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Break in at Carolina Reptile Exchange (Bruce Eisenmanns store)

you people are unreal. has he ripped you off personally? and if so, how? Regardless, if he's sooo damn bad, and such a crook, the store would be shut down by now. and as far as certain people on here making comments about seeing bruce and telling him what he thinks about him,....bruce is not a hard guy to find. if you're such a tough guy, bring it. All you people want to do is talk the talk, but you never walk the walk. GET SOME FREAKING LIVES PEOPLE!!! I feel so sorry for some of you that your lives are so empty that this is all you think about.
 
Big Blow

"has he ripped you off personally" Well, it was actually his father that ripped me off, several years after his death. I have called and emailed, funny thing is he is never around. I am sure Bruce will get his, whether it is an a$$ kicking or spending eternity in hell for what he has done, he will pay. Please do not feel sorry for me, if you want to feel sorry for someone go into your bathroom and look right above the sink, that guy is the pathetic one. The only friend that guy has is a theif. If this thread stops one person from buying from Bruce it is well worth my time, and it has. I have gotten emails from numerous people thanking me for letting me know he is a lying theif. Craig
 
you talk pretty tough to me on here, funny thing though, I dont think you'd say it to my face. As far as rotting in hell, I guess he'll see you there big guy!
 
I am here to say that I cannot say for sure if he has ripped me off YET, I got 2 100% het males and 1.2 100% het Albino's from him and I am in the process of proving them or disproving them.....If they do not produce pieds then I will be bringing it to him in a very bad way. I also know that I got another 1.3 100% het pieds that had ticks, now we all know that tick usually don't appear on captive snake, I sent the 1.3 back and have never purchased anything from him again. As for the 2 100% het pieds and the 1.2 100% het albinos, all I have to go on is his word and they were purchased in South Carolina about 2 months before I got the 1.3 tick ones so who knows what mine are. Has anyone bred the 100% hets they got from bruce and NOT gotten pieds? Please come forward. As for having better things to do, Some people don't, I for one do but we do need to get to the bottom of this. If the hype is false the BRUCE needs to get on and defend himself, I would if it was me. In my opinion no one has proved Bruce to be a crook on his 100% HETS, UNLESS I have missed it somewhere. I am just waiting for soemone to prove it. I am not defending bruce for you all who will be ready to slam on me, lord knows I have had my share of slammings for stupid reasons. But the fact is Bruce has been accused of being a fraud but no one knows for sure. I guess we will all know in time. Thanks David
 
THANK YOU DAVID FOR SAYING WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY TO THESE IDIOTS. LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IF THEY DONT PROVE OUT, HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO, BUT UNTIL THEN, EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHUT THEIR MOUTHS AND CHILL.
 
Wow you are real defensive when it comes to Bruce, I Guess if someone said something bad about my wife I would get upset. I would be happy to meet you and Bruce,(if you are not the same person) in fact if you would like to come to the Tinley park show I will be there.
 
Carma, Carma, Carma....

What goes around comes around. Wow Mike you are really standing up for a man that has been proven to be a liar and a thief. These are known and proven facts. Mike aka BIGSHOW must be either a good friend or even Bruce himself! Mike's location is Charlotte NC which for those who dont know Charlotte NC is a stone's throw away from Bruce's store. (I know cause I used to work in Rock Hill, SC and York County).

As far as you stating we are all idiots and have nothing better to do..... I think you are wrong. This was really an unremarkably stupid statement on your behalf. Do you really know who you are defending? Not only is Bruce a LIAR, and a THIEF , he is also been convicted of ANIMAL CRUELTY in Florida, was found guilty and made to give up those cats.

Gina I agree this should be on page 1 everyday so everyone can see how Bruce is and not do business with him!

MIKE - You want PROOF! Here are some Proven TRUE FACTS ABOUT YOUR BUDDY:

True FACT #1. Bruce was found guilty of animal cruelty in Florida.
#2. Bruce was found in possession with some of the animals that were supposedly stolen from his store.
#3 Bruce keeps his animals in poor condition as proven in this thread with photos. (York county is keeping close eyes on him for animal cruelty)
#4 Bruce stole from our good friend - Gregg Hubbard - one Albino Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake.
#5. Bruce uses deceased and fictous names to scam people who are on to him.

