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Good Guy Dan Scolaro DTS Reptiles

Sorry, I misinterpreted your question earlier..and I apologize for the curse word I typed that garnered me an infraction message. I see how you can arrive at your conclusions and respect them..although I beg to differ as only I can know my motivations. That being said, I'll respectfully disagree, disassociate myself from this thread, and refrain from posting anymore.

Bill
 
DAND said:
You obviously have not told him of your participation in this thread to say the least. :rolleyes:
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He's actually aware of both reviews I've posted. One in this thread, and one in a forum I'm involved in almost every day. Just seemed like the right thing to do. And when it all gets taken care of I'll post the final results as well. He can get heated when you talk to him about certain things, but it's nothing I've never dealt with before.

I'll make one final update when the ordeal is concluded 100%. I think it'll be satisfactory on my end.
 
ragnew said:
He's actually aware of both reviews I've posted. One in this thread, and one in a forum I'm involved in almost every day. Just seemed like the right thing to do. And when it all gets taken care of I'll post the final results as well. He can get heated when you talk to him about certain things, but it's nothing I've never dealt with before.

I'll make one final update when the ordeal is concluded 100%. I think it'll be satisfactory on my end.
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Well, you either work with turret's patients on a regular basis or he has finally gotten and is taking the correct medications needed to keep him from reacting like :mah:. Usually his response to anyone participating on Fauna where he is involved they would receive the rantings he has been known to unleash on all prior to you. Maybe he has finally realized that his insane rantings have lost him business but I really have a hard time believing he has learned anything or has changed. I wish you good luck with as little abuse as possible.
 
Final update : Possitive

So Dan and I came to a conclusion a few days ago. I'm going to be shipping the male back (paid by me) and he's going to be shipping off a female, paid by him. I'm more then happy with the outcome of this transaction, and my dealings with Dan in general.

I'd recommend him to people based off of my final experience, and I would not hesitate to do business with him again in the future.

Thanks Dan.

Richie
 
Southern Wolf said:
So your paying for shipping twice on an animal that was mis-sexed?
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I believe that the mis-sexing of the female croc skink was done on accident. And with such being the case, I really didn't mind sending the second male back at my expense as long as he agreed to ship the female out at his.
 
The mis-sexing may have been done on accident.... but it was his mistake. Why are you willing to pay for his mistake?
 
Southern Wolf said:
The mis-sexing may have been done on accident.... but it was his mistake. Why are you willing to pay for his mistake?
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I see where you're coming from Southern Wolf. I think more then anything, I was just looking for a way to get this taken care of as smoothly as possible. I was the one that offered to pay shipping on the mis-sexed animal, so once that was done, I figured I'd call it good.

But I do see where you're coming from.
 
ragnew said:
So Dan and I came to a conclusion a few days ago. I'm going to be shipping the male back (paid by me) and he's going to be shipping off a female, paid by him. I'm more then happy with the outcome of this transaction, and my dealings with Dan in general.

I'd recommend him to people based off of my final experience, and I would not hesitate to do business with him again in the future.

Thanks Dan.

Richie
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So you recommend and would suggest other people should buy from someone who can't properly sex their animals before shipping them out? And hey, if you want to get the female you initially paid for you will have to pay to ship the male the back first. So the final cost on this great deal is an additional $50.00 and more expensive then any other deal out there. :rofl:

If dan were a stand up guy he would have not only offered to pay your shipping he would have insisted on it.
 
ragnew said:
So Dan and I came to a conclusion a few days ago. I'm going to be shipping the male back (paid by me) and he's going to be shipping off a female, paid by him. I'm more then happy with the outcome of this transaction, and my dealings with Dan in general.

I'd recommend him to people based off of my final experience, and I would not hesitate to do business with him again in the future.

Thanks Dan.

Richie
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I'm glad you're happy with the deal you got...I hope you'll update us once the shipping is complete and let us know if you ended up with a healthy female on schedule.

However, just based on this alone, and not going by any other history, I would NOT do business on such a recommendation. Sure, anyone can make a mistake and send out the wrong animal...it's bound to happen from time to time. But as a seller, if that were my mistake, I would immediately fix it at NO cost to the buyer...either by shipping out a female and letting him keep the extra male...or by paying for the shipping of both animals...whichever seemed more practical.

You said you made the offer to pay return shipping yourself just so the deal could be taken care of "as smoothly as possible." Does that mean that even with your apparent trust of Dan...you still didn't trust him enough to do the right thing without a lot of drama, delay, and/or emotional abuse?
 
