Rob @ RK Reptiles
ballpythonmorphs.net
hmmmmmmm I can't wait to see what he has to say and it he really will post. Sounds too fishy to me.
-
Responding to email notices you receive.
**************************************************
In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
-
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed
=====================
Posted 08/15/2025
=====================
Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.
Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."
Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....
=====================
Addendum: 01/10/2026
=====================
Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....
Has anyone ever dealt with Mario Gotti from Florida?
- Thread starter The BoidSmith
- Start date
Jim O
Careful with that axe...
LOL Ben.ben siegel said:
Dennis Hultman
New member
While we wait
David, can you post the pictures that Mario sent you?
David, can you post the pictures that Mario sent you?
David Reid
EmberBall
All but one of the pics he sent me are gone...
I went through my emails a few days ago, and deleted about 30 old emails. The only pic I still have is a Platty laying on a rug, with a plastic tub beside it. I am not going to jump on the BOI bandwagon.....but Daytona is coming up very soon, I will know for sure if Mario is legit at that time. If he is, I will not have to eat crow, if he is not, well, I will wait until Daytona. He has been informed of this thread, and has been emailed Rich's email addy, to get permission to come post on his own. I will not talk for him, but have been in contact with him/Mario, several times today.
I went through my emails a few days ago, and deleted about 30 old emails. The only pic I still have is a Platty laying on a rug, with a plastic tub beside it. I am not going to jump on the BOI bandwagon.....but Daytona is coming up very soon, I will know for sure if Mario is legit at that time. If he is, I will not have to eat crow, if he is not, well, I will wait until Daytona. He has been informed of this thread, and has been emailed Rich's email addy, to get permission to come post on his own. I will not talk for him, but have been in contact with him/Mario, several times today.
Dennis,
The picture David has is of a platty and he has requested not to post the pictures until after Daytona. If Mario (or Matt?) doesn't come through with his end of the deal that would be a completely different story.
David also told me Mario is waiting for Rich to give him permission to post for free. This is a highly unusual request considering he has hundred of dollars worth of high-end mutations (although all probably spontaneous occurrences as no-one has ever heard of him) a few "bukaroos" for the right to post in here.
Mario (or Matt?) we are waiting for you to post. So far we have kept to ourselves the shipping address we have for you, as well as your cell phone #. We know it's not where you live, and maybe the lady who lives there doesn't even know what you are up to.
Just a to give you a preview of what you will have to answer: How come you and Matt Goldman share the same shipping address?
David Reid
EmberBall
I probably did not make myself clear, but....
Mario did not ask, sofar as I know, to post for "free." I sent him this link, and he could not open it, it just sent him to a registration page, that he could not figure out. I then asked him, he and I were talking via IM, if he wanted me to ask Rich if he could get permission to post,,,,he said ok, he being Mario, so I emailed Rich, and emailed Mario, Rich's email addy. I do not think Mario is being cheap, I just think he could not figure out how to post/sign up, etc.
Mario did not ask, sofar as I know, to post for "free." I sent him this link, and he could not open it, it just sent him to a registration page, that he could not figure out. I then asked him, he and I were talking via IM, if he wanted me to ask Rich if he could get permission to post,,,,he said ok, he being Mario, so I emailed Rich, and emailed Mario, Rich's email addy. I do not think Mario is being cheap, I just think he could not figure out how to post/sign up, etc.
BenSiegelReptiles
New member
if this guy has the same address as goldman--no further posts even need be neccessary--this is a dead end--its a scam
David,
Seems we were giving the explanation on the pictures at the same time. There was an incomplete sentence in my previous post:
I meant to say:
Seems we were giving the explanation on the pictures at the same time. There was an incomplete sentence in my previous post:
I meant to say:
David Reid
EmberBall
"Hundreds of THOUSANDS of $"
if Mario has what he has told me he has, both him and his partner.
if Mario has what he has told me he has, both him and his partner.
Jim O
Careful with that axe...
David Reid said:
Yes, and no one has heard of them. And he could not figure out a simple registration form here at Fauna that is designed for pre-teens. Maybe he obtained them from Raymond Harrison, his friend Katie Richardson, and her partner/stooge Tosha McC.
Just to save some time while we wait for Mario to post. The first quote is a passage from Matt Goldman’s writings the second one, an e-mail from Mario:
Can anyone point any similarities in their “literary” styles”?
Regards.
Can anyone point any similarities in their “literary” styles”?
Regards.
Rob @ RK Reptiles
ballpythonmorphs.net
Can anyone say........BUSTED!
Jim O
Careful with that axe...
Are you trying to 'cuz' trouble Dan?The BoidSmith said:
Seriously, who has a home phone that costs money to receive calls?
Brock
New member
Not this Brock
I don't know how to do the quote thing but on page two David Reid wrote.
I talk to Mario on a daily basis online.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have a deal worked out with him, that is supposed to be done at Daytona, in person. The deal is, a friend and partner of mine is going to Daytona, I am not, he and Mario are supposed to meet at my friends booth, and we give Mario 1.1 Mojaves and $2K, he gives us a 250 gram Striped male. He has sent me several nice pics of high end animals, but I have no way to varify if those are his animals. He has not, however, sent me pics of the Striped male. Too me, it is no big deal, as the transaction will be done in person. I enjoy talking to him online, through IM, and if he follows through with the deal, I will post it here. I have no reason to doubt him as of now. He is supposed to be partners with Brock.
