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duane beattie rips off another victim

As to the delay in shipping, I gotta fault both sides for that one.

The seller didn't his homework, and the buyers showed extremely poor judgement in picking USPS due to their locale.

The fact of the matter is that USPS is indeed back in the busines of guaranteed delivery dates & times. Express mail parcels to most areas are guaranteed next day. However, you will note that the delivery destination for ED283995250US was La Crosse, WA.

A quick search revals that La Crosse is an out-of-the-way town with a population of less than 400. Spokane, which appears to be the closest urban center, is two hours drive away. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell of an express mail package being delivered there next day. This is confirmed by USPS, who lists a guaranteed transit time of two days for an express package shipped to La Crosse. Something of this nature should be common knowledge to a resident of the area.

IMO, the seller was wrong for offering USPS as an option in this case, and the buyer was negligent for having chosen to have them shipped that method.
 
vicki is writing all posts

MY hubby has written one or two in anger to duane but reptiles are my Passion, I've raised critters since I was a little girl, I had to hide them from mom, but I always had them. And I believe I believe I give them excellent care. MODERATOR Chris , answer to your posts ??? which is 6 or 7 now???????) I wrote this because Duane refused all further phone calls and I was hoping for Ideas to care for these babies as I never hand fed and watered something this week and small ,but a baby huming bird a kid found and brought to school. You write so many times I couldn't converse with duane , BUT you use DUANE's words descriptions, prases to the letter, and have some how missed my words completely and still ignored my e-mails to you as well. Your title is MODERATOR is it not ? you have no place to tell me what happened unless you were there.You have made your Opinion knownatleast 6 times. YOU WANT ME SENTENCED to life in prison ,arm and leg removed ? you have a new title judge ,jury ,convictor ? aswell as removing more negatives so Duane has an even better score. Impressive. but you better tone it down alittle or the readers may think they can't get their own opinion stated equally and fairly. I'm controlling my my anger( barely) when I write :now kindly M.Y.O.B
 
those who are human and care

the best way to understand and verify MY words, is to go back and read MY posts only. the only exception is when I address MODERATOR Chris with an example because he can't understand why in the world Duane would send him a better animal ,then me ,so I made an example simple for him DUANE HAS MADE LOTS AND LOTS OF CASH ON THIS FREE SITE,THEREFORE IF CHRIS is happy with his purchase, CHRIS can say mine was great so VIcki has to be wrong . which he has stated 6 or 7 times now.
 
Hold up a second there...

Perhaps you need to exercise a bit of reading comprehension, hmm???? Try reading the name at the side of the post. My name, and I'll type it slowly for you.... is Ken. How in the hell you got "Chris from that, is anybody's guess. They don't look alike. They don't sound alike. They don't even share a single letter of the alphabet.

Show me one damn reply that I have made to this thread before my previous reply. Oh that's right...you can't, because I didn't reply before that.

Now then, my only involvement prior to this was issuing you two warnings for not abiding by the rules. Your asinine reply towards me has now earned you a thired warning.

BTW, paragraphs are your friend. Learn to use them while you're working on those reading skills.
 
Re: those who are human and care

chuckdelph said:
the best way to understand and verify MY words, is to go back and read MY posts only. the only exception is when I address MODERATOR Chris with an example because he can't understand why in the world Duane would send him a better animal ,then me ,so I made an example simple for him DUANE HAS MADE LOTS AND LOTS OF CASH ON THIS FREE SITE,THEREFORE IF CHRIS is happy with his purchase, CHRIS can say mine was great so VIcki has to be wrong . which he has stated 6 or 7 times now.
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You really are clueless, you know that???

LEARN TO READ.
 
Scrubs...

I was gonna watch it but this is some funny stuff right here! I didnt know which way to go but now where into humming birds and toads being blown up by firecrackers so I would like to see where this goes...LOL!!

Oh man, its no wonder the care sheet was tossed aside and the animals died.

Chuck-
 
BTW, your continued baseless and libelous comments towards me just earned you a fourth warning.

Fact: I could give a rat's ass if someone is an advertiser here or not. Advertisers get treated no differently than anyone else.

Fact: I have never bought anything from Duane, nor have I ever had any contact with him.

Fact: I haven't kept chameleons since circa 1993.

Fact: My first interjection into this topic was to illustrate that you and the seller are both responsible for the shipping delay. I was polite last time, but since you opted to respond like an idiot, I'll treat you like one and be a bit more blunt this time... anyone who lives in an area that's as rural & out of the way as La Crosse, WA and has some semblance of intelligence is going to know that Express Mail is going to take two days to arrive. It's not rocket science. The seller was wrong for offering to ship via that method, and you were wrong for choosing it. It's called culpable negligence.

