Bad Guy Brian Johnson from BNB Exotics

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

BNB Exotic June/July Shipping issues

Issues with shipping June/July

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

July, leos arrived from BNB Exotic

Leos arrived. Wrong male was rcvd at this point.
Conversation wasn't good between us. This is when the text about me "shitting" on him was sent from page 1 on BOI status. I ignored the comment and waiting for a cool down.

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Email this issue isn't related to fraud.

This email is from 8/17/2015 *Updated 8/18/2015 23:07 to add date/time

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Sorry to be redundant and/or confusing. To be specific the email post between Binti & I were from 8/17/2015 *Updated 8/18/2015 23:07 to add date/time.

 

[ElexisC]

I kind of want to know what he's in court for since he kept using it as an excuse. Kind of makes me wonder if someone is trying to sue him over his "business practices". I am sorry you're going threw this. More people need to post bad experiences so people can research who they're buying from. I have seen countless bois where people come out of the wood work after the most recent victim and if they had posted before most could have been saved from them. I wonder who else he's screwed over?

 

[Pasodama]

The term person of color in general is not a bad thing.
The fact that anyone mentions race is silly unless it's important to the story.
I have used the term on various occasions and still do to this day.

Well, there was no need for race to be brought into this case, but I was not talking about the term in, and of, itself.
It is the comment, that contains that term, and what it appears to be insinuating.

 

[AllisonLeigh]

All I had to see was his comment about her race to know who's side of this I am on... Not to mention the fact she tried to communicate and was flexible with his constantly changing ship dates and shipping errors. Even if she was in the wrong and just trying to get a free gecko (which she CLEARLY wasn't from her communication) his comment is enough for me to never do business with him. Thanks for sharing this. As far as the use of the term "woman of color", even if he said "African american lady" it would be totally inappropriate as the comment itself is derogatory and since when do gecko breeders ask the race of everyone they ship to?? How would he even know she's the first African american he's sold to? Racist piece of gecko poop...

I'm really sorry you've been treated this way OP. Good luck!

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Threat to expose me as fraud from BNB Exotic Brian Johnson

Threat to expose me as fraud from BNB Exotic Brian Johnson part 1.

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Pt 2 Threat to expose me as fraud from BNB Exotic Brian Johnson

Threat to expose me as fraud from BNB Exotic Brian Johnson pt 2
end of text with regards to threat.

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

All I had to see was his comment about her race to know who's side of this I am on... Not to mention the fact she tried to communicate and was flexible with his constantly changing ship dates and shipping errors. Even if she was in the wrong and just trying to get a free gecko (which she CLEARLY wasn't from her communication) his comment is enough for me to never do business with him. Thanks for sharing this. As far as the use of the term "woman of color", even if he said "African american lady" it would be totally inappropriate as the comment itself is derogatory and since when do gecko breeders ask the race of everyone they ship to?? How would he even know she's the first African american he's sold to? Racist piece of gecko poop...

I'm really sorry you've been treated this way OP. Good luck!

Thank you for the good luck wishes, AllisonLeigh, much appreciated.

 

[Realauren89]

Took a peek into his Facebook and found the above as well other things that seem derogatory towards people and preferences.

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[vampyrebyte]

Wow, all this over a mistake that he made and not wanting to give in and get you the correct gecko or a measly $100 back, which in my opinion you should get the entire amount back for that gecko.

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Thank you, vampyrebyte.
Actually, the partial refund was okay being I do indeed have an animal, not the right animal thou.

Regardless of his treatment I wasn't expecting anything for "free." After sending the CC company his threats yesterday afternoon the card company actually gave me a little over $200 back, maybe like $210. Really just sucks it had to be this way.

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Thank you - vampyrebyte

Wow, all this over a mistake that he made and not wanting to give in and get you the correct gecko or a measly $100 back, which in my opinion you should get the entire amount back for that gecko.

