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Gen-X-reptiles

Here is my experience with Gen-X.

A couple of weeks back he posted CBB Timor Monitors for sale on KS. I posted an inquiry on the BOI but never recieved a response. After emailing him a few times he sent me his phone number and I called him to work out the details. During the course of our conversation he said he has many big name references and began to name them. Of those named I only recognized 2 of the names. Greg Maxwell, and Trooper Walsh. I decided to check his references before sending payment and this is what I was told.

First I called Greg, and he said he had no recollection of a Chris Robinson or a Gen-x Reptiles. When I called Chris to question him about the fact that his reference was no good and he continued to maintain that he sells to "all the big names" and once again mentioned Trooper Walsh. I called Trooper that night and he said the same thing Greg said. He didnt know a Chris Robinson or Gen-X Reptiles.

He sounded like a nice kid but since his references didnt pan out I decided not to buy from him. I wish someone would come forward with a good guy post, but of the 3 inquiries on him thus far, I am the only one who has replied.

Michael.
 
THANKS!!

Huh, that's interesting!

Chris is wanting a diamond python I am offering for sale or trade. Kinda makes me a little nervous having read your post.

I missed a few of his calls a few times today and I called back, but just got a machine. NO big deal, but I have been wondering as I did a search, but got nothing on the search here!

I have conversed with Greg Maxwell by email when needing advice, but I doubt Greg would remember me and I certainly wouldn't be using Greg as a reference if Greg couldn't remember me either.

His references falling through just makes me a little shaky. I certainly won't be shipping first if a trade did happen. Not saying he or Gen-x-reptiles cannnot be trusted, but just playing it safe!

Thanks for the response!
 
Interesting...

My cousin just purchased an Aru type GTP from Gen-X. Whoever he dealt with at Gen-X would not discuss any details of this snake via email. Perhaps he doesn't like to type, or maybe he doesn't want any evidence of misdealings...who knows.

The GTP was supposed to be 5'. It was about 3 1/2' tops. The snake looks wild caught but, was supposedly purchased from a German breeder. It was sold to my cousin as a female, but I thought I saw a hemipenis partially evert when my cousin and I removed the snake from the shipping bag. We have yet to have it probed.

I saw another ad from Gen-X and didn't catch the fact that it was the same dealer right away. I emailed him several questions about the GTP in that ad, to which his reply was a phone number and request to call him. I happend to mention the ad to my cousin and he asked if I had heard back from him. I told him about the phone number in the email and he asked if it was Gen-X. I checked and found out that it was, thus furthering my suspicion of the email avoidence.

I must say that in initial appearance the Aru my cousin received seems healthy however, not what was promised. I think I will wait to see how the Aru turns out before I purchase anything from Gen-X.

D.
 
I was interested in working out a local trade with Chris Robinson (Gen-X Reptiles) recently as I am downsizing and he lives no more than two hours away. I e-mailed him asking him questions about one of his GTP's and he reptiled for me to call him several times. While I was checking my mail, I received an instant message asking whether I was going to call.

I decided to ask him questions about the animal right there and proceeded to do so. Everything sounded okay to me except that when I asked if he had the German paperwork, he reptiled with the following (copied from the record): YES PUT NUMBERS A BLOCKED OUT BECAUSE I DONT GIVE MY BROKERS NAME OR ADDRESS OUT

Because I have no experience with foreign sellers, I did not know what to think of that and it could very well be common practice. However, I was still concerned about bringing home a solid GTP to work with and I then said: Okay.. does she feed on frozen/thawed and do you offer any kind of health guarantee? He replied: MECKO66: I MEANT TO SAY BUT
MECKO66: I GUARANTEE THE GREEN TO BE A FEMALE AND FEEDING

He told me that he had been in the reptile business for over seven years, but after I checked the BOI and I could not find any feedback, I decided not to pursue the trade at that time. With that said, I have no idea whether or not he is a good guy/bad guy, but I thought I would post my (limited) experience.

Regards,

Lauren Rost
 
LACK OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Whoever he dealt with at Gen-X would not discuss any details of this snake via email.

All I got was a message emailed to me asking for my number. "I want the carpet what's your number."

That was the message, no name attached to it. I didn't even know who I was dealing with at the time. Not to mention, I was offering a diamond python for sale or trade, NOT a carpet python. He couldn't seem to get the snake right.

I really don't just hand out my number to anyone, and certainly not to a person where I don't even know their first name from an email. So, he emailed back the next day and left his number.