These are JUST A FEW TRUE FACTS about BRUCE and I could continue that list but we all know that BRUCE is a THIEF AND A LIAR!

And as far as people having nothing better to do - you are wrong we all have plenty to do - however this thread was started for a reason and it is here for a reason - to WARN people about BRUCE and his antics!

OH AND BEST YET - Bruce is known to and proven to ship venomous snakes thru common carriers in unlabeled boxes and puts everyone who comes in contact with the package in danger! Not to mention the federal and state laws he is violating!

Bruce has yet to come here and post anything - well at least not using his real name in his defense. Why? We all know the answer to that question!

Beth Moody
 
Yes Mike, people worry about criminals and folks who lack integrity. Bruce is a criminal and he has demonstrated his lack of integrity. Those are irrefutable facts.

To both Mike and Craig, I would strongly suggest you both watch the tenor of your posts. If you guys don't quit with the chest-thumping bs, I'll put an end to it for you. I guarantee though, doing it my way is not going to be pleasant for whomever opts to push the issue.
 
Sorry for the immaturity, I sunk to a level I should not have and would like to apolagize for it. We all know the facts and I would like to thank Paul for pointing them out in a much better way then I did. Sorry guys. Craig
 
I must have been sleeping when this post was made

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38803&perpage=5&pagenumber=19

"Spitting Cobra shipped out of SC thru common carrier." I must have been sleeping when that thread was posted. But what really caught my attention to it was Mike Norman AKA Bigshow.

He posted on the above thread which basically points to BRUCE!

I wonder - and I can only think of one person who has venomous snakes that has been proven to ship venomous snakes thru common carriers in SC and that person is Bruce.

Mike why dont you ask your friend (with friends like that who needs enemies?) to post here if he has nothing to hide? He wont will he, at least not under his real name!

Craig, not to worry. I think personally you were provoked. But that is just how I see it.

I have not been ripped off by this man Bruce, HOWEVER, he has ripped off a good friend, not to mention sent the police over to another very good friends house and had him searched as a farce. We have also been in close contact with the detective on this case. So this is a personal matter with me. We hold our friends in the highest regard and feel that other people out there need to be warned about BRUCE and his SCAMS! He will not get away with it much longer and he will be brought to justice - it is just a matter of time.

Please lookout for anyone selling baby het for albino eastern diamondback rattlesnakes as I feel this will be another scam of Bruce's.

Beth Moody
 
CONTACT INFORMATION

Here is a list of names..... WE all need to do our part - wether it be a call or email let's tell these pleople what Bruce is doing.

Division Contacts,
Phone Numbers, and Email Addresses

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
P O Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202


EXECUTIVE Title,Name Phone Number Email Address
Director, John Frampton 803-734-4007 [email protected]
Associate Director, Cary Chamblee 803-734-9133 [email protected]
Director of Legislative Services, R. Derrick Meggie 803-734-4005 [email protected]
Legislative Services Fax 803-734-5066
Special Assistant To Director, Dan Dobbins 803-734-3985 [email protected]
Director of Environmental Programs, Ed Duncan 843-953-9054 [email protected]
Director of Human Resources, Jean Cowell 803-734-3979 [email protected]
Director of Audit Services, Angela R. Williams 803-734-3948 [email protected]
Legal Office Chief Counsel,
Buford S. Mabry, Jr. 803-734-4006 [email protected]
Executive Office Fax 803-734-6310


ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Title,Name Phone Number Email Address
Deputy Director, Carole Collins 803-734-3696 [email protected]
Accounting, Tony Bates 803-734-4135 [email protected]
Boat Titling & Registration Columbia,
Sandra Hartley 803-734-3857 [email protected]
Boat Titling & Registration Charleston 843-953-9301 [email protected]
Licensing, Billy McTeer 803-734-3936 [email protected]
Hunting and Fishing Licensing Information 803-734-3833 [email protected]
Payroll, Donna Maples 803-734-3906 [email protected]
Purchasing, Bill Pace 803-734-3978 [email protected]
Supply Room 803-734-3984
Administrative Services Fax 803-734-4086


CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Title,Name Phone Number Email Address
Deputy Director, Carole Collins 803-734-3954 [email protected]
Education Coordinator, Steve Bates 803-734-3885 [email protected]
Education Section Fax 803-734-4300
Graphics & Duplicating 803-734-3957
Magazine Editor, Linda Renshaw 803-734-3859 [email protected]
Magazine Marketing
Magazine Subscriptions, Mona DeVito 803-734-3944 [email protected]
Mail Room, Jay Wilkerson 803-734-3791
News, Mike Creel 803-734-3950 [email protected]
News (Charleston Office), Jennie Davis 843-953-9310 [email protected]
Video Unit, John Lucas 803-734-3909 [email protected]
Communications Director, Mike Willis 803-734-4133 [email protected]
Communications Office Fax 803-734-3951


LAW ENFORCEMENT Title,Name Phone Number Email Address
Deputy Director, Col. Alvin A. Taylor 803-734-4004 [email protected]
Major, Field Operations, Gregg Smith 803-734-3607 [email protected]
Major, Staff Operations, Van McCarty 803-734-4021 [email protected]
Hunter/Boater Education 803-734-4003
Law Enforcement Columbia Fax 803-734-3962
Law Enforcement Charleston Fax 843-953-9321


WILDLIFE & FRESHWATER FISHERIES Title,Name Phone Number Email Address
General Information 803-734-3886
Deputy Director 803-734-3889
Administrative, Keith Warren 803-734-8530 [email protected]
Chief of Fisheries, Val Nash 803-734-3935 [email protected]
Assistant Chief of Fisheries, Ross Self 803-734-3808 [email protected]
Chief of Wildlife Management Statewide Projects, Research and Survey
Derrell Shipes 803-734-3938 [email protected]
Chief of Wildlife Management Regional Operations
Tim Ivey 803-734-4116 [email protected]
Chief of Wildlife Diversity, Tom Kohlsaat 803-734-3912 [email protected]
FERC Coordinator, Dick Christie 803-289-7022 [email protected]
Deer Project, Charles Ruth 803-734-8738 [email protected]
Small Game Project, Billy Dukes 803-734-3939 [email protected]
Furbearer Project, Jay Butfiloski 803-734-4024 [email protected]
Farm Ponds/State Lakes, Mac Watson 803-734-3933 [email protected]
Public Information Coordination
Stephanie Thompson 803-734-4001 [email protected]
Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Fax 803-734-6020

Here is the link from where this info came from

http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/etc/phonediv.html#law

Lets stand together on this and make Bruce's life miserable. He Can NOT GET AWAY with SHipping venomous snakes thru common carriers and if the right people get enough calls and emails they will investigate it and stop him.

Beth Moody
 
Hey looky its big show.
He always shows up when you start talking about his bveloved harry.

I know how to shut him up.
The same way I always do.
ask him a couple questions and show him a couple things he likes to ignore.

1. how do you explain bruce's father posting in these forums 3-4 years after his death? with the same IP as bruce?

2. How do you explain all these e-mails and animals that came from bruces father 3-4 years after he is already dead?

your answer : must have been someone else trying cheat people.
my answer : how convenient that bruce shows up with harry's animals.

3. How do you explain bruce posting animals for sale saying he needed to sell them because of harry's failing health.....3-4 years after he has already died. ( unfortunately I failed to copy that ad)

Your answer : drop it......he did not cheat me personally.
my answer : yeah if someone rapes my wife I should not do anything about it...... because they did not rape me personally.

here is an ad that I did copy.
harry provided animals four years after his death...how nice.
Posted by Carolina Reptile Exchange (Contact Me!) on September 08, 2003 at 21:54:16
Registered PetHobbyist User since 2003-08-01
Click on thumbnails to view fullsize in a new window

Harry Eisenman has provided
a few more 100% het pieds
some from a pied to normal
some from a pied to het
all are may/june babies
females $1300
males $750
all are feeding on rat pinkies
group prices and offers considered