Thank you, vampyrebyte.
Actually, the partial refund was okay being I do indeed have an animal, not the right animal thou.

Regardless of his treatment I wasn't expecting anything for "free." After sending the CC company his threats yesterday afternoon the card company actually gave me a little over $200 back, maybe like $210. Really just sucks it had to be this way.

 

[vampyrebyte]

Oh wow, that was extremely good of them.

It does really suck that this happened to you.
You gave him a ton of business and promoted him by saying nice things all the time.
And then he turns around and treats you like this? Thats bullshit!

Ben Howard

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Oh wow, that was extremely good of them.

It does really suck that this happened to you.
You gave him a ton of business and promoted him by saying nice things all the time.
And then he turns around and treats you like this? Thats bullshit!

Ben Howard

Everyones support means a lot.
Angelique N. Coe

 

[snowgyre]

What a mess. You clearly received the wrong leo. The head spot patterns are completely different, as well as the color saturation. The seller should have either offered a full refund, offered to pay for return shipment of the animal you didn't order and probably didn't need (or let you have the mistake animal for free), and send the actual animal you ordered. That's all standard operating procedure for a mistake. Making excuses and forcing a customer to resort to a credit card chargeback is simply unacceptable, and smacks of a scam. It makes you wonder if he ever actually had the gecko you ordered in his possession.

 

[Kristi23]

The term person of color in general is not a bad thing.
The fact that anyone mentions race is silly unless it's important to the story.
I have used the term on various occasions and still do to this day.

Anyone who has ever seen a post from Brian knows that he uses color for everything. As soon as you don't agree with him, you are a racist and it gets nasty. He's been banned from most facebook groups. I'm sure I'll be under attack now for just posting this here. He attacks breeders all the time and says how jealous they are. You couldn't pay me to take an animal from him.


That is definitely not the same gecko you paid for. I really hope he comes around, but I just don't see that happening from him. He's never wrong...

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Anyone who has ever seen a post from Brian knows that he uses color for everything. As soon as you don't agree with him, you are a racist and it gets nasty. He's been banned from most facebook groups. I'm sure I'll be under attack now for just posting this here. He attacks breeders all the time and says how jealous they are. You couldn't pay me to take an animal from him.


That is definitely not the same gecko you paid for. I really hope he comes around, but I just don't see that happening from him. He's never wrong...

I've received 2 shipments from Brian, the first went fairly well, though he did forget to include 1 female with the first shipping, and neglected to provide invoice and print out of linage he states he would. No biggie, things happen in terms of shipping, people forget and he did later post some linage details in Facebook messaging. The 2nd experience was total opposite(as you see here), unfortunately. Regardless of this experience I am grateful for the positive experiences I've had with other breeders I've purchased from and for the support from the community, thank you! Really, I hope others wont have to go through this type of thing; sad fact is others will. I encourage thosethat want to make a purchase to 1 - Use Ban Hammer Leopard Geckos group on Facebook or another reliable source to find a honest breeder. 2- If an issue comes up, try to settle the issue with the person directly, be patient, be respectful 3- Don't bash 4- come here, to the BOI with as much information as possible, if the issue isn't resolvable with the breeder 4 - Use PayPal and never provide your CC over the phone to anyone. Hopefully this experience helps educate others.

Angelique N. Coe

 

[LadiKing Reptiles LLC]

Shipping settled BNB Exotics (prior to delivery)

Email between Binti & I prior to delivery of the female that wasn't shipped in error from my original shipment. The male (wrong male) was also shipped at the same time.

After trying to resolve the problem upon delivery and being threatened by him - see post on page 1 ( I believe that is where the post shows something from him saying words similar to - I will regret shitting on him. Followed that message I stop communication and attempted to reach out approx 2 weeks late w/o a response. The next response I received was him threatening to ruin my credibility for what he calls fraud. What I truly did wasn't fraud, I simply requesting a chargeback for a partial refund from the CC company. You can also see the details on page 1 of the post, I believe.