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Bad Guy Clint Connor (klonedskillz) - Scammer

This is the last email received in regards to the wrong snake:



Begin forwarded message:



From: Nick <[email protected]>
Date: September 23, 2010 5:07:31 PM EDT
To: Clint A Connor <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Adult female ball and herpstat 2



Ok then it should be tomorrow. Sorry I thought it went out Monday. For the snake, it definitely had a different pattern on it's head than the one in the photo. That's not a big issue though, I just wanted to make sure the addresses didn't get mixed up and the herpstat went somewhere else. No offense.

Nick


On Sep 23, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Clint A Connor <[email protected]> wrote:



the herpstat went out tuesday morning, today is only thursday and no i don't


have a tracking number for it my wife paid for it at the post office, and you


got the snake you wanted, i dont see how you think you got the wrong snake


Clint A Connor











----- Original Message ----


From: Nick <[email protected]>


To: Clint A Connor <[email protected]>

Sent: Thu, September 23, 2010 3:28:18 PM


Subject: Re: Adult female ball and herpstat 2




Hi Clint. Do you have tracking numbers for the herpstat? The mailman just left

and said it should have been by here if it went out Monday. I just want to make


sure it didn't go to the wrong person because I did end up getting the wrong


snake too.





Nick











On Sep 21, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Clint A Connor <[email protected]> wrote:





should be soon it went out proirity mail


Clint A Connor











----- Original Message ----


From: Nick <[email protected]>


To: Clint A Connor <[email protected]>


Sent: Tue, September 21, 2010 4:09:27 PM


Subject: Re: Adult female ball and herpstat 2





Hey Clint. Do you know when the herpstat gets here?





Nick











On Sep 19, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Clint A Connor <[email protected]> wrote:





you should of gotten a tracking number for the snake from fedex let me know if








you didn't get it thanks


Clint A Connor











----- Original Message ----


From: Nick <[email protected]>


To: Clint A Connor <[email protected]>


Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 9:28:57 PM


Subject: Re: Adult female ball and herpstat 2





Hi Clint.





Yeah the smaller box will do just as long as she's got room to move some. My


address is:





Removed by me


Norfolk Va 23505


(757)Removed by me





Let me know what day she will arrive and I will take it off from work. Thanks.











Nick











On Sep 13, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Clint A Connor <[email protected]> wrote:





hey i just tryed and i can fit her in one of the smaller box's i have here that











i got in today but i will have to tape the box up really good, but for some





reason paypal didn't give me your address so i need that and a number for


shipping purposes


Clint A Connor











----- Original Message ----


From: Nick <[email protected]>


To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>


Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 9:12:25 PM


Subject: Adult female ball and herpstat 2





Thanks Clint. The payment has been sent.





Nick
 
Definitely not the same snake. Is it at least a female and large enough to lay a clutch like the one shown in the picture? :rolleyes: Even if she is, I'd be disappointed because the pattern in the original female is really nice.

I wouldn't say for certain that the guy intentionally set out to scam you....but it's quite clear, at the very least, that he has absolutely no concerns about his customers and cares more about the money than making things right. :NoNo:
 
Hard to tell from your pic. if it is the same snake. Can you take a pic. of the head neck?

Yeah the neck pattern is different. Sorry I don't have another pic handy.

Definitely not the same snake. Is it at least a female and large enough to lay a clutch like the one shown in the picture? :rolleyes: Even if she is, I'd be disappointed because the pattern in the original female is really nice.

I wouldn't say for certain that the guy intentionally set out to scam you....but it's quite clear, at the very least, that he has absolutely no concerns about his customers and cares more about the money than making things right. :NoNo:

I wanted her because of the large egg output. I figured she was pretty healthy and huge but the one I got weighed in at a little over 1100 grams when she arrived. She is up to 1300 now I believe. She has since been sold to a friend.
 
These are the initail PM's. I haven't studied the pictures hard enough but the female I received doesn't appear to be any of these but I'll have to look harder to confirm that:

klonedskillz said:
Focal X said:
klonedskillz said:
Focal X said:
Hi

How much did you want for the herpstat 2 shipped to 23505? Also how much for one of the breeder normal females shipped? Thanks

Nick


for the herpstat II and a female it would be $300 shipped

Sounds good. Do you take paypal? Also do you have any pics or weights of the females so I could choose one? Thanks again!

Nick

here is some pics of each one on there eggs from this year there wieghts are verying right now but they are all back on heavie feeding on F/T Med Rats

i do take paypal but cannot ship out till i get a big shipping box witch i will order as soon as payment is recieved, was hopeing for a michigan sale where they would take everything but everyone only wants peaces

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Clint has been around for maybe 6 years, and I have seen him buying stuff, then an "out of Business sale" at least 3 times. It would be a shame if he leaves with this hanging over his head. His reputation should be worth more than a couple hundred bucks. Hopefully he will explain what happened about the snake mixup, and refund your money.
 
No, I am now positive it's none of those three.

After studying the pics, I agree. Definitely a disappointment after choosing the one that laid such a huge, beautiful clutch. You might have gotten a virgin, for all you know (and at 1100 grams, I'd hope she was a virgin!).

I have my doubts that you'll ever get any fair resolution out of this....but I do hope so!
 
Just from looking at the first 2 pics you can see a diff, the snake on the eggs doesn't have a spot on the back of her head in her pattern while the snake pictured as the one you recieved does. That snake is not any of the 3 other females shown.

They may be right about things working out for you.. Too much time has passed on all his other promises. Sorry man.
 
Yeah it definitely appears I have been screwed and not getting anything. After seeing those pictures and the snake I got not being one, I think I see through the smoke. This whole time I've been hoping for the best in him, but I don't even know why he even sent a snake if he conned me. None of this makes sense.
 
Sorry you didnt get your stat and the bp you picked.

Looks like there was some error in Clint's username. definately not showing any kind of 'skillz' :no01:
 
i am not out to screw anyone never have been and never will

It sure is a small world.


I just snapped this picture a few minutes ago of this snake, which has recently been returned to me as part of a trade deal that didn't go as planned.

Here is the story as far as I know to be true.

I made a trade with a person who also lives in Michigan that I contacted through fauna. The trade involved 2 adult female normals. Through a set of circumstances of which I don't know the exact details, the 2 normal females ended up in the hands of Clint and this appears to me to be one that you "picked".

The person that I originally made the deal with picked up the 2 females from Clint and returned them to me on Saturday. They are currently in my possession. The 2nd female wasn't one of the other 2 in the pictures so I didn't include any pictures of her.

I don't know the exact details of any sort of agreements between the person I made the deal with and Clint but I get the impression that Clint screwed over this person as well. I haven't included the name of the person I did the trade deal with as we have worked something out and as long as that goes as planned I don't see any reason to post his name in any sort of negative light.

John
 

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I have a feeling Clint will see the "error of his ways" at some point in the future and try to make this right. I have sent him things like thermostats in the past with just his word that he would pay, and he always did. I think for whatever reason he is in a bad way financially , doing construction work, and on an Island no less,... and in Michigan!! Bad combination if you want to pay your bills. He is making some screwed up desisions that will affect him for a long time..
Think about it Clint??
 
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