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Beware of Jeane Best & Wendy Childs

Wow for some reason this tread has turned everyone against each other,what a drag and this what i thought the BOI wasn't for ..I was thinking it was more of we as a jury of people from all over to state/World what we believe is rite and what is wrong

Greg VanZweden
http://www.vanzwedenreptiles.com/
Forever Trust in What you Are and Nothing Else Matters
 
VanZwedenReptiles said:
I was thinking it was more of we as a jury of people from all over to state/World what we believe is rite and what is wrong

Greg VanZweden
http://www.vanzwedenreptiles.com/
Forever Trust in What you Are and Nothing Else Matters

That's what I believe it to be as well.

But then when threads don't take the direction that one particular person thinks we get this crap.


Originally Posted by Chameleon Company
its the rest of the truly respected reptile community that thinks the BOI is a joke

I only see one common factor. The “mob”, It’s one.
 
Walked away from my computer for a tad ..

Dennis ..... Another 700 posts and I might catch you, providing you don't post at all while I am accruing them. How pathetic.

To one of the better posts. Michael Shelton, aka Junkyard.
Jim, Matt has a TOS, you may think he was in the wrong for not refunding Wendy because she was not happy with the animal. Of course let's not forget she was not around to sign for the package when it first arrived. So, why should Matt refund Wendy if she broke the TOS before she could honestly decide if she was happy with the animal? Should Matt be drug through the ringer because Wendy decided to not be around when the UPS truck arrived?

Mike, I don't know if you wasted time keeping up with every post. No one new to this thread is going to go back and read it all. But you have incorrectly stated my position here. If you want to try to get it right, you will need to go back and read all my posts. All your questions are already answered there.

Some of you are thinking a bit small-minded. And some have clearly demonstrated that they are of small mind. Should any of you actually build a reptile business to any size, you will have TOS, and yes, complaints to settle. Dennis, pay attention. When faced with the initial complaint, will you:

1) Be defensive, and hope that you wrote your TOS well enough (or poorly enough) so as to find a disqualifying hook right away, and be able to tell the customer "tough luck"; or

2) Will you listen, as hard as it may be, and then say something more akin to "OK, there are a few problems here ..................... What do you think would be fair? Let me see what I can do". Or, if its a real struggle "I need one night to think on this one. Can I call you tomorrow" and set a time?

Of course, you can always pick #1, get all offended at the use of the "F" word, then make a BOI thread about your customer. I did not include the BOI as an option, as I only see it of such value if the customer threatened to come here first. We have seen that before.

A few of you always pick number two. It is not always an automatic refund. But it is also not slamming the door in an upset customer's face, eh Erik?

Maybe you will find some answers there Mike. I don't think its "Matt" though :)

Chuck, what's the brand on that coffee ! I think Wendy drinks it too :cool:
 
Two quick questions then off to clean cages

1.) Has anyone pointed out the possibility that the only reason Wendy was not happy with the animals was that a couple were dead through her negligence? That would be an excellent way to extort a refund and shift the blame.

2.) How much would the animals in question lose in water weight during shipping in hot weather when they had to spend the extra time in the back of a hot truck? I don't work with this species so I honestly would like to know.
 
Chameleon Company said:
Dennis ..... Another 700 posts and I might catch you, providing you don't post at all while I am accruing them. How pathetic.

I'm sure it will be in record time.

We already discussed this once before but since your such a simpleton on the issue, I will try to explain it to you again. Better yet just quote from an earlier thread.

It was less than 180 days ago that you Jim admonished JimO, DAND, and many others about the need to post on so many threads. Actually, you made quite a big deal about people who have more than three posts per day and they have nothing better to do with time. Jim you may have registered in 2002 but all your posts have come within the last 180 days. Jim that’s 3.8 posts per day. I wonder if many now hold the that same position you took but in regards to your posts.

Jim, It would seem your dog is a little on the obese side. RE: post #640


That was some time ago, I wonder how high it is now.

Not to mention it was someone else that was using your account beforehand.

I didn't call you names in the last few posts but you can't seem to elevate your game past it.

And you say-
Many people avoid commenting or posting here because too many threads disintegrate into gutter attacks, or become hijacked beyond the ability of many of us to follow. I think many out there share my annoyance with having become involved in a thread, only to then see it run well beyond its useful life, and fill my in-box with tit-for-tat posts that run for days and pages beyond their livelihood.

Mr. Greathouse had it right with his post.

So, let's all step down to shamco's level.
Chameleon Company said:
You pathetic ass.

Don’t try to fly that crap. Your positions change just as your standards, depending on whom the thread is about.
Forgive me for suggesting that you adhere to your own standards. I should have know better to point such a thing out to someone whose standards change from thread to thread.
 
Chameleon Company said:
Dennis ..... Another 700 posts and I might catch you, providing you don't post at all while I am accruing them. How pathetic.