100 % het albinos
bred and born here in the store
3.3 avail
females $600
males $250
pairs $750

all prices are "or best offer"
paypal and money orders sent overnight ONLY
shipping $40-75 billed by carrier(price varries by carrier)

ONLY TRADES
albino boas
burm morphs
retic morphs
waglers vipers
eyelash vipers
albino atrox
venomoids
tortises and matas

we will be in columbia this weekend
or visit our store
1/2 mile off interstate 77(carrowinds blvd)
on the N.c / S.c border

questions? call (803)548-8BOA
1-8 mon thru sat
2-6 sun

Thanx !
pictures are not nessesaraly the parents of offspring
pics avail by request

<!-- Posted by: luvthemherps 199.222.138.152 1063245625-->


I will enclose something that will shut big show up as usual......
or at least he will ignore it.
a reaceipt that shows harry buying snakes 2-3 months after he DIED. It also shows the seller did not know how to spell their name. it also shows that the seller had ESP. Because harry did not become HCE until late 2002 or early 2003. and yet the seller knew to write it out to HCE. (ps. back then harry was just getting started as Digital reptiles with his fake het albino retics)
 

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oh I have another thing that will shut big show up

of course the first e-mail is at the bottom.
read it from the bottom up
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X-Originating-IP: [199.222.172.238]
X-Originating-Email: [email protected]
From: "Carolina Reptile" [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Bcc:
Subject: Re: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:26:48 -0500
Mime-Version: 1.0
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postal,money order and paypal,are the safest for you,they guar,youll get
what you paid for,so yes I do
the breeder is a local club member Harry Eisman
Ill ask about the pic,some were from het to pied,some were from pied to
normal,Im at home so I dont have all the paperwork with me,as its at the
store,you can allways call me there 803 548 8262
these babies are eating pink rats for me at this time
let me know


>From: "XXXXXXX" [email protected]
>To: "Carolina Reptile" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:13:30 -0400
>
>WOW.
>sorry it took so long to respond.
>My computer went down and had to get it repaired.
>The dad's look nice.
>Who is the breeder?
>Also....does ANYONE have pics of the clutch with pieds in it?
>or is everything a het?
>Also...do you accept postal money order?
>================
>www.XXXXXXX.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carolina Reptile" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
>
>
> > attached is pic of fathers
> >
> >
> > i have dads pics,pairs would be$ 2100,they are guar. by the breeder and
>my
> > store
> >
> >
> > >From: "XXXXXXX" [email protected]
> > >To: "Carolina Reptile" [email protected]
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
> > >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:40:48 -0400
> > >
> > >well at least they won't be related.
> > >how much was a pair again? Do you have pictures of the clutches? What
> > >about the parents? YOu have pictures too? Thanks
> > >================
> > >www.XXXXXXX.com

> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Carolina Reptile" [email protected]
> > >To: [email protected]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:49 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
> > >
> > >
> > > > I only have one male and its from a pied to normal,the other way I
>have
> > >2
> > > > females
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: [email protected]
> > > > >To: [email protected]
> > > > >Subject: Message about: 100% het pieds AND albinos
> > > > >Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:26:54 -0500 (CDT)
> > > > >
> > > > >I am interested in buying a pair of pied hets.
> > > > >But I DO NOT want it from the pied to the normal breeding. I want
>it
> > >from
> > > > >the pied to a het breeding. How many did you have available from
>the
> > >pied
> > > > >to a het breeding? Where any pieds produced? I would like to see
> > >pictures
> > > > >of the clutch before I purchase please.
> > > > >Thank you
> > > > >
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> > > > >this message is in response to.
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> > > > >Sent 06:26 PM, Sep 10th, 2003 from I.P. Address XXXXXXXx
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Noah Watanabe
> > > > Director of Sales
> > > > Carolina Reptile Exchange & co-op
> > > > 3312 hwy 21 # 114
> > > > Ft Mill Sc. 29715
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Ft Mill Sc. 29715
(803) 548-8BOA

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I guess harry can breed reptiles and be a member of a co op 4 years after his death
 
Curiouser and curiouser.

I could be interpreting this wrong, but it appears that someone who may be associated with Carolina Reptile Exchange may be using a photo of my orange male king cobra and claiming it is a venomoid female and the mother of some their animals.

