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Bad Guy Brock Shue -Herpking1720 Bad ethics

I can't say I wholly agree with you taking them to the vet, if he is buying them back from you (since he gave them to you in that condition). Odds are that you'll pay more for the vet visit than you did for the dragons. While I applaud the action as the best thing for the animal, I think you should sort out what's going on with Brock before making the appointment. Why? Simple - if he's refunding your money (buying them back, as he puts it), why should you pay for his animals to receive veterinary care? IF you do take them to the vet, you should be allowed to keep them AND Brock should still issue a full refund as compensation for the treatment you have to pay for (because he sent sub par animals).
 
Can anyone recommend a good reptile vet in my area? Although I believe it should be Brock's responsibility as he was responsible for giving me the bearded in this condition, I can see that he is not responsible nor mature and I will have to step up for the good of the animal.

A friend of mine works here: West Geauga vet hospital in Chesterland. 440-729-9584.
 
He then texts me saying quote, "So if I should do the right thing and buy the animals back will I get my rep back? If I lose my reputation I will NOT purchase them back".

The only chance you have at starting to rebuild any semblance of a reputation is for you to purchase the animals back. I will tell you that the asinine infantile second part of the above quoted text is one hell of a hole to dig out from.

Rest assured if you do not purchase them back I will be sure to inform as many people in the area of who you are, of this thread and the way in which you conduct business and the lack of care for the animals in your charge.

Since you thought you'd be a tough guy and decided to threaten me with physical violence and thought you would achieve something from doing so (other then gaining my attention and getting yourself banned :rofl:) you were sadly mistaken. Believe me when I say you do not want to be the center of my attention. I will pass out your picture to all the local bearded dragon breeders / sellers and pics of the animals posted here as well as the sagging / folding skinned one you have posted on your Facebook profile. Hell, maybe I'll even forward a link to this thread to all your Facebook friends too since I'm such a bully. (Hmm, seems I don't take getting threatened very well.)

I have zero tolerance for people like you who take advantage others by selling them sub par animals, who lie and excuse their way out of the hole they themselves dug themselves into and blame everyone else for their situation and who cause animals harm by ignorance, carelessness or just plain laziness.

But hey, it's entirely up to you. You can either man up and start fixing your reputation or continue to shoot yourself in the foot. :shootfoot The ball is in your court.
 
DAND, Josh is the OP of the thread- the guy who was sold the beardies. Brock Shue (who has not chimed in on this thread) is the one who sold Josh the injured/sick beardies.
 
My bad- meant to say Brock had not chimed in that post....Brock has indeed been making his voice heard on this thread. *grimaces*

Brock currently can't reply due to getting banned. I quoted and was replying to the text Josh posted from Brock. (no matter how I write that I am getting confused :confused:)
 
Listen Brent, I told your brother that I was displeased with the beardies and I asked him if he would consider a partial refund. I asked for this partial refund because even though I made the mistake of not looking at them, that does not make right his wrong of hiding all of the various injuries and defects of these animals. I believe as a buyer I deserve some reparation for the bad quality of the beardies that were falsely advertised on fauna. The ad he posted was FAR from what arrived, and people who don't represent their animals with honesty are only out to make money, because it is obvious that these animals were poorly cared for and Brock needed someone to pawn them off on. And Brent, you can stop lying about their good condition, its a bit overkill.

I did contact Brock first and from the very start I told him I wouldn't post this thread stating my experience in dealing with him if he made his wrong right. But what did he do? He declined and said a deals a deal. So I felt it was necessary for me to post this thread not for my own satisfaction, but for the good of the reptile community because in general, people don't like dealing with people who are irresponsible for their animals and who are dishonest in advertising their animals. And I myself would want to be warned of people who do bad business, so I feel it's my duty to report my bad experience and the members of fauna can imply their own opinions.

Anyhow the thread continues and you state you will purchase them back after a couple people call you out for selling me lemons (no fense to the beardies, they're still beautiful creatures, I simply am stating I was given a "lemon" in the eyes of collectors (the market)). So the thread goes on, and fauna continues to comment, and Brock achieved a bad rep. He then texts me saying quote, "So if I should do the right thing and buy the animals back will I get my rep back? If I lose my reputation I will NOT purchase them back". Brock the fact is your rep is bad because you portrayed bad business with a current trade with me and I called you out on it. Fauna has obviously agreed that you have done wrong, and instead of just cutting your losses short by doing the right thing and conducting good business, you have instead chosen to act childish and deny my refund because "everybody hates you now". Throughout this thread you have given the members of the reptile community even more reason to put you on their bad guy list.