To one of the better posts. Michael Shelton, aka Junkyard.


Mike, I don't know if you wasted time keeping up with every post. No one new to this thread is going to go back and read it all. But you have incorrectly stated my position here. If you want to try to get it right, you will need to go back and read all my posts. All your questions are already answered there.

Some of you are thinking a bit small-minded. And some have clearly demonstrated that they are of small mind. Should any of you actually build a reptile business to any size, you will have TOS, and yes, complaints to settle. Dennis, pay attention. When faced with the initial complaint, will you:

1) Be defensive, and hope that you wrote your TOS well enough (or poorly enough) so as to find a disqualifying hook right away, and be able to tell the customer "tough luck"; or

2) Will you listen, as hard as it may be, and then say something more akin to "OK, there are a few problems here ..................... What do you think would be fair? Let me see what I can do". Or, if its a real struggle "I need one night to think on this one. Can I call you tomorrow" and set a time?

Of course, you can always pick #1, get all offended at the use of the "F" word, then make a BOI thread about your customer. I did not include the BOI as an option, as I only see it of such value if the customer threatened to come here first. We have seen that before.

A few of you always pick number two. It is not always an automatic refund. But it is also not slamming the door in an upset customer's face, eh Erik?

Maybe you will find some answers there Mike. I don't think its "Matt" though :)

Chuck, what's the brand on that coffee ! I think Wendy drinks it too :cool:
Let me try this again as you may have missed it the first time I asked.

Why does ANYONE need your approval jimbo?

What is the big f'ing deal with YOU and YOU alone knowing what is RIGHT in EACH AND EVERY DEAL MADE?????

Why does ANYONE need your approval? That's the real question. Who are YOU to judge whether or not Erik has done as HE should?

You are entitled to your opinion but that opinion just because it is yours, is not necessarily correct. You seem to be unable to grasp that most simple of concepts that NOT everything you think is the way things MUST be done.

I KNOW The Masked Rider and if you keep trying to pass that pinto pony you're riding as his Whitest of White steeds, you're going to talk yourself into some serious and quite acute, corners.

Go wash your pony jimbo, you rode him hard and he shouldn't be put away wet, especially with all that white shoe polish trying to hide what he really is.

Get the metaphore?
 
Dennis Hultman said:
I'm sure it will be in record time.

We already discussed this once before but since your such a simpleton on the issue, I will try to explain it to you again. Better yet just quote from an earlier thread.



Jim, It would seem your dog is a little on the obese side. RE: post #640


That was some time ago, I wonder how high it is now.

Not to mention it was someone else that was using your account beforehand.

I didn't call you names in the last few posts but you can't seem to elevate your game past it.

And you say-

Mr. Greathouse had it right with his post.

So, let's all step down to shamco's level.


Don’t try to fly that crap. Your positions change just as your standards, depending on whom the thread is about.
Forgive me for suggesting that you adhere to your own standards. I should have know better to point such a thing out to someone whose standards change from thread to thread.
Karma schmarma, I particularly like this post. Well said.
 
Wes,
Why does ANYONE need your approval? That's the real question. Who are YOU to judge whether or not Erik has done as HE should?

Approval ? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I'm sorry to laugh so hard Wes, as I know you are serious ..... Oh Christ, why me ....... OK. Cough. Brace yourself Wes ...... the answer is ........for the same reason no one needs your approval Wes. I'm the same jerk to judge Erik as you to judge Wendy, as I to judge Wendy, as you to judge Erik. Is this an epiphany moment or what !

:hurray: :?party: :hurray:



Or maybe you've also heard in your day that "opinions are like assholes, we all have them". As Dennis likes so to point out post counts, it would seem I'm somewhere around 1300, Dennis over 2000, and worry not ................. you are still the king of the assholes with over 3500 :).
 
Chameleon Company said:
Wes,


Approval ? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I'm sorry to laugh so hard Wes, as I know you are serious ..... Oh Christ, why me ....... OK. Cough. Brace yourself Wes ...... the answer is ........for the same reason no one needs your approval Wes. I'm the same jerk to judge Erik as you to judge Wendy, as I to judge Wendy, as you to judge Erik. Is this an epiphany moment or what !

:hurray: :?party: :hurray:



Or maybe you've also heard in your day that "opinions are like assholes, we all have them". As Dennis likes so to point out post counts, it would seem I'm somewhere around 1300, Dennis over 2000, and worry not ................. you are still the king of the assholes with over 3500 :).
Yuck Yuck Yuck

Unlike you I have not made myself the doorman here, the one whose approval you need to gain entrance.

I'm one of those guys who was here before you got that doormans job. You keep it up though, you're not as bad as some who've stood where you are now. Not as good as some either, but that's ok too.

I bet you liked things a lot more when I was on vacation, heh heh heh, didn't you jimbo? I've noticed that while your average daily posts haven't really gone down, your number of words has. Interesting, neh?
 
