumb your rating & customer list up? It may work for a short time But if you learned anything from your previous mistakes you would now its only a short time before your lies catch up to you and backfire.
Third I oersonally would of came up with a better email address alais [email protected] Sounds EXTREMELY FISHY when you add everything up Which again leads to people not wanting to trust you. I dont know about you But I personally WOULD NOT due business with any who has LIED about the genetics of there animals or Lied,( Stole, Not held up to their end of the deal) to a customer period its JUST not right. From all of the recent bumb ups of your Bad Guy threads with "Customers" saying how nice you are and trustworthy you are. NO one is buying it All these new members showing up putting good guy threads on you ( I personaly belive them all to be bogus accounts)
so in a nutshell let me say this once more....


I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM NEITHER OF THE WEST'S AND i SUGGEST ANYONE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON THESE TWO
 
bow624 said:
LETS DIG THIS UP EVERY DAY AND SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT YOU ARE TRULY ABOUT

EVERYDAY WORKS FOR ME ! THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! JUSTICE !
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No, this is a website viewed worldwide. The members here are from all over the globe. You are also on private property and will follow the rules of this site.
 
I'm beginning to wonder if it's really a total enemy of the Wests, since he's definitely doing more damage than good with his ranting without any proof or substance to any of it.

How about some proof of deals, or pictures of good stuff or... hey, answering why your several different accounts all stem from one computer or why the contact email says "wests"?

You don't have the right to mess on the carpet of someone's private house, same rules on a website.
 
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