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So I had hoped to never have to write up a BOI thread. I guess six or so years is a pretty good run.
I contacted Chad Johnson of Chadscresteds on the Pangea Forums (it is also his member name here) on 2/8/11 about an adult female crested gecko he had forsale. He answered all my questions promtly, and I purchased her later that night for $130.
I will note, that Chad specifically asked me to send him the money as a gift. I obliged, as I also am involved with various art communities and am used to people asking for gifts to try and dodge fees. In retrospect, I should have just paid regularly and then paid extra for the fees (though that's incredibly tacky of a buyer to have to do..)
I also was unaware that you could not dispute a 'gift'. Learned my lesson. I hope other people will see this and be wary of that feature also.
I contacted him about two weeks of warm weather later that month on the 17th and asked if he was good to ship on his end. He let me choose the date and we agreed to have him ship on the 23rd for a 24th delivery. Later, on the 21st, I paid him $35 and told him that if shipping went over $35 dollars, I would pay the difference.
He then informed me he was having engine trouble with his car while on vacation. I told him if he was still having problems on the 23rd, to let me know. Two days later, I sent him a pm inquiring if he had sent her out and he said that he wasn't able to purchase shipping supplies. I told him that was completely understandable and that I'd let him know when I had warm weather again.
In the mean time, Geckoluv of the Pangea Forums posted a thread on the 28th (now edited to remove his name, per the Pangea forum rules- regardless here is the link http://pangeareptile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47050 ) asking if anyone had heard from him. This made me a little nervous, but I figured he must have been offline for a few days or something. As luck would have it, I had a small spot of good weather and combined with my concern after reading the thread- shot him a private message on Pangea to see if he'd be able to ship.
I never received a response. I thought initially that he's probably not expecting a private message (from me anyways) since I had said I probably wouldn't have good weather until mid to late March and tried to chalk it up to short notice plus troubles he'd been having in his own life.
I waited and felt kind of like a jerk for being so impatient but at the same time feel if I had other peoples' money in my pocket I'd keep in touch online just in case questions or problems arose. However, I kept in touch with Geckoluv of PangeaForums and eventually started talking to Kristyheartshergeckos as well as JoseDepacos (the former a current customer, the latter a previous customer.)
I had started watching to see if Chad would sign in to Pangea Forums or Fauna classifieds. At this time I didn't make screenshots of the times he was checking, I figured the problem would resolve itself. I can't quite remember, but here is a time line of what's been going on lately.
It may seem like I was jumping the gun a bit and nagging the guy, but at the same time he was avoiding me, he was talking to Geckoluv-promising to ship her gecko.. and then later never did...
3/4/11 - Chad checks Fauna Classifieds
3/5/11 - I leave a message on Chad's Fauna page asking him to get in contact with me.
3/6/11 - Geckoluv tells me he's planning on shipping her gecko tomorrow. To talk to her on Pangea, he would have to had skipped my previous pms about good weather & shipping dates. I also send Chad an email telling him I'd been talking with Geckoluv, JoseDepacos, and that if he's not interested in the sale anymore, just to reimburse me the 165.
3/7/11 - I'm pretty pissed at this point and send him a private message telling him I'd like to cancel the sale due to him avoiding me.
3/8/11 - I post a note on Chad's Pangea forum page letting him know I'd appreciate him getting in touch with him. I know by now he's not going to respond- but I thought I'd kinda let other people know some folks were lookin' for him.
3/9/11 - Chad logs into Pangea Forums & Fauna classifieds. Geckoluv informs me she never received the gecko.
3/10/11 - Chad logs into Pangea Forums.
3/11/11 - Chad logs into his Fauna Classifieds. (Forgot to make screencap)
3/13/11 - Chad logs into his Fauna Classifieds.
As soon as I click send on this thread, I'm going to get the link and send it to Chad via pangea/email/fauna since he's on some and not the others some days apparently.
Geckoluv, JoseDepacos and Kristyheartshergeckos have all consented to me mentioning them in this thread, and all three intend to come here and share their transactions with Chad Johnson.
I'm going to be kinda busy today, but I will do my best to keep up with this thread and respond to any and all questions.
Thanks,
Ansli Pemberton
Below are screen caps of some of my transactions with chad, conversations with other people, and screen caps of him logging into various accounts.
I just took the screen shot of the last one today (obviously).
If there's anything you're looking for a screen shot of, I have all my conversations with Chad saved, and can post my original order/proof of payments/etc etc. Just ask. I tried to keep this thread from being MASSIVE and just posted related information. But yeah.. Ask if there's anything you'd like to see a screen cap of.
