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Greg's reptiles ([email protected])

Ok. just received an email from Shawn (a trust worthy person I have done business with before). Below is his email I had copied and pasted here. He said you all are free to email him at [email protected] with any questions about this topic. Thank you, Lee


  "If it is true that you and greg had a deal on those snakes than he is def a fake. I have a deal to buy all of the snakes. It is funny I didn't even know there was a problem until he emailed me and told me about the board of inquiry. It could have went either way until I saw your post and found it funny all the snakes that were supposibly mine with money to be paid by paypal in about five minutes to him, were also trying to be sold to you. I'm not a member of fauna so if you would please put on the board he is trying to screw us and it can be confirmed. Thanks again Shawn"
 
I smell a RAT ... a BIG ONE!!
EVERYONE - IF a deal sounds to good to be true - then it probably is.. If this person is that serious about getting rid of al his animals and doesnt after this BOI session clears - dont worry -he'll post again.. whats he gonna do with all his animals? Keep in his "friends boat"?
WATCH OUT!!!!!
 
this kind of crap makes my blood boil!
imagine..he admits trying to screw his soon to be ex- wife and kids out of loot and then acts offended when others think they might be next! duh..greg...
 
<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> Greg, since your shop is in Knoxville that's just 20 minutes away from my house. Please tell us the name of your shop and I'll go take digital pics of some of the animals you have. I'll be happy to post the pics here to verify that you do have what you say you have. The only shops I know of in Knoxville that have herps are the "Critter Barn" and "Fins and Skins". I know you don't own either of those but I'll play along anyway. The Knoxville Sheriff's Department says there is no "Gates Road" in Knoxville but anyone can make a mistake on a road name I guess. I'm still dying to see your 16 foot 400 pound retic. The ball's in your court Greg, don't drop it!

Bobby Douglass
p.s. it's okay Shawn. I got used to the nickname in school. <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>
 
Now this is really getting good. <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>  

Greg make your move. You know the saying
"put up or shut up"

Hey everybody i have a bridge made of gold in California
anyone interested?     I have to pay a speeding ticket
so it has to go. only asking $100   <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>


Mark Holder
 
ok all  i got an email from him this evening  
feb 25th 2002
he says  

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[Original Message] > From: greg downey > To: > Date: 2/25/02 9<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>2:40 PM
i read the posts on the BOI started reticdog, you are more the free to read my reply, and as you can see i was greatly angered, if you want to send them money over to finish this deal then fine if not i'm sorry things didn't work out, but i'm threw with the net, i don't do buisness with children, i'm a seriuose reptile dealer and i've to many problems going on in my life to deal with all this BS, thankd Greg

------------ and i responded  at 1 am eastern time feb 26th 2002

well im glad to hear u dont do business with kids and neither do i i emailed you 5 times on sunday trying to get your info that i needed before i could send money well only response i got from you was the moneys not there yet will look again to see if it is when u could have simply gave me your info like i requested from you and then the MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE ..... on time and in full but you chose not to send me what i needed so i posted it on BOI that what my expeirence and its the truth i didnt not lie nor do i need to but think of it from my point of view if i did it to you what would u think <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>??? well im not on BOI to discredit you i posted my expeirence in dealing with you so if it angered you then u may want to think (since u say your a serious dealer ) about how u handled repsonding to me with what i had asked for ..... not to hard to type your info take you less time than to type what u just sent me ......room for thought i guess shawn >

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but  i just dont get him  i asked in each email i sent him sunday ( like 5 emails )   i needed  his complete info  before i would send payment
and all i got was email sunday evening  saying he hasnt seen money yet and he will look again later
WHY?<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>???  WHY?<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>???   instead of typing that  couldnt he send me his info  not like i was asking him to  chop his wife up  , or to break his own arm
it took  more effort   to type he hasnt seen money yet than   to tpye  me his info  ..... i call it like i see it   thats shady to me  ( like ritchie said in other post )  

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Why are you so offended.

If you are gonna send someone some cash, money, check, credit............wouldn't you want some information?