The members of fauna see how immature and irresponsible you have treated our situation. If you want to go back on your word and not buy the beardies back, that's fine just don't expect to do business with a lot of respected members of the reptile community. Nobody likes doing business with someone who lies about their animals, has no integrity, acts immature, and even goes as far as threatening to physically harm others over the internet.

And Bill I have not taken her into the vet. Can anyone recommend a good reptile vet in my area? Although I believe it should be Brock's responsibility as he was responsible for giving me the bearded in this condition, I can see that he is not responsible nor mature and I will have to step up for the good of the animal.

Ok josh listen I understand you were displeased however I find it funny that the animals were delivered to you you even looked them over and faunas gonna see how our situation was handled the animals were sold to you not any one else was involved
 
"Ok josh listen I understand you were displeased however I find it funny that the animals were delivered to you you even looked them over and faunas gonna see how our situation was handled the animals were sold to you not any one else was involved"

Fauna will see how it was poorly handled by you~ and that was my point of making this thread. It is everyone's business, it's the reptile business, and others should be warned of how you handle business. Anyway hope I see you at the show this coming Sunday, I'll have the beardies with me and I'm expecting that you purchase them back. Like DAND said you will not be spoken very highly of if you don't. It's your call.
 
I'm guessing that you haven't heard from Brock (or his spokes-sibling) confirming or denying he'll be there. I guess a lack of communication can be added to his growing list of things that need to be worked on in order to rebuild any semblance of a reputation. Believe me when I say that acting like a child covering it's eyes hoping this will go away is not going to work. Just because you sprouted curly hairs it doesn't mean you are a man. If you don't have your word, you don't have anything and you might as well be a Ken doll. But hey, if that's the way you want to be thought of then by all means continue on the path you are on.

If you had a lick of sense, you would have contacted Josh and told him that you were sorry and that you would meet him and purchase them back as you had previously committed. Then you could have asked him to stop posting on this thread until after they were purchased back. Then he could have reported back that you followed through with your commitment and in a month people would be like, Brock who? Short of you being dyslexic, the manner in which you are trying to make a name for yourself is rather bass ackwards and asinine.

You may think I am being a hard ass but in reality I am only trying to help you, Josh and the animals. While I'm not the hold your hand type, I will point you in the right direction. If your goal is to truly regain your reputation then I think you know what you need to do.
 
The only chance you have at starting to rebuild any semblance of a reputation is for you to purchase the animals back. I will tell you that the asinine infantile second part of the above quoted text is one hell of a hole to dig out from.

Rest assured if you do not purchase them back I will be sure to inform as many people in the area of who you are, of this thread and the way in which you conduct business and the lack of care for the animals in your charge.

Since you thought you'd be a tough guy and decided to threaten me with physical violence and thought you would achieve something from doing so (other then gaining my attention and getting yourself banned :rofl:) you were sadly mistaken. Believe me when I say you do not want to be the center of my attention. I will pass out your picture to all the local bearded dragon breeders / sellers and pics of the animals posted here as well as the sagging / folding skinned one you have posted on your Facebook profile. Hell, maybe I'll even forward a link to this thread to all your Facebook friends too since I'm such a bully. (Hmm, seems I don't take getting threatened very well.)

I have zero tolerance for people like you who take advantage others by selling them sub par animals, who lie and excuse their way out of the hole they themselves dug themselves into and blame everyone else for their situation and who cause animals harm by ignorance, carelessness or just plain laziness.

But hey, it's entirely up to you. You can either man up and start fixing your reputation or continue to shoot yourself in the foot. :shootfoot The ball is in your court.


Brock,

In case you thought I was merely making idol threats when I previously posted the above you may want to think again. I had an idea that you would take the coward's way out and make your profile private after reading what I posted above and sure enough you did. You must be thinking that now my plans have been thwarted and that you are so smart in nullifying my threat. Well think again because I thought it would be a good idea that prior to posting the above I should not only copy the pics I needed but also copy your friend's list, which I did. :dgrin:
 
Brock,

In case you thought I was merely making idol threats when I previously posted the above you may want to think again. I had an idea that you would take the coward's way out and make your profile private after reading what I posted above and sure enough you did. You must be thinking that now my plans have been thwarted and that you are so smart in nullifying my threat. Well think again because I thought it would be a good idea that prior to posting the above I should not only copy the pics I needed but also copy your friend's list, which I did. :dgrin:[/QUOTE

Ok I am really getting tired of the bs and am about to breaking point why can't you just drop it.
 