This interesting hint was at the very end of this thread on page 6: http://www.venomdoc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9&start=50

Again this may be nothing at all. I haven't seen the photo that is supposedly being passed around, and I don't know who is doing the passing or what snake is actually depicted in the photo. It just sounds like it fits the pattern of activity being reported in this thread.

I need a venomoid like a fish needs a bicycle, and my animal is an actively breeding male. So unless someone else has a bright orange throated king with a gold colored body, somebody is amusing themselves with photos of animals that do not belong to them.
 
It dosent take a rocket scientist to figure out this guy is a P.O.S....

his messages are gramatically identical and typed in the exact same sentance structure to messages that are supposedly his fathers. that right there is a dead giveaway. He outright claims specimens were given to him by someone who has been dead for about three or four years, uses false pictures to represent animals that do not exist, and ships to HIMSELF in order to bypass paypal's claims... A ten year old would know that this guy is bad news.

Discuss and argue all of this as much as you like, one thing is certain: He's a POS crook who cannot be trusted. Stay away, stay FAR away. One thing i've learned, if you have any serious doubt, its much safer just to turn away and find what you are looking for elsewhere.

This is the classic case of some pathetic POS looking to profit off of misrepresenting animals and using someone elses name to thier benifit. Bitch moan and glorify it all you like, this same worthless peice of crap will pop up again in a few weeks or a few months using someone elses name and someone elses pictures to misrepresent more animals. Its a sick never-ending cycle. Until he eventually lands himself in jail. The points been made, Lets just hope everyone contacts the right people and something is done about it....
 
OK, no question about it now. I have now seen the photo that Bruce is passing around as a supposedly venomoid female, the mother of some of his offspring. It is a photo I took of my male king cobra posed in front of my bedroom window. I have some unusual horizontal window blinds that he is posed in front of. He skewed one of the blinds with his tail when he backed up into them, and you can see that in the picture. I remember that photo shoot very well indeed.

Anybody who's ever bought "hets" from this guy after seeing photos of what are supposedly the parents, sorry but you've probably been completely screwed. This guy is passing around pics of animals that do not belong to him and claiming that they are his breeders. There is absolutely no question about the ID here. That is definitely my photograph, my animal and my bedroom window.
 
big show and bruce

Seriously, I dont know which one of these guys is more pathetic... Okay, I do-it iis bruce. But, mike norman is pretty sad as well.

Case in point #1: he uses one of the typical scammer defences in saying that we shouldn't talk down about bruce if he has never personally ripped us off. The logic behind this baffles me. I mean, any average inaminate carbon rod ( ode to the old school Simpsons) could punch holes in it. mike norman, answer this for me- lee harvey oswald has never murdered ME; john wilkes booth has never murdered ME either. They must be innocent then, eh?

Case in point #2: This one really makes me laugh. he resorts to typical scammer defence #2, and says that 'we must come on here because we have nothing better to do.' So sad. I mean, wee mikey, you are on here. At least we are doing something productive in pointing out bruce's frauds. All that you are doing is proving that siblings shouldn't breed.

David Evans-those are fakes.

Tanith-I am sorry to hear about him coming after you. You are way too good of a person to have to deal with this.
 
I had purchased a het albino female from HCE or Digital Reptiles. I have sold the het albino to a friend. NO not at a het price. I gave him a deal. The female was 1000 + grams was sold for 75 dollars. He in return will let me know for sure if she produces any albinos. He is breeding her to an actual albino male. If no albinos are produced then it is safe to say she was not a het. Then charges will be brought against Bruce.
 
Cowards are they!

Has everyone noticed that Mike Norman has yet to come back and have anything to say? I guess he pissed off his buddy by keeping this thread going and on the main page of the BOI and Bruce told him to stop! LOL I think this is just too funny.

Cat got your tongue Mike?

Bruce will get his in the end. Anybody care to go make a trip to SC to pickett his storefront? I will volunteer to make the signs and organize it and be there to! :) Email me and if enough people are willing - LETS DO IT! It would be priceless to see his reaction to all us out there. That might shut his doors down, WHat do you all think?????

Beth Moody
 
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