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Good Guy Garrett Smith

Duffield

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I have purchased two beautiful Chameleons from Mr. Smith. I made a great decision because he was very much up front, and wasted no time with shipping. I brought both chameleons to the vet and they were very healthy. Age and weight was spot on.
 
There is a good reason why he has the lowest karma on this site.

Lowest Karma.
1 - Frogman11 (-569)
2 - MythicalDragonz (-537)
3 - crestyman2 (-463)
4 - FresnoTortoise (-385)
5 - colorado (-311)
6 - crespo72 (-299)
7 - skanndelus (-230)
8 - Dan Scolaro (-226)
9 - wallshaker (-226)
10 - calebroad (-222)
 
Mr. Duffield, did you know that Garret had scammed others when you made your purchase?
 
Ughhh, is there multiple users with the name of Garrett Smith? From my research I've found three users with that name registered, and two seem to be the same person while one is completely different and reputable. Judging from OP's profile picture which is a Calumma parsonii, the Garrett Smith he's referring to is kurpak, who has been a user for almost 15 years and has nothing but positive reviews. I have personally purchasing a parson's chameleon from him, and I can attest to his professionalism, prompt responses, transparency, quick shipping, and wonderful customer service. I would hate for his name to be soiled by a username mix-up!
 
Hi, I am just curious, if this person has scammed many users on the site why can he still use the site? How does that work? Was just thinking about that.
 
Its_JoeyHello said:
Hi, I am just curious, if this person has scammed many users on the site why can he still use the site? How does that work? Was just thinking about that.
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In general terms, becoming removed from the site (banned) is a result of violating site rules. It is possible that an individual can be accused repeatedly of being a scammer, but not have violated the site's rules to maintain an active membership.

Most, but not all, scammers do or will eventually violate the sites rules, at which point we have just cause to excuse them from the site.
Anything further can be discussed in Site's Feedback Forum. Thank you
 
Shelby is absolutely correct, there are two currently active Garrett Smiths. (Thank you for pointing that out, Shelby, I was completely unaware.)

Frogman11 is the Garrett Smith those above me were discussing. He currently does not have any chameleons listed for sale here, but he quickly takes down classifieds once purchases are made.

Kurpak is another Garrett Smith who recently advertised Parson's chameleons in June 2018. He is not very active on Fauna with only 9 posts, but he's been a member since 2004.

Keith, can you please clarify which Garrett Smith you purchased from?
 
SeSmith said:
Ughhh, is there multiple users with the name of Garrett Smith? From my research I've found three users with that name registered, and two seem to be the same person while one is completely different and reputable. Judging from OP's profile picture which is a Calumma parsonii, the Garrett Smith he's referring to is kurpak, who has been a user for almost 15 years and has nothing but positive reviews. I have personally purchasing a parson's chameleon from him, and I can attest to his professionalism, prompt responses, transparency, quick shipping, and wonderful customer service. I would hate for his name to be soiled by a username mix-up!
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Easy fix.

Keith needs to provide more info on his seller such as user name,email address,city and state anything that will differentiate him from any other Garrett Smiths.
 
Or maybe the easy fix is an innocent person does not have to go above and beyond to defend himself based on his name that was given to him by his parents.

Maybe the easy fix is to not jump the gun.
 
I'll let Keith respond to validate my speculation, but in case he doesn't reply, I'm almost certain he's referring to the user kurpak. A quick flip through Keith's history indicates his interests are focused primarily on parson's chameleons. His posts also reveal he's already purchased at least one parson's chameleon from kurpak in the past few months.

I'm not sure how in touch with the chameleon community any of you are, but parson's chameleons, especially CB, are incredibly hard to come by, and only a handful of people in the US are actively breeding them. Though Keith didn't outwardly state which species he's referencing, everything in his history points to it being Calumma parsonii, which kurpak is a verified breeder of, and I highly doubt Frogman11 has anything to do with.
 
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Shelby Smith are you related in any way to Garrett Smith?
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Ha! You might think so, right? Unfortunately, it is the wretched Smith curse AKA the most common last name in America. It's kinda funny though... I, Shelby Smith, purchased a parson's chameleon from Garrett Smith (kurpak) a couple months ago, and just sold my female panther to a Nicole Smith, and we're all unrelated. Gotta love it.

I'm mostly just trying to look out for kurpak, as he's spent years establishing parson's chameleon breeding stock which has allowed him to offer CBs for sale. With the difficulties in breeding C. parsonii and their ~18 month incubation period, that's a monumental accomplishment!
 
Smith is Correct, "Garrett Smith he's referring to is kurpak," He is from the state of Washington and he sells nice Parson's. Sorry for the confusion.
 
Robert, I know editing BOIs is typically a no-no, but given Frogman's reputation, is it possible to edit "kurpak" into the subject heading to avoid confusion and give Garrett the credit he is due?
 
I'm the one who wrongly assumed that Garret Smith (kurpak) was Garret Smith (frogman). I'd like to publicly apologize for that mistake and any negative attention it may have brought to a seemingly honest seller.
 
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