Ok I am really getting tired of the bs and am about to breaking point why can't you just drop it.

Why can't I drop it? Because I have zero tolerance for those know-it-alls who lie, steal and cheat. I'll drop it only after your brother follows through with purchasing the animals back like he said he was going to before he had his temper tantrum and reneged on his word, which is the only "bs" as far as everyone other then you and your brother are concerned. If you want this to stop then you better talk to your brother about making this right or just stop reading the thread. This getting dropped is entirely up to your brother.
 
Why can't I drop it? Because I have zero tolerance for those know-it-alls who lie, steal and cheat. I'll drop it only after your brother follows through with purchasing the animals back like he said he was going to before he had his temper tantrum and reneged on his word, which is the only "bs" as far as everyone other then you and your brother are concerned. If you want this to stop then you better talk to your brother about making this right or just stop reading the thread. This getting dropped is entirely up to your brother.

Why don't you remind me how you got involved in this besides the thread it had nothing to do with you.
 
Why don't you remind me how you got involved in this besides the thread it had nothing to do with you.


If we use your "logic" then neither do you. Though, by your brother threatening me (which is illegal btw) he requested my presence and I am more then happy to school him about opening his mouth before engaging his brain.

But again, this is all up to your brother. If he makes this right then it will go away and it will be a start for rebuilding his reputation, if not, I will make sure your brother is known for this deal by as many people I can inform for as long as I deem necessary (which will be when I am confident that he has learned the lesson and that the crap he has pulled in this transaction will not be repeated again in the future).
 
Let me quote HerpKing here for something that made me laugh more than his username.

After you consider the amount of time and money I put into them there is no way I would gain a profit anyways so as far as the flipping them for a profit goes that is not true I had them as pets and when I get them back that is what they will be. However I may breed the male with some other females I will possibly be purchasing.

As far as my brother goes we will see who the wanna be is when he graduates from college and becomes a vet instead of some compulsive animal breeder.

Pretty bold to call us the compulsive ones.
 
Ok I am really getting tired of the bs and am about to breaking point why can't you just drop it.

Besides, if your brother didn't do anything wrong like the two of you seem to think then why would it bother him or you if I inform others of this thread? If he or you would be embarrassed by me informing his friends of his actions here then it sounds like you both know he handled this incorrectly but aren't man enough to admit to being in the wrong. :NoNo:
 
Just wanted to update everyone about the All Cleveland Reptile show yesterday. I was there and Brock failed to show up and buy the beardies back. I'm actually quite happy that I didn't end up selling them back to Brock because I KNOW the gentleman I sold the beardies to will take PROPER care of them. I did take a huge loss by selling all 3 beardies for only $20, but I know that the man who took them will make sure they're properly cared for, instead of selling them back to Brock who most likely is responsible for these animal's poor condition. I advise anyone who stumbles upon this thread to refrain from doing business with Brock Shue. And last but certainly not least, I would like to thank everyone who posted in this thread. And a special thanks to DAND for the continuous support! You stuck up for me around the clock. I truly appreciate your efforts towards informing and bettering the reptile community in my situation and various others around fauna. DAND also has the best crickets around! Very helpful and informative as well!
 
From his Brock ImaBoss (I highly doubt that is due to a promotion at his place of employment :rofl:) Shue facebook profile prior to him making it private is a pic of a beardie that appears to be in poor health. No surprise anything he would sell has been neglected as well.

I guess I will be blamed for his lack of appearance at the show being I'm such a bully. :rofl: With that said, I guess I will have to follow through with my promise of informing others of how he conducts business, his lack of animal husbandry knowledge, his dishonesty and his threat of physical violence after being called out for being a liar. Hopefully it will teach him a lesson but I have little hope since he appears to know it all. :rolleyes:
 

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From his Brock ImaBoss (I highly doubt that is due to a promotion at his place of employment :rofl:) Shue facebook profile prior to him making it private is a pic of a beardie that appears to be in poor health. No surprise anything he would sell has been neglected as well.

I guess I will be blamed for his lack of appearance at the show being I'm such a bully. :rofl: With that said, I guess I will have to follow through with my promise of informing others of how he conducts business, his lack of animal husbandry knowledge, his dishonesty and his threat of physical violence after being called out for being a liar. Hopefully it will teach him a lesson but I have little hope since he appears to know it all. :rolleyes:

This isn't any of the beardies involved and why don't you just really shut the fuck up.
 
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