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Andy Young of Port Huron Michigan Still owes me a sizeable amount of money from quite some time ago.
Most of our business was done over the phone and everything seemed to be going well until I did the ultimate nono. I sent him animals without payement expecting I would get paid in return.
I will attach the open invoice, however I can't post phone conversations on here.
I really would like to believe that he just made some mistakes, however his phone is disconnected now, and I don't see him posting on here or ks anymore. So without further ado...here is the invoice....
avexotics.png

As you can see I was quite generous in shipping as well as the time and patience in collection. Anyone have contact info on him?
TOM
 
Is that a valid address? I did some business with him about a year ago, and I paid through USPS money order.
I found that the threat of the US Postal Inspectors worked wonders.
He is also now, or was as of recently known as House of Reptiles and Exotics...there are threads here
 
A couple months ago,

This same guy tried to buy off a large portion of my collection I had available for sale. The "animals first, then money" attitude just turned me off completely. I don't care what kind of company this guy runs, he'll NEVER get any of my stock. If you run a search on here, you'll notice there's not a SINGLE GOOD REFERENCE for this guy, all of his deals have been bad ones. -Eric Lago
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Sadly Tom, I doubt if you're going to see your money.
One thing he ( Andy ) always did when calling was, use a pre-paid phone card...then the call is not traceable on caller ID.
So there was no way to tell where he was calling from.
No area code, no phone #.
One thing I believe he mentioned to me...reptiles were a sideline of his...his "real" business was an antique shop.
Maybe you can do a search somehow for Antique shops in Port Huron MI...this is a pretty touristy area, so chances are you should be able to find listings.
Finding his is another story.
Good Luck
 
home number

I actually had his home number for some time, I can't seem to find it. I know that the shop number is disconnected....however the chamber of commerce is right accross the street, so I will try calling them.
I did a bit of business with him and everything went fine, till that final deal. Oh well, live and learn I guess. 2600 dollars worth of learning.
TOM
 
Guess who's back in business?



@@ Green Tree Frogs $1.49 ea @@
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We are a Michigan based wholesale company looking to buy all of your captive or wildcaught reptiles,turtles,tortoises,arachnids,amphibians & exotics.We Buy, Sell & Trade (venomous aswell) and we are always looking for people who can legally collect animals for us in there state or country.Please contact us with any questions.



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Unfortunately...

This post is dated may of 2003 someone just replied to it to put it back up to the top. Got my hopes up there for a minute.


TOM
 
Tom...

I apologize. I guess when I saw his ad, I got so wound up I did'nt notice it was over a year old.
Interestingly, all the replies to his ad, are from August '04.
 
Andy Young...AKA con artist

Hello:

I own a turtle farm in West Tennessee; and, we had the horrific experience of dealing with Andrew (Andy) Young.

The contact coordinates that we have on file:

House of Reptiles & Tropical Fish:
work: 810 987 4843
H 720 587 9978
F 810 987 5631

(Good luck with the phone numbers)

New email: [email protected]

Address#1 921 Pine Grove Av.
Port Huron, MI 48060

Address#2: 2128 Stone Street
Port Huron MI 48060
810 984 2200

We lost about $3000 worth of aquatic turtles with this clown and he has been banned from other boards.

If you need aquatic turtles, we handle Mississippi Map, Red Ear, Common Snapper, Yello bellies, Common Musk, River Cooter and Southern painted turtles.

www.exoticturtles.com
 
Well....what do you figure...

None of the numbers work.....surprise surprise...I say all of us that he owes need to get together and talk to the fbi internet fraud division. He sent me money through the post office before so maybe We can go that route as well....he owes me around 2600 and david around 3000. Could probably hire a PI or something with all of us pitchin in.
What do you think?
 
Andy Young, House of Reptiles, AV Exotics

I may have som einfo that wil help. His address as of 04/04 was:

921 Pine Grove Ave
Port Huron, MI 48060

He owes me $700 plus attorney's fees for reptiles. The fact that he counts Steve Baker, the crook who confessed in writing to breaking into the South CArolina Reptile Expo last July 2004, as a friend speaks volumes. E-mial me w/ any updtaes or if more info is needed.

Alan Bosch
 
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