My wife was looking through the classifieds on KS and came across someone wanting to trade GTP's for a range of snakes and as fate would have it, it was the same number. That's the ONLY reason I found out it was Gen-X-Reptiles.

If they have been in the business for seven years or more as one person stated they said, I would of thought they'd learnt a few business skills along the way.

I thought it was unprofessional of them to contact in such away and not even let you know who they were or even who the person emailing was. Nor could they or he get the species of animal I was offering right.

I emailed back and gave them the details of what I wanted and payment methods accepted. No reply has been received yet. Their unwllingness to relay details by email does not impress me at all.
 
Here is another interesting detail.

While Chris was telling me how long he was in the business and how many customers he had, he told me this story as well. He was claiming to be the biggest importer of Chondros around (and very well may be, but that is irrelevent) and said that he sold Trooper Walsh his "ALL BLUE" Chondro. When I asked his references about the origin of that snake I recieved this from Greg Maxwell.

Trooper's "all blue" chondro is neither Troopers, nor was it sold to anybody by Chris Robbinson. It was hatched by a guy named Tim Morris from a pair he had obtained from Trooper as hatchlings, and it is now owned by another person named John Holland. Holland loaned the blue animal to Trooper last year, and it sired two clutches. Ahhh, the facts are so nice to have at one's disposal!

So, I confronted Chris about this and he sent me the following message.

I CAN GIVE YOU PLENTY OF REFS TOO. I HAVE BEEN DOING BUSSINESS FOR ALONG TIME AND HAVE MORE THEN PROOF THAT I HAVE DONE DEALS WITH BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT I WILL FAX YOU RECITES IF YOU LIKE. I WILL SHIP OUT C.O.D. IF YOU WANT SO YOU WILL GET THEM FIRST. THATS THE BEST I WILL DO FOR YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL ME AND LET ME GIVE YOU REFS YOU CAN CALL OVER 40 CUSTOMERS THAT WILL TELL YOU THAT I SHIP WHAT I SAY. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DUE.

At this point new references were of no use to me as I allready called the two reputable people he mentioned and came back with nothing. He still insists in the email above that he will prove that he did business with Greg and Trooper. The last conversation I had with Chris he told me that there is a big "Chondro Conspiracy" and that is why no one will admit they deal with him. He told me he was going to reveal it here on the B.O.I. That was on Super Bowl Sunday. I have not heard from him since.

Michael
 
Oh please!

Okay, that does it for me!

I've heard enough to not deal with Chris.

"Chondro Conspiracy"

Oh please, I think we are delving into dream land here or this guy is simply lieing through his teeth for whatever ego eccentric reasons he may be pursueing.
 
Obviously, he cannot spell very well. Maybe that's the reason he wants everyone to call him. :dunce:
 
email

I think he calls and has people call him so that no one has anything concrete on paper that he may of said in a deal.

All sounds unprofessional and a little shady to me.
 
lmfao

I dont even know what to say, if this guy has done all this in 7 years, and Troopers and Greg been in it for how long, very funny stuff, and I am sure that Gregs Matrix was invented by this kid too, or Damons Albino chondro, has anyone bothered to inform ks about this kid?
 
MORE

KS dosent care. Look at all the known crooks (I am in no way saying Chris is a crook) that they allow to post there.

That's exactly correct. KS is a safe haven for crooks. While the crooks keep paying, KS will turn a blind eye.

I do think Chris seems like a nice kid. I just don't understand the not wanting to converse by email at all.

The Conspiracy crap, and his supposed references and the BIG NAME that he promotes himself as is doing nothing but hamring his credibility.

He says he is a BIG name selling to all the BIG NAMES, but the two big ones (G.Maxwell and Co) refute his claims. I cannot find a website for gen-x-reptiles either. Just this link below for the available GTP's.

WWW.PICTURETRAIL.COM
VIEW:genxreptiles


Or you will find the direct link in "TRADES" on KS

I don't think he is all he says he is!
 
Absolutely!

but, a crook I never claimed, but come on , I responded to an ad three days ago , because he supposedly was selling Trooper - Nerd bred chondros for 350 bucks. That just isnt something I can believe, and yes I asked for paperwork because they do provide it, and of coarse he didnt reply after that.

