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Bad Guy Dan Foss/Reptiles Plus Cut and Run

Yes, ask for a tracking number. I do not believe for a second that he had no way of contacting you. Just because a phone goes out (lost, stolen or broken) for a week, is no excuse for not staying in touch with you. Internet access is free at the library or he could use a friend's computer. I bet his mother would let him use her Internet connection to get in touch with you.

I'm betting that in the next step you will hear that there is some type of health emergency in his family that prevented him from shipping at the last minute. Get a tracking number and track that package!

I really hope this goes well for you. Good luck Ben and post with updates.
 
Kaorte said:
Did you receive a tracking number?
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Yup. That's how I know it was actually dropped off. The size and weight is correct, too, so I know that he's shipping something that could possibly be what he promised. As for the actual contents, or the health of said contents... we'll have to wait and see.
 
I bet he got scared. Smartened up. Either way, people will see that his ethics are not up to par, if others decide to buy from him it will be their fault.

Hope you get what you are hoping for.
 
Received a box from him containing the Spider, het Albino, and a snake that is DEFINITELY not a Fire. The box did not contain any of the extras he said he was including, nor did it contain the $100 bill. I did take a video of the entire unboxing as proof, but I think at this point he's given up the idea of repairing his reputation and just wanted to throw enough at me to keep me from calling the cops.
 
chaosaffect said:
Received a box from him containing the Spider, het Albino, and a snake that is DEFINITELY not a Fire. The box did not contain any of the extras he said he was including, nor did it contain the $100 bill. I did take a video of the entire unboxing as proof, but I think at this point he's given up the idea of repairing his reputation and just wanted to throw enough at me to keep me from calling the cops.
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Agreed.. It is SLIGHTLY reassuring that he even sent you anything, but I figured he wouldn't be sending you what you agreed to.

What a punk!
 
Here's the 'Fire het Albino'... You decide. LoL.
 

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Skinny looking normal. No way that is a fire. Period.

Did it crawl in the water bowl itself? Did you check for mites? D:
 
Kaorte said:
Skinny looking normal. No way that is a fire. Period.

Did it crawl in the water bowl itself? Did you check for mites? D:
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Agreed. All of them look pretty skinny. This dude's husbandry was terrible. It did crawl into the bowl itself. It's in shed, but the other two went straight for their water as well. They were all massively dehydrated.

I did give them a once-over for mites.
 
chaosaffect said:
Agreed. All of them look pretty skinny. This dude's husbandry was terrible. It did crawl into the bowl itself. It's in shed, but the other two went straight for their water as well. They were all massively dehydrated.

I did give them a once-over for mites.
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:( what a shame. I wonder what the hell this guy is thinking. Some people just have zero integrity... Poor snakes!

I wouldn't blame you if you don't hold on to these animals, but I hope you can at least get them plumped up and healthy before you re-home them.
 
Kaorte said:
:( what a shame. I wonder what the hell this guy is thinking. Some people just have zero integrity... Poor snakes!

I wouldn't blame you if you don't hold on to these animals, but I hope you can at least get them plumped up and healthy before you re-home them.
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Well, I went to the trouble of setting up a quarantine room so I'm not going to just send them right back out the door. They absolutely do need some TLC before they find a permanent home. That poor normal looks like it's been mistreated for a while, and I want to see it healthy before I find someone who'll love and care for it on a long term basis.
 
chaosaffect said:
Well, I went to the trouble of setting up a quarantine room so I'm not going to just send them right back out the door. They absolutely do need some TLC before they find a permanent home. That poor normal looks like it's been mistreated for a while, and I want to see it healthy before I find someone who'll love and care for it on a long term basis.
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Sounds like a good plan :)
 
chaosaffect said:
Received a box from him containing the Spider, het Albino, and a snake that is DEFINITELY not a Fire. The box did not contain any of the extras he said he was including, nor did it contain the $100 bill. I did take a video of the entire unboxing as proof, but I think at this point he's given up the idea of repairing his reputation and just wanted to throw enough at me to keep me from calling the cops.
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I saw this one coming. Man, what a bummer. :(

Sorry this happened to you, those snakes look awful.
 
bloodybaroness said:
This.

You need to sex them right away.
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Well, two of them were already mine so I know what sex they are. The third... well, it really doesn't matter. It's just a normal, not really good for anything but a pet. Once it's looking a little healthier I'll sex it just so the person that I gift it to knows what they're getting.
 
Text messages from time of receipt of package until now:

ME:Got the package. They ask arrived safely, that is most definitely NOT a fire, and there was no $100 bill.
Yesterday, 10:27
ME:Also, none of the extras you claimed you were sending. Is there another package coming?
Yesterday, 11:16
M:?
Yesterday, 14:59
ME:You're not even going to reply? Well, I hope that $100 is worth it. Your business dreams are done.
Today, 16:29
HIM:What are you talking about?
Today, 16:34

ME:Are you kidding? You once again lied. There were no 'extras' in the box like you promised, and no $100 bill. I took a video of the entire unboxing as proof.
Today, 16:36
HIM:I sent you the snake as an extra I wasn't going to send another 50 bucks of stuff with her and I don't know about the 100 bucks I didn't send it out my mom did
Today, 16:45

HIM:so ill ask her and if she didn't put it in ill PayPal it to you..this is the first text I even got from you why didn't you text or call or message me on fb or e
Today, 16:45

HIM:mail me or my mom,when you got it? I would have taken care of it then..there's no reason to flip out I've stuck to every deal we've made i def wouldn't back out
Today, 16:45

HIM: of this one considering its pretty reasonable..
Today, 16:45

ME:I texted you immediately after I opened the package at 10:27AM yesterday, again at 11:16AM, and again at 2:59PM.
Today, 16:47
ME:And the snake isn't a fire. It's a normal. It doesn't look anything like a fire. And it was starved.
Today, 16:47
HIM:Well I never got any of them so I'm sorry about that and that's what I bought her as and It looks nothing like any of my normals and she's due to shed so I'm su
Today, 16:53

HIM:re she's a little darker then normal..and she's in No way starved she eats like a pig two mice at a time every ten days.
Today, 16:53

ME:You should take a look at the BOI. This is not just my opinion. That snake is too big to be eating mice. You should have switched her over to rats a long time ago. And it's not a Fire. You also need to look up Fires to see what they actually look like.
Today, 16:54
Regardless, you've got my PayPal. I'll be expecting the $100 soon to put this mess to bed.
Today, 16:55
HIM:She wants nothing to do with rats they scare her I think so I feed her two adult mice at a time..id say its better then nothing when she won't eat rats and I've
Today, 16:58

HIM: googled the hell out of fire and there's a million dif looking snakes..
Today, 16:58

ME:She just ate a Medium rat last night.
Today, 16:58
ME:Fire's are way lighter, man. If you really did buy that as a fire you got seriously ripped off.
Today, 16:59
 
Hahaha if that snake is a fire, then I must have 4 adult female fires sitting in my rack right now!!

This guy is delusional.
 
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