All these people are doing is asking you for a little information
and so far you have danced around that subject.  I don't care how honest you are....If you can't give your info out to your customers I say you are hiding something

Before I send anyone any of my hard earned cash....I ask for name, phone number, and address  Which as can be seen here you have failed or refused to do.
END QUOTE


giving info   out for internet deals  is part of the job  its THE HONEST WAY of doing BUSINESS !!!!!!<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

shawn
<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
 
It's too bad that Greg is "threw with the net" because we ALL needed another "seriouse reptile dealer" to buy from.  It's rare that one can find a "seriouse reptile dealer" of such caliber.  Hey Greg, I guess a degree in thievery doesn't require an English class, huh?  The first step to smooth-talking someone out of their money is SMOOTH TALK.  I'm sure glad that Greg has no skills in the art, agreement from the near-victims?  My rule in buying:  If they can barely communicate, they should probably be avoided.
  I'll conclude with a quote; and Greg Downey said, "i read the posts on the BOI started reticdog, you are more the free to read my reply..."

Dan Camara
 
reticdog,

Your thread you started is sure going to look funny when I delete all of your messages.  But the rules are that you MUST use your full name to post the types of messages you are posting.  The easiest thing to do would be to enter that information in your profile in the SIGNATURE section, so it will show up retroactively in your messages.

Otherwise I will have to delete your messages.

Thanks.

WebSlave
 
This guy registered with this site using the following email address:  [email protected]

His IP address resolves to an AOL account.

Seems to be using an awful lot of email addresses for contacts.

Be careful out there....

WebSlave
 
WELL IM BACK AGAIN  SIGH
HERES THE LATEST   EMAIL I JUST RECIEVED  
AND LOOK  !!!!!!!!!!   NO  INFO ON IT EITHER  FOR WHICH I HAD REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR  !!!!!!!!!
HERE GOES
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MESSAGE  TIME AND DATE
2:30 AM EASTERN TIME 2-26-02

Attention Customer,

The following email is being sent to anyone I’m
currently dealing with:


Recent events have made me decide to end the sale on
fauna classifieds, I know that I have already made
deals with some customers and I will honors those
deals, if you are still wanting to make your purchase
send the money to the paypal account provided below,
and email me confirming payment, I will check my mail
tomorrow night finalize any purchases made, after that
time all reptiles will no longer be for sale as they
are going to be sold at an up coming her show, Thanks
for all your inquires.

Greg
Nature Pals

Paypal Information
[email protected]
Name on account:
Kittrina Downey
Mark all payments ATTN: Greg
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ROFFLMAO   GEEEEZZZ  LOUISE  
ALL THAT TYPING TO  SEND TO ME  AND STILL  , I MEAN STILL  NO INFO   LIKE I REQUESTED !!!!!!!!!!  ALL I ASKED FOR WAS
(FULL NAME , FULL ADDRESS , AND PHONE #)  

U THINK I ASKED FOR HIS CREDIT CARD #  OR SOCIAL SECURITY #  
GO FIGURE  

WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW  JUST THOUGHT  I WOULD POST THE UPDATE  ........

SHAWN <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>  <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
 
Isn't it already bad enough that he's trying to scam his wife and children out of their share of his earnings? If he's willing to do that, I would bet that he's more than willing to scam everyone else. Just my $0.02.
 
For all of you doing sales on the Net this is a lesson learned. Customers found on the Net are much more "skittish" because they can't touch and feel the products and you aren't able to read body language to get a feel for the seller and / or buyer. While most people would do a face-to-face cash sale to avoid paying sales tax (just an example) any semblence of shady dealings online throws up red flags. It's not the Net's fault, it's the fault of the seller for not understanding the medium that he is working in.
 
Seems to me that if he got a reasonable price for his collection that he could still do well by splitting it in 1/2 with his wife. He seems to be going through a lot of trouble for nothing eh? There isn't one piece of this deal that looks good. How come if he's so "serious" nobody has ever heard of him? And the real biggie is how do you know he isn't selling the same animal(s) multiple times? Since he's so "serious" I guess we are supposed to "trust" him eh? If anybody manages to get a decent animal out of this without being ripped it will be a miracle, because the every indicator on this one is "scam". Hey Greg, can your wife and kids "trust" you too?
 
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