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Bad Guy Anthony Caponetto - acreptiles.com

Yes, Ed. I am absolutely serious. You are not merely posting an experience. You hijacked some other impossible whiner's bs thread and are attempting to smear Anthony's business and name because you are his competitor. End of story. You are conducting yourself in a very unprofessional manner and it is very disappointing. So yep, outraged is a fine adjective :)
 
Here is some of the conversation with Anthony,I have all emails and the ad I replied to.I don't expect him to do anything

Anthony Caponetto
www.acreptiles.com
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Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 23, 2011, at 12:04 AM, Ed Clark <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anthony I have given you a couple weeks to respond, I will not accept you misrepresenting the crested geckos you sold me. most of what you told me about them before the sale was :censored::censored:. you make this right or I will go public with all your lies.
>
> Ed Clark
>
> From: Ed Clark <[email protected]>
> To: Anthony Caponetto Reptiles <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Anthony Caponetto Reptiles: Order #11513 has shipped
>
> Anthony I am very disappointed in the group of cresties you sent me.
>
> This is the ad I replied to.
> "This is essentially no holds barred and includes ONLY geckos from my top projects, including every color and pattern morph you see on my website (obviously the more geckos you buy, the greater variety). These will be $150 to $500 geckos on average, with the occasional $1,000 "everything came out right" trophy gecko in there."
>
> I ordered red pins,red harlequins,extreme harlequins. you said you would include a citrus pin or 2.the main reason for the long wait was so you could ship minimum 6 week old geckos. most of the geckos I received are 1-2 week old hatchlings.
>
> I received 1 nice extreme harly,maybe 2 nice pins. no citrus pins, no red pins that I could ad to my keepers, that is the reason I bought this group.the majority of these geckos are run of the mill not the $150.00-$500.00 geckos that you advertized in your ad and certainly no $1000.00 trophy geckos.
>
> You said before I sent payment that the red pins would not be a problem,what happened?
>
> I expected much better from you.
>
> Ed
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Here is some of the conversation with Anthony,I have all emails and the ad I replied to.I don't expect him to do anything

Quote:
Anthony Caponetto
www.acreptiles.com
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Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 23, 2011, at 12:04 AM, Ed Clark <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anthony I have given you a couple weeks to respond, I will not accept you misrepresenting the crested geckos you sold me. most of what you told me about them before the sale was . you make this right or I will go public with all your lies.
>
> Ed Clark
>
> From: Ed Clark <[email protected]>
> To: Anthony Caponetto Reptiles <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Anthony Caponetto Reptiles: Order #11513 has shipped
>
> Anthony I am very disappointed in the group of cresties you sent me.
>
> This is the ad I replied to.
> "This is essentially no holds barred and includes ONLY geckos from my top projects, including every color and pattern morph you see on my website (obviously the more geckos you buy, the greater variety). These will be $150 to $500 geckos on average, with the occasional $1,000 "everything came out right" trophy gecko in there."
>
> I ordered red pins,red harlequins,extreme harlequins. you said you would include a citrus pin or 2.the main reason for the long wait was so you could ship minimum 6 week old geckos. most of the geckos I received are 1-2 week old hatchlings.
>
> I received 1 nice extreme harly,maybe 2 nice pins. no citrus pins, no red pins that I could ad to my keepers, that is the reason I bought this group.the majority of these geckos are run of the mill not the $150.00-$500.00 geckos that you advertized in your ad and certainly no $1000.00 trophy geckos.
>
> You said before I sent payment that the red pins would not be a problem,what happened?
>
> I expected much better from you.
>
> Ed

So, basically, you have nothing to prove what you've accused anthony of other than this?

Really?

mr. clark, you've been here long enough to know that this is simply not good enough. Were it anthony posting you'd be up in arms for lack of any substance at all. Given your propensity for lying, avoiding facts and people and general untrustworthiness, I'd say you have, once again, failed to prove anything other than your willingness to attempt to bring others down to the level you operate on.

Do you have any FACTS to back up your accusations? You know, things that can be proven or verified? YOUR word simply won't do. You've lied too often to too many.
 