Now then, if you can't differentiate between the names Chris Anderson and Ken Harbart, then I have to wonder how you managed to survive to adulthood. Reading comprehension is critical to most aspects of adult life.
 
It's too bad a person has to wade through this much fog to look up feedback on a breeder. It's too bad a breeder has to stay immersed in this mess to try and keep their name clear.
 
ken

I have no control of where my post falls, only you and chris can control that , so to not confuse I try to make my concern clear . by naming my reply to the person. CHRIS pg.14 bttom is still who I answered just cause post falls after yours doesn't mean I'm not speaking to (chris ) HE has posted 7 times and up till now you had not.
 
JOHN

oct 8 day 1, 9 th day 2, 10 th day 3 ,11th day 4 ,12 day5 ,13thday 6 ,14thday7 7 days let me explain your second question way back there look at small baby size ,then you look at picture I took today put your finger on that date ,on a calendar for oct 14th, count back 10 days . this will bring you to Oct 5th the day DUANE put the babies in the box and was supposed to ship ,this gives the caring readers a way to estimate how very tiny these guys were 10 days ago when stuck in a box And That is my complaint
 
Earth to delphs, there is no moderator named chris on this site.

Are you both teachers? Really? If even one of you is it's a shame that good ones are so scarce. You can't write, you can't read, you can't comprehend what is written to you, you can't follow directions.

This whole thread is utterly rediculous as are you two.
 
DUANE'S WORD

Duane, when I Questioned you on your answering machine several times over concern for the delay and the babies having no water you mailed me this E_MAIL : Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:50:07 -0700


I Sent Them Today
Tracking# ED283995250US US POSTAL SERVICE
Randall: ED283995232US
They're Guaranteed By Friday 3PM. They Were Well Fed
And Watered Before They Left, This Is Common With The Postoffice
(Every Live Animal Shipped US Postal Will Now Be A 2 Day Listing)
They May Show Tomorrow Everyone Worries But They'll Be OK, They're Really Healthy Chameleons. Been Doing This Internet Stuff For Over 7 Years They'll Be Fine.
es about the babies being thirsty
 
This is my opinion on all this,

Both parties are at fault.

I am a newbie to buying and selling online, in fact I just had my first sale, and I just got a pair of burms shipped to me last mounth, So like I said I am VERY new to all this.

I would never, and I mean never ship USPS or buy from anyone who ships USPS, I know that, and I'm new to it all. So I would think the two of you should of known better, I think the both of you are at fault.

I would call it even now, Yea the buyer is out some, and the seller is out some cause this post will stop someone from buying from him.

As to the heat pad and no water that is 100% the buyer's fault, If you don't know what to do you should never have bought them in the first place.

To the seller, I think the only thing you did wrong was ship with USPS, and that is easy to fix.

Have a good one!!
Bruce
 
Re: ken

They fall in order and you do control who you are responding to by quoting what they wrote and by including the topic you are replying to in the "post subject" section.

How hard is that? One of you teaches and the other raises kids? Oh man!

Your pretty good at passing the blame. Try apologizing to the moderator and explain you have no clue as to how to post. Thats what he is here for, to be utilized, not abused.

I believe what some people here feel is that you are challenged when it comes to communicating. Dont get angry, just ask the moderator if you can bounce it off him before you post it so at least it makes some sense or can be sorted.

Chuck-

chuckdelph said:
I have no control of where my post falls, only you and chris can control that
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Re: DUANE

Mr. and Mrs. Delph,

I feel bad for your situation. I have a friend who is a prince in Nigeria that not only replaces dead reptiles, but he also is having a problem tranfering funds from his late fathers bank account. He is looking for people to help him out like he helps others, would you like me to forward his email to you???

Heh,

Chuck-



chuckdelph said:
I trusted your word and I was wrong, very wrong .
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KEN

KEN, I was fined every time I argued with Chris so for my EXAMPLE PG.7 top. I used a example,( to try to explain to these few people that are so filled with hate, who refuse to read the words reptile incubator saved the last four. and keep saying heat pad) WHY DUANE would ship me the littlest, cause no one would expect me to order to order ever again ,this the only thing I can think of ,but who knows???? I DID USE YOUR TITLE as a description to his behavior cause I didn't want to use anderson's whole name. AND THAT IS MY BAD, KEN I APPOLOGIZE TO YOU.
 
Re: KEN

I have a feeling the Elder Delphs are sound asleep and the 8 year old is having a ball right now!!!!

Chuck-

Elder Delphs.....now thats funny!! What do you buy an Elder Delph for X-Mas? Not Chameleons!!!!
 
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