JudyC said:
I'm glad you're happy with the deal you got...I hope you'll update us once the shipping is complete and let us know if you ended up with a healthy female on schedule.

However, just based on this alone, and not going by any other history, I would NOT do business on such a recommendation. Sure, anyone can make a mistake and send out the wrong animal...it's bound to happen from time to time. But as a seller, if that were my mistake, I would immediately fix it at NO cost to the buyer...either by shipping out a female and letting him keep the extra male...or by paying for the shipping of both animals...whichever seemed more practical.

You said you made the offer to pay return shipping yourself just so the deal could be taken care of "as smoothly as possible." Does that mean that even with your apparent trust of Dan...you still didn't trust him enough to do the right thing without a lot of drama, delay, and/or emotional abuse?
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I will definitely keep you guys posted with how the shipment arrives as well. As far as my trusting Dan, I have to say, based off of what I've experienced personally, I wouldn't say I distrust him. When I look at the pores on the croc skinks I can see how it might be hard to identify the smaller ones 100%. So I'm not counting him out because of one mistake.

As far as me paying the shipping, it boils down to the fact that I was the one that offered to pay on my end, and I'm not going to go back on something after I said I'd do it. Just isn't my style. Whether I should pay or not, I offered to this time.

As for the transaction going smoothly, that was more or less my way of saying I'd like to get this thing taken care of as fast as possible, and to a result that makes me happy.

But I will keep you guys posted. But I'm outta here, I've got a nice order of Hot Wings screamin' my name! So I CANNOT keep them waiting... :)
 
ragnew said:
But I will keep you guys posted. But I'm outta here, I've got a nice order of Hot Wings screamin' my name! So I CANNOT keep them waiting... :)
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When Dan wanted to change the conversation, he would bring out the red dress.
 
Final Update to my transaction with DTS.

Gotta say I'm very happy with the results of this transaction. Dan paid shipping both ways (even when I told him I'd pay to send the animal back). I received my female even after there was a horrid accident with the male that was shipped. The package was delayed and arrived a day late, and sadly the missexed skink that I sent back perished because of it.

Dan was actually quite pleasant to deal with, and yes, I'd definitely do business with him again.

Just wanted to keep people posted as to what happened with my dealings with DTS Herp and Dan Scolaro.
 
About a year ago I bought a baby Argentine B & W tegu from Dan all seemed well, answered my questions, and shipped her out. Well next day package never shows and cant be found. I contact my local USPS (his decision to ship not mine) and ask them if they have a package for me. They start looking and I contact Dan, he then begins to :censored: me out for not contacting him first. (like he can get it found for me while being 1200 miles away). Long story short I track my package down (come to find out was scheduled to ship back) and go get her. Whata ya know Dan messed up the address which I had given him in 2-3 different emails. Luckily I had the matter worked out not sure how much he tried to help and im sure if there was a major issue (package shipped back or DOA) he would not have replaced the order. Like a poster said before he's got some good stuff, but more then likely would not purchase from DTS again.

Just my experience
 
ragnew said:
Gotta say I'm very happy with the results of this transaction. Dan paid shipping both ways (even when I told him I'd pay to send the animal back). I received my female even after there was a horrid accident with the male that was shipped. The package was delayed and arrived a day late, and sadly the missexed skink that I sent back perished because of it.

Dan was actually quite pleasant to deal with, and yes, I'd definitely do business with him again.

Just wanted to keep people posted as to what happened with my dealings with DTS Herp and Dan Scolaro.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. Seems that Dan has a "Dr. Jekyll" side after all. I just can't help but wonder how many transactions it takes before the "Mr. Hyde" side comes out instead. Glad it worked out for you.
 
Whatever "good transactions" Dan has, are pretty much fallin on deaf ears around here..Anyone who knows to come here and research him,or who already knows of him,would be takin a 50/50 shot on the outcome of the deal being either good or bad..I dont like those odds so I will spend my money on animals that are being sold by better people...
 
ragnew said:
Gotta say I'm very happy with the results of this transaction. Dan paid shipping both ways (even when I told him I'd pay to send the animal back). I received my female even after there was a horrid accident with the male that was shipped. The package was delayed and arrived a day late, and sadly the missexed skink that I sent back perished because of it.

Dan was actually quite pleasant to deal with, and yes, I'd definitely do business with him again.

Just wanted to keep people posted as to what happened with my dealings with DTS Herp and Dan Scolaro.
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I've got to say that I'm surprised....that's exactly how I would have handled it! :eek: Glad things worked out for you....shocked, but glad. Maybe he's trying to turn over a new leaf.:shrug01:
 
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