I wonder if you 2 are sharing the same computer/IP address?

I am posting a bad experience with AC reptiles not hi jacking a thread. what you don't understand is this is an Anthony Caponetto bad guy thread that anyone can add their experience good or bad. it is preferred to keep all info in 1 thread if possible.

Your outraged?:rofl:please tell us why?

garchukks said:
I want to debunk some lies given recently. First off Anthony ALWAYS honors health guarantees unless the cause is from new owner neglect. Even then he usually errs on side of caution and honors it. I have never , nor have my friends, EVER received defective geckos from him. I have had one baby die on me.. though it really was not his fault and he MORE than made up for it! He often sends extra geckos for being a frequent customer. Any concerns I have are dealth with immediately. As for Ed ... damn straight Anthony does not send geckos during weather too hot or too cold. Shame on you for asking him to do so. Courtney, from all the information presented, you seem in the wrong not him. He went far above and beyond what he should have in this case
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Torizazu said:
Yes, Ed. I am absolutely serious. You are not merely posting an experience. You hijacked some other impossible whiner's bs thread and are attempting to smear Anthony's business and name because you are his competitor. End of story. You are conducting yourself in a very unprofessional manner and it is very disappointing. So yep, outraged is a fine adjective :)
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I'll throw my two cents in the ring. Over the years I've purchased many of Anthony's geckos, and he has been absolutely professional to a fault. One single time, in these years, he was one day late shipping a gecko, so the next day he threw in an extra 100% pinner as an apology. My personal feeling is that he couldn't have gotten where he is with bad service or bad animals. That is all.

Noelle
 
Ed Clark said:
I wonder if you 2 are sharing the same computer/IP address?

I am posting a bad experience with AC reptiles not hi jacking a thread. what you don't understand is this is an Anthony Caponetto bad guy thread that anyone can add their experience good or bad. it is preferred to keep all info in 1 thread if possible.

Your outraged?:rofl:please tell us why?
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That is correct with proof. Which you have been asked for but are failing to provide. As has been stated before you have no credibility on word alone so proof is needed to add any substance to your claim. The huge hole you have dug is not going to fill with hot air.
 
I encourage everyone to buy an Ac package.. prove me and the others right. Then come back and post your opinion of Ed's slander. We do not need his type here.
Andrew Wallentine
Proud customer of AC reptiles.
 
garchukks said:
I encourage everyone to buy an Ac package.. prove me and the others right. Then come back and post your opinion of Ed's slander. We do not need his type here.
Andrew Wallentine
Proud customer of AC reptiles.
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I've heard quite a few people were disappointed with what they got from AC. I advise people who want to buy a lot of geckos sight unseen and want AC bloodlines to buy AC packages.

I really don't see how any of this bumping adds in any way to the original thread. Some people like his stuff and some people don't.
 
I am so confident in AC that I just now bought my 2 best friends a gift certificate from acreptiles for their birthdays!
 
Wow.....just..wow. I'm amazed this thread got to 14 pages, and she STILL thinks she's right.

I think it would be safe to say that, Courtney, it's time to put your big girl panties on and either get over yourself and appreciate what you've got, or give the cute little guy to someone who will actually appreciate him.

Now I'm not into geckos, I'm a ball python kinda guy, but I've got a female spider BP who is a bit of b***h and has mild/moderate wobble. But I'm not going to harass and berate the guy i purchased her from because of it.

Just because a fool surrounds them self with intelligence, doesn't make them any less a fool.
 
seriously? someone gave me negative karma because they didn't understand, and so didn't agree with, my "quote". looks like Courtney isn't the only one who needs to grow up.

Here is what they commented with their negative karma:
"That is the stupidest f*****g quote ever......cause it is wrong"

For those of you who didn't understand what i meant, I'll clarify:
"An idiot in a group of intelligent people is still an idiot."
 
bryan2 said:
seriously? someone gave me negative karma because they didn't understand, and so didn't agree with, my "quote". looks like Courtney isn't the only one who needs to grow up.