I contacted Chad Johnson of Chadscresteds on the Pangea Forums (it is also his member name here) on 2/8/11 about an adult female crested gecko he had forsale. He answered all my questions promtly, and I purchased her later that night for $130.
I will note, that Chad specifically asked me to send him the money as a gift. I obliged, as I also am involved with various art communities and am used to people asking for gifts to try and dodge fees. In retrospect, I should have just paid regularly and then paid extra for the fees (though that's incredibly tacky of a buyer to have to do..)
I also was unaware that you could not dispute a 'gift'. Learned my lesson. I hope other people will see this and be wary of that feature also.
I contacted him about two weeks of warm weather later that month on the 17th and asked if he was good to ship on his end. He let me choose the date and we agreed to have him ship on the 23rd for a 24th delivery. Later, on the 21st, I paid him $35 and told him that if shipping went over $35 dollars, I would pay the difference.
He then informed me he was having engine trouble with his car while on vacation. I told him if he was still having problems on the 23rd, to let me know. Two days later, I sent him a pm inquiring if he had sent her out and he said that he wasn't able to purchase shipping supplies. I told him that was completely understandable and that I'd let him know when I had warm weather again.
In the mean time, Geckoluv of the Pangea Forums posted a thread on the 28th (now edited to remove his name, per the Pangea forum rules- regardless here is the link http://pangeareptile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47050 ) asking if anyone had heard from him. This made me a little nervous, but I figured he must have been offline for a few days or something. As luck would have it, I had a small spot of good weather and combined with my concern after reading the thread- shot him a private message on Pangea to see if he'd be able to ship.
I never received a response. I thought initially that he's probably not expecting a private message (from me anyways) since I had said I probably wouldn't have good weather until mid to late March and tried to chalk it up to short notice plus troubles he'd been having in his own life.
I waited and felt kind of like a jerk for being so impatient but at the same time feel if I had other peoples' money in my pocket I'd keep in touch online just in case questions or problems arose. However, I kept in touch with Geckoluv of PangeaForums and eventually started talking to Kristyheartshergeckos as well as JoseDepacos (the former a current customer, the latter a previous customer.)
I had started watching to see if Chad would sign in to Pangea Forums or Fauna classifieds. At this time I didn't make screenshots of the times he was checking, I figured the problem would resolve itself. I can't quite remember, but here is a time line of what's been going on lately.
It may seem like I was jumping the gun a bit and nagging the guy, but at the same time he was avoiding me, he was talking to Geckoluv-promising to ship her gecko.. and then later never did...
3/4/11 - Chad checks Fauna Classifieds
3/5/11 - I leave a message on Chad's Fauna page asking him to get in contact with me.
3/6/11 - Geckoluv tells me he's planning on shipping her gecko tomorrow. To talk to her on Pangea, he would have to had skipped my previous pms about good weather & shipping dates. I also send Chad an email telling him I'd been talking with Geckoluv, JoseDepacos, and that if he's not interested in the sale anymore, just to reimburse me the 165.
3/7/11 - I'm pretty pissed at this point and send him a private message telling him I'd like to cancel the sale due to him avoiding me.
3/8/11 - I post a note on Chad's Pangea forum page letting him know I'd appreciate him getting in touch with him. I know by now he's not going to respond- but I thought I'd kinda let other people know some folks were lookin' for him.
3/9/11 - Chad logs into Pangea Forums & Fauna classifieds. Geckoluv informs me she never received the gecko.
3/10/11 - Chad logs into Pangea Forums.
3/11/11 - Chad logs into his Fauna Classifieds. (Forgot to make screencap)
3/13/11 - Chad logs into his Fauna Classifieds.
As soon as I click send on this thread, I'm going to get the link and send it to Chad via pangea/email/fauna since he's on some and not the others some days apparently.
Geckoluv, JoseDepacos and Kristyheartshergeckos have all consented to me mentioning them in this thread, and all three intend to come here and share their transactions with Chad Johnson.
I'm going to be kinda busy today, but I will do my best to keep up with this thread and respond to any and all questions.
Thanks,
Ansli Pemberton
Below are screen caps of some of my transactions with chad, conversations with other people, and screen caps of him logging into various accounts.
I just took the screen shot of the last one today (obviously).
If there's anything you're looking for a screen shot of, I have all my conversations with Chad saved, and can post my original order/proof of payments/etc etc. Just ask. I tried to keep this thread from being MASSIVE and just posted related information. But yeah.. Ask if there's anything you'd like to see a screen cap of.
i had no idea he was a minor either. wow. how in the world did he get all of those nice geckos?!
maybe thats his problem? someone should call though