Chameleon Company said:
As Dennis likes so to point out post counts, it.

Now you’re just a liar.
There wasn’t anyone complaining about post counts here, until you Jim tried playing that game. Yet again! It doesn’t hold water.

Matter of fact, you keep emphasizing you have been a member here since 2002.
You have only been a member for about a year.
You were not using the account you’re posting from. It wasn’t you posting in 2002, 2003,2004.
 
"As Dennis likes to point out post counts".....?????

Dude you are the one who brings that up FIRST every time. Just like you were the FIRST to start harping it in this thread. Your hypocrisy knows no bounds man.

I honestly aint trying to slam you Jim, but man you are all over the road, I am just telling you straight just like I would any friend. It's time to take a long hard look in the mirror.
 
Yep I see Dennis he's just not getting it,Or maybe thats just it,,he is Getting it.If you know what i mean.Jim have you been drinking? ,I know what you see in Wendy or what ever her name is Debbie does Dallas,,,And yea Sammy i don't think any of us are trying to slam him,just trying to get him back on track. Sort of speak

Greg VanZweden

http://www.vanzwedenreptiles.com/

Forever Trust in What You Are and Nothing Else Matters
 
VanZwedenReptiles said:
Yep I see Dennis he's just not getting it,Or maybe thats just it,,he is Getting it.If you know what i mean.Jim have you been drinking? ,I know what you see in Wendy or what ever her name is Debbie does Dallas,,,And yea Sammy i don't think any of us are trying to slam him,just trying to get him back on track. Sort of speak

Greg VanZweden

http://www.vanzwedenreptiles.com/

Forever Trust in What You Are and Nothing Else Matters

Wow. Could you be any more phony? A couple hours ago it was:

Wow for some reason this tread has turned everyone against each other,what a drag and this what i thought the BOI wasn't for ..I was thinking it was more of we as a jury of people from all over to state/World what we believe is rite and what is wrong

This right here highlights everything that is wrong with the BOI.
 
You know what Wes, when I holler "Hey you ... Stop", they don't listen. Hate to burst your bubble, but they kind of pass us both by regardless of where we stand. Wes, if they don't want us to matter, we don't matter.

As to being sorry your back? Who cares Wes. Despite the gutter mentality that has pervaded this thread, I had my share of gutter threads when you were gone. You and I get called home tomorrow, and the gutter will still be here. Dennis will still be here.

Wes, you have your witty and insightful moments. Good analysis when you want to use it. You just can't handle disagreement. And then its a rush to the character crap. What an Achilles heel.

(ahem ahem , my best Dan Akroyd voice, cough)
Dennis you ignorant slut

So I'm a liar in saying that you have an aversion for post counts. Someone was using your computer to post here then about an hour or two ago. If Rich did things regarding my account, or even I did in the past years in trying to change a password or something, all I can say is that I don't control the "member since" date, which is accurate, and if someone deflated my post count, then ask Rich to tack on as many as you think is proper. My belief is that all is accurate. I bet when you buy a pack of M & M's you count them out before you give your wife her half. Who gives a crap Dennis.
Matter of fact, you keep emphasizing you have been a member here since 2002.
You have only been a member for about a year.
You were not using the account you’re posting from. It wasn’t you posting in 2002, 2003,2004.
I have posts going back years here ace. If the LLC Fauna account may have had en ex-partners name, who do you think wrote most of the stuff, if not 90% of it. And I signed them too ? I'm not going to call you a liar Dennis, just dumb as sheet. Full of it too. Doorman, the keeper of facts is an idiot.
 
jglass38 said:
Wow. Could you be any more phony? A couple hours ago it was:

Wow for some reason this tread has turned everyone against each other,what a drag and this what i thought the BOI wasn't for ..I was thinking it was more of we as a jury of people from all over to state/World what we believe is rite and what is wrong

This right here highlights everything that is wrong with the BOI.

I think that is more of a personality issue, not a BOI issue Jamie.
 
Jim, why is it that darn near every BOI thread you get involved in ends up being about YOU?

Wendy screwed up (again) and is a lying, white supremicist, drug dealing career criminal whore.

Erik stuck to his TOS, and didn't give her a refund because she didn't answer the door when UPS arrived, and the animals sat on a hot truck all day....he owes her nothing.

End of story.
 
shrap said:
I think that is more of a personality issue, not a BOI issue Jamie.

No doubt in my mind but since its been evident throughout this thread, why not call "a spade a spade" as I am known to do?
:ack2:

I was unaware until earlier today that there was even a shift in rules on Fauna (shows you how much I pay attention). While I am all for exposing the bad guys/girls and protecting the buyers (isn't that what the BOI is for anyway?) there should be some sort of restraint shown otherwise everyone gets covered in the filth.
 
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