This may fit under my favorite word "scamboogery" nothings that secret, or high tech, the chondro community as most know is pretty tight knit, and if the two top dogs are denying it well-------- oh wait its a conspiracy
 
LINK

oh wait its a conspiracy

Now your getting it!!! LOL


I responded to an ad three days ago , because he supposedly was selling Trooper - Nerd bred chondros for 350 bucks. That just isnt something I can believe, and yes I asked for paperwork

You never got it right?

Yeah, something just isn't right about Gen-x-reptiles!

I am going to send this thread to gen-x and see if he/they bother/s to add his/their side of the story.

Could be interesting!
 
I am posting this on behalf of my roommate who ordered a Timor Monitor from Chris Robinson...

"I purchased a CB timor monitor from Chris last week and I have been very pleased. I paypaled him the money for the animal and it was at my dorm the next day at 9:30 am. It looks very healthy and is eating well. It was the about the exact size that he told me it was going to be. It was packed very well, in a very large box with styrofoam lining and heat packs. It is still pretty skittish (from what I've heard Timors take some time to calm down), but I'm very happy with my purchase."

To add my two cents to this, the animal was packed very well and looks pretty healthy to me. I talked to him on the phone some (my roommate has no prior dealings at all with herps, this was his first 'cold-blooded' critter) and he seemed to be pretty nice.
~Mike
 
Absolutely!

but, a crook I never claimed, but come on , I responded to an ad three days ago , because he supposedly was selling Trooper - Nerd bred chondros for 350 bucks. That just isnt something I can believe, and yes I asked for paperwork because they do provide it, and of coarse he didnt reply after that.

This may fit under my favorite word "scamboogery" nothings that secret, or high tech, the chondro community as most know is pretty tight knit, and if the two top dogs are denying it well-------- oh wait its a conspiracy
 
My mistake...

My cousin corrected me on the promised length of the Aru purchased from Gen-X. I stated that it should have been 5'; it was actually promised to be 4'. I appologise for the mistake.

Still, the snake was smaller than expected, and appeared to be wild caught instead of cb.

Daniel
 
ABOUT ME!

HELLO TO ALL!

THIS GOES OUT TO MATT HOW WAS GOING TO GET THE YELLOW SPOT TIMORS FROM ME. THE DEAL WAS THAT I WOULD GIVE HIM THE AT $400.00 SHIPPED AND THEM HE PULLED OUT BECAUSE HE SAID HE SPOKE TO SOMEONE TROOPER OR GREG AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARED ABOUT ME. SO THAN HE SAID HE WANTED TO STILL DEAL BUT I HAD TO SEND THEM FIRST AND WHEN HE GOT THEM HE WOULD PAY ME THEN. I REPLYED BY SAIDING I WOULD SEND THEM C.O.D. TO HIM TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO SEE THAT I REALLY HAVE THE ANIMALS AND AM NOT SOME FLY BY NIGHT PERSON. HE SAID THE DEAL WAS GOOD AND NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. AS FOR MY ARU DEAL IF HE WAS UNHAPPY HE SOULD HVE CALLED ME AND I WOULD HAVE WORKED OUT A NEW SNAKE NO ? ASKED.

I HAD A BABY GREEN TREE DIE IN SHIPPING TO G.A. I LET HIM COME ALL THE WAY TO MY HOUSE TO PICK OUT A NEW AS A REFUND. HE CAME AND BOUGHT TO MORE FROM ME. I KEEP MY WORD IF SOMETHING DIES I WILL REPLACE IT. I WILL HAVE MY REFS THAT DEAL WITH ME POST HERE TONIGHT YOU CAN CALL THEM AND THEY WILL TELL YOU ABOUT ME AND MY ANIMALS. I BELIVE IN IF YOU GET ANIMALS AT A GOOD PRICE YOU SHOULD PASS ON THE SAVINGS TOO.

ALSO I DONT LIKE TO IM BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE IF YOU ARE REALLY WANTING SOMETHING AND NOT WASTING TIME YOU WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK ON THE PHONE. I WOULD ALWAYS BE GALD TO SEND A E-MAIL REGARDING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO THAT YOU HAVE PROOF OF WHAT I SAID. I NEVER AND I REPET NEVER RIPPED ANYBODY OFF. I HAVE ALWAYS STUCK TO MY WORD AS YOU WILL SEE FROM MY REFS POSTINGS.

SORRY I EVEN HAD TO POST HERE ABOUT MYSELF BUT I CANT HELP WHEN I SEE MY NAME HERE. THANKS TO ALL THAT HAVE READ THIS POSTING.

CHIRS ROBINSON
 
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