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Bad Guy Emerald City Exotics(Princeton-Texas)?

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From a personal standpoint i do not know these people,but from a buisness stand these people are thieves and wolves.They prey on people in their lowest point.Howard Smith the owner of I.Q.W. was in the hospital with heart failure and these people who were friends none the less stole animals and product to start their own buisness.When he came home from the hospital he had no product and no animals his customer lists had been stolen and his computers had been locked.Everyone hates the boss why because they make you work make you get out of your comfort zones....this is bad buisness any way you look
at it .
 
That's quite a story...but it pretty much means nothing here without a LOT more details and some proof to back up such severe accusations.
 
Really cant go to far into what we have but the Collin County Sherriffs Dept. is doing a investigation.....I meant it as a heads up and accusations they are not.I would not put my name on the line if i did not belive it wholeheartedly......so....that being said Heads Up...
 
i can say from personal experience that i recieved a wholesale list of animals from emerald city exotics that was just a copy of IQW's list that i get weekly. i was in IQWs storefront a couple of weeks ago and spoke to Lori Smith and she did indeed state that her husband was in the hospital with a heart issue. i never signed up for any email list for emerald city exotics, so they had to get the info from somewhere. i wish i had the emails showing the exact animals, prices, etc.. but i deleted and blocked them as spam after speaking to Lori regarding this matter.
 
here is an email from IQW...

IQW's Reptile List for 8-30-10!Monday, August 30, 2010 9:22 PM
From: "Independent Quality Wholesale" <[email protected]>Add sender to ContactsTo: "Shawn" <[email protected]>Message contains attachments1 File (364KB)REPTILE LIST 8-29-10 pdf.pdfHi all -

Here's this week's IQW/Reptile list! Check out the cool specials, and ask us how you can get free shipping!

If you got a bogus list this morning, please let us know so we can prosecute faster - or if you prefer, just disregard it completely. Someone thinks using our email list is funny, but it's a felony, so we recommend you don't do business with anyone who would pretend to "open" a business out of their garage with stolen property. You'll probably never get your order.You should never hear from them again. If you do, they're ignoring a court order.

And we're kind of tired of hearing "oh, everyone in the reptile business is dishonest". No, they're not! Our customers are honest, hardworking pet store owners and operators, and they deserve the best service, quality, honesty and respect they can get! We know. We've been in your shoes.

Thank you for your business.

Howard and Lauri Smith
Independent Quality Wholesale
McKinney, Texas
Serving our customers since 1986




Independent Quality Wholesale
3733 E. University Dr.,


and here is them email right before that from emerald city exotics...

Reptiles, Feeders, Inverts!! Free Shipping on First Order!! Free Delivery in DFW area!Monday, August 30, 2010 2:28 AM
From: "Emerald City Exotics" <[email protected]>Add sender to ContactsTo: "Shawn" <[email protected]>Message contains attachments2 Files (110KB) | Download AllECE feeder List.pdfECE Price List 8-30.pdfFind attached our feeder and available reptile lists.

Emerald City Exotics offers wholesale reptiles to pet stores across the nation. We offer great deals, free shipping offers, and have great quality reptiles and inverts. We happily do special orders.

We also offer feeder services for our DFW area customers, crickets, rodents of all sizes, fruit flies, meal worms, wax worms, and more. If we don't carry the feeder you want, just ask. We will accommodate.

Emerald City Exotics offers free shipping on the first order over $200 (free shipping on all orders over $400 thereafter, and can include any feeders except rodents), and free delivery in DFW ALWAYS for orders over $200 (can include any feeders).

We at Emerald City Exotics thank you for your interest. And we hope we can earn your business. We deal with as many CBB breeders as we can. And strive to offer only the best reptiles.

Thank you
JC
Emerald City Exotics.
A DFW Area Reptile and feeder Supplier
817-330-4174


Emerald City Exotics PO Box 884 Prinecton, TX 75407



now when i was at IQW a couple of weeks ago, i probably spent over an hour there looking at all of their reptiles and inverts while my buddy picked out a BTS. from what i saw in their available inventory, the list i got from emerald city exotics was in my opinion, exactly what IQW had in stock.
 
Thanks for the input guys this aint a joke anyone who has dealt with Independent quality wholesale these people may have credit card info personal info and so on be very careful to in anything you see from them.I care about the integrity of this trade,we got to look out for eachother any info or help would be appreciated.
 
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