Here is what they commented with their negative karma:
"That is the stupidest f*****g quote ever......cause it is wrong"

For those of you who didn't understand what i meant, I'll clarify:
"An idiot in a group of intelligent people is still an idiot."
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What does this have to do with the subject of this BOI thread?

Keep the posts on topic.
 
Ed, you should really invest in a camera... Your accusations MIGHT hold water if you had some actual proof. Your word is pretty much worthless these days.
 
Wow.....just..wow. I'm amazed this thread got to 14 pages, and she STILL thinks she's right.
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And who are you to say she isn't? It was her experience, and it isn't the only negative one posted. 50 people's positive experiences do not negate, or diminish the validity of, somebody's complaint(s).
 
Ed Clark said:
Anthony Caponetto - acreptiles.com is a person I will never do business with again.

He is someone that can not be trusted to send what you ordered after he is paid. he will drag it out for months after his agreed upon ship date,he will try to get you to take cresties with missing toes and missing tails after you have ordered and paid for perfect cresties.

You can pay your money and take your chances with this guy,I did and came out on the short end.
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Mr. Clark

I wish I could say that I'm surprised, but I'm not...truth be told, I cringed as soon as I saw your order come through because I know what a drama queen you are. In fact, I haven't even read everything you posted....because I dont have to.

1. I offered you a full refund if you were not happy.

2. I would have NEVER in a million years told anyone they would get 10 red harlequin pinstripes in a package of ten geckos. You never asked me that. You put it in your order notes, and I swear I emailed you to tell you they're not that easy to pick out at that age.

3. The geckos you got were the advertised 4-6 weeks of age. This is a FACT. I know because I never pull geckos under 4 weeks of age to ship, never.

4. You were complaining about not getting the colors you wanted when the geckos were babies. We both know reds are not red at that age, nor are citrus or yellows.

5. You told me that you wanted a deal on some more geckos and yes, I blew you off. Why? Because I don't want your business. Why? Because you're Ed Clark. Same reason I cringed when I first saw your order come through.

You should have taken me up on my offer to refund your money. :)
 
skinwrappedbox said:
I've heard quite a few people were disappointed with what they got from AC. I advise people who want to buy a lot of geckos sight unseen and want AC bloodlines to buy AC packages.

I really don't see how any of this bumping adds in any way to the original thread. Some people like his stuff and some people don't.
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Besides Ed Clark, who? Almost every customer who has ever bought a high end (aka "Motherload") package has raved at how nice the babies turned out...and most of them end up coming back for more.

If you want to talk about me and the satisfaction of my customers here, that's fine...that's what Fauna is here for, but you need to back up what you're saying with fact.

I may not be perfect, but I am proud of my geckos and I am confident my wholesale packages are the best value on the planet when it comes to crested geckos.

If someone bought a high end gecko package from me and wasn't more than happy with what they got, I have yet to hear about it (other than Ed Clark).
 
Ed Clark said:
Here is some of the conversation with Anthony,I have all emails and the ad I replied to.I don't expect him to do anything
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OK...Now I have to admit, I'm a little surprised. Figuring you must have nuts the size of pumpkins, I thought you'd at least have posted my response to your BS email...you know the one, where I explained everything very carefully and told you that I would give you a full refund if you weren't satisfied.

Oh, and one other thing...when you were quoting my website, you somehow conveniently left out the part about this being a "pre-order" offer (as everyone who bought a motherload package last year can attest). Then before I could ship the first ten, you decided to add ten more. Not that you don't know all of this already, but that is why your geckos didn't ship out when you ordered them.

Bottom line, Ed...I could sell three times as many geckos of that quality at that price (if only I could produce that many). They sell out faster than I can hatch them (hence the pre-order offer). If, with your reputation, you can actually get anyone to buy this load of BS you're selling, then more power to you.
 
I have bought a LARGE number of Crested Geckos and a number of snakes from Anthony. I have NEVER gotten a single animal from Anthony that was sick, deformed, injured, or otherwise anything other than what I ordered and expected in any way. Anthony has gone out of his way to make all our transactions smooth, even dropping off animals with me in person once when I was in Kansas City on business. I have and will continue to order from him with 100% confidence.
 
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