I am new to this site (so go ahead and have a go at me it it pleases you, Dan). It is not my intention to bash Dan, but I think someone needs a reality check. I have met Dan at Tom Crutchfields home, but we did not speak to each other. I have read a lot of the posts about Dan, and his child-like replies, in which everyone is stupid, scammer, thief, moron, idiot, etc. etc., and he is never wrong in anything he does. He claims that this site has not cost him any business. That simply is not true! I have and NEVER will do business with anyone who acts like he does on this site. Maybe some of the posters here can not PROVE beyond a reasonable doubt that Dan ripped them off, but I have formed my opinion based on the majority of posters and Dan's child-like response to them. I am a state law enforcement officer, and we see this attitude of Dan's in many of the criminals we put behind bars. In post #1271 of the thread "DAN SCOLARO BAD GUY" Dan states " but never any sale in thousands where I did not achieve customer satisfaction." How can he say that when there are currently 255 pages of people complaining about him and transactions they have had with him. That sounds like he missed his mark on achieving customer satisfaction by a long mark. I have spoken with numerous people who will not do business with him because of what they read here on the BOI (mad props to FaunaClassifieds). So he is wrong, this site does cost him a lot of business, but he just does not realize it. And if he was doing so well financially (as he claims) why does he owe so many people so much money (including Mr. Crutchfield)???? Close friends of mine that know him better than I do (including two other dealers that he does regular business with) claim that Dan owes them money, and collecting money from him is like pulling teeth. He tells them that his business is doing poorly and he does not have the money to pay, and that he is waiting for checks from people etc. Dan claims to be a former federal officer (or whatever), but the reality is he is retired from the Navy. So technically he is correct, but the way he puts it one may think he was an FBI agent or something. The point of all this rambling is that if he treats his customers as poorly as he treats people on this site, who would want to become a new customer of his? I am not about to take the risk of buying animals from him after seeing so many complaints (whether or not they can be proved beyond all doubt), and seeing how he responds like a little boy. He is quick to call everyone names and infer that they are little kids etc., but even my two sons (10 & 12) don't talk as childishly to each other as Dan does to people here. To me, if 10 people make a similar claim against someone, and they all get the same response (called scammers, kids, idiots, etc.) I am inclined to believe the ten over someone that rants and raves like a child. As an (ACTUAL) officer, we are constantly being trained in professionalism. That is something Dan lacks. If he were really a federal officer for any period of time, some professionalism would still be intact, and it clearly is not. Dan, you may want to invest in a spell checker and a program to correct your first grade grammar. This can help you look like you are not really six years old. Dan, the whole world can not always be wrong, and you be right. There is nothing wrong with admitting that you are still human, and make mistakes.
I'm done now, so go ahead and start calling me names too. I assure you it will not bother me or bring me to your level. Nor will it ever change the fact that your struggling business will never receive a penny from me and the many people I know in this hobby.
William Blymer