ms_terese
Irrelevant User
That's what the BOI is for, looking at all sides of business transactions. However, if your buddy isn't interested in posting here on his satisfaction with the deal, it's not your place to do so.I'm not saying Sal is a good guy totally but my buddy did get that sanke from him.....
I completely agree. Yet, the BOI is here for people to post about the good and the bad so that others may make their own decisions about who is worth buying from. I've posted many times on what I see to be the long range destruction to the hobby and business of reptile keeping resulting from people who continue to do business with someone of poor ethics: it keeps them in business, and takes away opportunity for those who are trying to do things the right way. It's frustrating.That's what is sad about the reptile world. Every once in a while someone will deal with a bad guy and get a decent animal or go through a transaction that turns out okay, then even if it is the exception rather than the rule, people say stuff like that. They completly disregard that a seller is a thief, scumbag, poor business person, someone who missrepresents animals, or whatever bad guy catagory they are in, just because they got something out of it.
As for the threats and the police training, I simply can't imagine that we're dealing with anything other than someone possibly going through some sort of Security Guard training. I come from a family full of LEOs, and I've never heard of a department anywhere that accepts trainees under 21. Additionally, LEOs are required to have excellent written communication skills (including spelling) in order to produce accurate police reports, which of course are critical to prosecutors.