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Beware of Jeane Best & Wendy Childs

When one's opinion is offered as a statement of fact, one should not be surprised when one's opinion is refuted.
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I'm not surprised by much anymore. I simply have higher standards then most. What use is it to punch holes into an insulated shipping box? Wouldn't you think that if they were meant to have holes you could purchase them that way?

Why again are you posting for wendy?
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Because somewhere among her posts she offered to email them to someone to post as she did not know how and these are extremely large images and needed resized.

TimmyD928 said:
I have received geckos in packages in far worse conditions.
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I agreee, my worst was a Pampers box shipped without insulation in the dead of winter. :ack2:
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Attached are two images of live cresties on the gram scale.
 

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Pointing out...

(I'm new, but couldn't resist pointing these things out)

spokanelizardlady said:
Rewind. He choose to bring this here instead of calling me back and has NOT posted ALL The emails.


I BEEGED him NOT to send the UPS> Told him 3 times to use my DHL account which he aggreed But then shipped UPS anyways. As usual they never knocked. I was on the phone with them for over 4 hours total today with no help from Erik.

I had to drive 32 miles to meet the truck and the driver had me sitting there an hour. Get home (2:00pm) to see that

#1The box has NO AIR HOLES.
#2 5 strips of tape side by side all the way around it tight.
#3 7 deli cups all smasshed in the smalled white perishable box.
#4 6 of these crested dont even register as one gram on a scale (that alone is sick)
#5 NO COOL PACKS
#6 DEAD GECKO.

I TOLD YOU UPS WOULD NOT KNOCK. You did what you wanted anyways.

Now you want to screw me over. Not return my calls that I made within your 3 hr range. And post here. This is BULL!
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spokanelizardlady said:
Your darn right i AM GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT THE "F YOU WERE DOING. you killed animalks. i SENT YOUR PICS. yOU NOTCHED THE SYROPHOME????bUT TAPED THE CARDBOARD BOX TO DEATH AROUND THAT.


wHERE IS THE COOL PACKS???

wHY DID YOU SHIP UPS WHEN YOU AGREED NOT TO?
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spokanelizardlady said:
The UPS DRIVER is my witness of the death!
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spokanelizardlady said:
The driver I had To MEET to get the animals is my witness that they were dead when I opened the box there at the road side.. She said she knocked once. Didnt ring the bell. Didnt knock again. Left the note and drove off. She said had she know it was "live" she would have dumped it at the door like she always does. Sig or no sig. I explained to her that we can not hear a knock in our home if we are even in the next room. The doors are a solid oak. And the house is huge. I was standing in the kitchen with Jeane. We both saw the truck pull off and she heard it is why she looked up and pointed. Thats how I was able to call in 2 min. She drove off the other way. The drive is about 150 yards from the door. No way for me to catch her.

We heard her truck pulling out. By the time I got through to the call center who got to the driver and got her to meet me, she was clear up at Mt. Spokane ski lodge. 32 miles away.

I called the call center at 9:34, thats logged. She scanned it as no anser at 9:32.

You will see from the pics that these animals dont even register on a .000 gram scale. All but one doesnt. One weights .001. That is TOO SMALL TO SHIP. Death sentece. Period.No "LIVE" marking at all on the box. No COOL pack as stated in the guarrantee and terms.

I really have to go to bed. Hope the pics help. Thank you for poting them for me.
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More than one story on two different reports of 'facts'... one says she/they? got home to find THE dead gecko (one), later the UPS driver saw it. Last, but not least, the mention of killed animals (plural), and now THEY are dead?

Which is it?
 
TimmyD928 said:
You should have bought yourself a cheaper scale, seems that you don't know how to work that $85 one. A nickel weighs 5 grams not .005 grams.What weight measurement are you using?
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In the picture it looks to me like it is set on kg, but I could be wrong.
 
Try setting the scale to a measurement other than Kg ,you might get a more accurate reading , remember you are weighing a gecko not a big sack of cocaine.
 
I call BS, those cresteds weigh more than what she is claiming. They look very healthy as well (except for the deceased one obviously).
 
I still think that the scale would weigh more accurately if it were set to gram rather than kilogram. When weighing yourself do you use a scale that weighs measuring in Tons?
 
SoulSmilen said:
(I'm new, but couldn't resist pointing these things out)

More than one story on two different reports of 'facts'... one says she/they? got home to find THE dead gecko (one), later the UPS driver saw it. Last, but not least, the mention of killed animals (plural), and now THEY are dead?

Which is it?
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It’s been pointed out but she has decided not to answer.
 
0.001kg =1g correct , but my point is that maybe the scale would show different numbers if set at a smaller measurement. I think it would be a more accurate reading when set to the proper setting.
 
spokanelizardlady said:
Eric you just posted and PROVED that we had conversations about shipping through someone else.
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And how from that posted email exchange can you come to that conclusion? NO WHERE in that email does it say ANYTHING agreeing to ship DHL or even mentions shipping through someone else at all.

Not to mention you have soooooooooooooooooo many discrepancies (those are also called LIES) in you account of what happened that you probably should just issue an apology to Erik now and move on.

No wonder Jim was so quick to try and discredit this even being on the BOI. After talking to you all day about it he knew you did not have a leg to stand on from the get go and he did not want to see you get exposed for what you really are. But he was sure going to try and cover it up for you and try to get you an undeserved refund.

ANYTHING for a friend huh Jim?
 
Dennis Hultman said:
It’s been pointed out but she has decided not to answer.
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Yes, the driver seeing the death was pointed out and asked, but not the issue of one dead gecko turning into more than one - "killed animalks" and "they were dead."
 
SoulSmilen said:
Yes, the driver seeing the death was pointed out and asked, but not the issue of one dead gecko turning into more than one - "killed animalks" and "they were dead."
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Noticed that too. Hmmm...
 
Wendy, were you purchasing juvenile ciliatus from Erik, or what? Was there a weight listed for these on his site or in an email?

Just to show why I think the geckos weigh more than has told to us by Wendy, here are photos of leopard geckos that hatched today, with my fingers in the pic. Sorry to subject you guys to my ugly hands, but there is no way I could have nails like she does with all the work I do with my animals, not to mention household projects and etc.

Now keep in mind, hatchling ciliatus are smaller than hatchling leos. Those cresteds in the pics look well started to me, and I have hatched out a few.
 

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SoulSmilen said:
Yes, the driver seeing the death was pointed out and asked, but not the issue of one dead gecko turning into more than one - "killed animalks" and "they were dead."
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You are correct.
It has now. Care to comment Wendy?

Also, It’s just as easy to forward those emails to Stephanie, as it is to forward pictures.
 
Kelli , not to change the subject but is that first gecko you posted going to end up on your available page?
 
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