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Bad Guy Drew Cestaric - chargeback king

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I will make this short and to the point.

I sold Drew three female panther chameleons. Shipped them Monday, March 2nd. He received them Tuesday then said his paypal account was hacked and charged back the payment.

He did this not only to me but numerous others that I'm sure will come forward.

He is also a minor and lied about his age.

I am out $350 dollars and he still has the panther chameleons in his possession. He said he doesn't have money to ship them back because his account was hacked. I am out 3 panther chameleons and $350 dollars. Now I will attach the proof of shipment and him with the chameleons that he received from me.

I have filed a paypal dispute and am hoping they get my money back. Drew's account was not hacked he is just a young punk who is ripping people off.
 

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Dru is the admin of chameleon central who has investigated Drew Cestaric with me and banned him from all Facebook groups that he admins.
 

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Drew's Facebook page. Avoid this little punk at all cost. He spent thousands on paypal and then stated it was all fraud so he got all his money back and has tons of people's animals and money!
 

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Do end this post.... I'm not looking for any help as I already have it under control, I just wanted to come here and warn everyone to never sell to this little punk.

He has a lot of growing up to do and has zero morals. The saddest part is he works at a pet store.
 
djfishygillz said:
He is also a minor and lied about his age.
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How do you know how old he is?

I think Dru Reeves is putting himself in risky legal situations if he acts as a judge and advises people how to handle their transactions based on his position as admin.


djfishygillz said:
Drew's Facebook page. Avoid this little punk at all cost. He spent thousands on paypal and then stated it was all fraud so he got all his money back and has tons of people's animals and money!
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Can you post a screenshot of that statement?

Nicholas if you were ripped off,please send this thread to Paypal. Also, please notify Drew so perhaps he can give his side of this story.
 
You know you shipped your chameleons to a Petland store, right?
9848 Brewster Lane
Powell, OH 43065
(Powell Crossing Shopping Center
Corner of Powell Rd. & Sawmill Pkwy.)
Phone 614-336-8635
Store Hours
Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 11-6
They would probably be interested to know that one of their employees is committing fraud from their business.
 
gila7150 said:
You know you shipped your chameleons to a Petland store, right?
9848 Brewster Lane
Powell, OH 43065
(Powell Crossing Shopping Center
Corner of Powell Rd. & Sawmill Pkwy.)
Phone 614-336-8635
Store Hours
Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 11-6
They would probably be interested to know that one of their employees is committing fraud from their business.
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Yes that is where he is employed and I plan on calling them to alert the store manager.
 
Lucille said:
How do you know how old he is?

I think Dru Reeves is putting himself in risky legal situations if he acts as a judge and advises people how to handle their transactions based on his position as admin.




Can you post a screenshot of that statement?

Nicholas if you were ripped off,please send this thread to Paypal. Also, please notify Drew so perhaps he can give his side of this story.
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Drum does a very good job of collecting information before advising against dealing with someone.

Also I do not want to confuse paypal any further with extra threads. I sent them the facts that the package was received and he acknowledged to send payment. Also his age is clear becuase there is pictures of him sitting in his highschool classroom, he changed e photos after he had already received the chameleons.
 
FYI...Petland is closed and that number is disconnected. It is now a Pet Supplies Plus. The phone # is 614-336-3258. I just called and Drew is working today.
 
Nicholas, do you have emails that you could post? So far there is no evidence posted that anyone else has had this happen, and there are no emails to confirm why this chargeback happened.
If in fact you got ripped off I sympathize, but Fauna is not like other places, here the readers make up their minds after reading what is posted, and there is substance lacking here.
 
He has stated his account was hacked and that he doesn't know what is going on. I am attempting to have him give them to a resident in Ohio to ship them back to me. I can post screen shots later of conversations with him. I feel as if I have plenty of evidence posted as well. He has the animals and I am being charged back. Plain and simple.
 
I only use pay pal to buy reptiles so I dont get scammed. This really disturbs me personally. This guy is going to cause a lot of people not to want to deal with pay pal. Please keep us informed. I hope you get your money back. Why would someone hack your paypal account to do a charge back? Its a complete lie and is clearly theft.
 
It's crazy how the hacker somehow knew to ship them to his place of employment. By the way, he was 13 in 2010 according to his baseball roster so he's either 17 or 18 now. It's also a crazy coincidence that he left an Amazon review for a chameleon cage. I would have the manager of the pet store he works at ship your animals back since that's where they were shipped.

This took about 3 minutes to find with Google. If he's going to make a habit out of scamming people he's going to need to get a lot smarter.
 
Hope you don't mind but I put a link to this on facebook.....a few Ohio reptile groups where he's selling some veiled chameleons. Just want people to know who they're dealing with.
 
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