Dave
Even though it's only my nickname I just wanted to clear up that I don't know Mario and he's no partner of mine. I don't even breed Ball Pythons only Boas. Thanks, Brock
Steve Brockschmidt
Brocks Boids
I don't know how to do the quote thing but on page two David Reid wrote.
I talk to Mario on a daily basis online.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have a deal worked out with him, that is supposed to be done at Daytona, in person. The deal is, a friend and partner of mine is going to Daytona, I am not, he and Mario are supposed to meet at my friends booth, and we give Mario 1.1 Mojaves and $2K, he gives us a 250 gram Striped male. He has sent me several nice pics of high end animals, but I have no way to varify if those are his animals. He has not, however, sent me pics of the Striped male. Too me, it is no big deal, as the transaction will be done in person. I enjoy talking to him online, through IM, and if he follows through with the deal, I will post it here. I have no reason to doubt him as of now. He is supposed to be partners with Brock.
Dave
Even though it's only my nickname I just wanted to clear up that I don't know Mario and he's no partner of mine. I don't even breed Ball Pythons only Boas. Thanks, Brock
Steve Brockschmidt
Brocks Boids
Darn!
Oh no! Both Gotti's ads have been deleted from KS! So many cutting edge morphs and heteros offered for “best offer”, gone for good! What am I going to do now! ”Cuz” you know what? I was ready to send all my money that way. Mario I’m still eagerly waiting for your post…
Oh no! Both Gotti's ads have been deleted from KS! So many cutting edge morphs and heteros offered for “best offer”, gone for good! What am I going to do now! ”Cuz” you know what? I was ready to send all my money that way. Mario I’m still eagerly waiting for your post…
Steve,
Did I understand right and he told David he was your partner?
Regards,
Jim O
Careful with that axe...
Mario aka Matt, here's your sign:The BoidSmith said:Oh no! Both Gotti's ads have been deleted from KS! So many cutting edge morphs and heteros offered for “best offer”, gone for good! What am I going to do now! ”Cuz” you know what? I was ready to send all my money that way. Mario I’m still eagerly waiting for your post…
Wear it with pride.
Hopefully he is gone for good !
The ads he posted on kingsnake had SCAM written all over them. Nobody at tis time is selling adult het lavender albino females. You dont even see lavenders posted on kingsnake for sell very often if ever. It is ironic to have tons of adult het females that are very high end for sale the price of hatchlings. I think anybody that was really had a need for adult lavender and stripe females would see right through the BS. JMHO
The ads he posted on kingsnake had SCAM written all over them. Nobody at tis time is selling adult het lavender albino females. You dont even see lavenders posted on kingsnake for sell very often if ever. It is ironic to have tons of adult het females that are very high end for sale the price of hatchlings. I think anybody that was really had a need for adult lavender and stripe females would see right through the BS. JMHO
What have we accomplished?
Matt,
It would be very simple for me to make fun of you. The truth of the matter is that I just did. Maybe that’s human nature and it felt good to do so for a while. But right now, and after the fact there’s no satisfaction on it at all. What have we accomplished? Expose your attempt of a scam? Was there any constructive contribution?
There are no short-cuts in this business/hobby of ours. Most of the people that made it did it through years of hard work, successes and failures. Yes, there might be a wise-guy that every now and then succeeds at stealing from other people. But in reality aren’t they stealing their self-esteem and self-worth? Even if no-one finds out isn’t it enough for them to know it.
You have a lot of females for sale, and from what we learned from another thread more than likely WC. Sell them for what they are. Maybe raise enough money to buy a male Pastel. Keep a couple of good females, breed them to him, and produce some babies. It’s not much, but it’s yours and its honestly earned money. You will not be one of the big ones in one, two, or even three years. But it will be honestly earned and before you know it you will be on your way. Maybe you will never make it to the big leagues, so what? At least you can always walk away with your head up high. That’s more important than all the piebald-albinos in the world.
Seeing you vanish from the face of the earth will give me no satisfaction, but seeing you succeed as an honest person and businessman would.
There, now I feel better!
Good night everyone.
Matt,
It would be very simple for me to make fun of you. The truth of the matter is that I just did. Maybe that’s human nature and it felt good to do so for a while. But right now, and after the fact there’s no satisfaction on it at all. What have we accomplished? Expose your attempt of a scam? Was there any constructive contribution?
There are no short-cuts in this business/hobby of ours. Most of the people that made it did it through years of hard work, successes and failures. Yes, there might be a wise-guy that every now and then succeeds at stealing from other people. But in reality aren’t they stealing their self-esteem and self-worth? Even if no-one finds out isn’t it enough for them to know it.
You have a lot of females for sale, and from what we learned from another thread more than likely WC. Sell them for what they are. Maybe raise enough money to buy a male Pastel. Keep a couple of good females, breed them to him, and produce some babies. It’s not much, but it’s yours and its honestly earned money. You will not be one of the big ones in one, two, or even three years. But it will be honestly earned and before you know it you will be on your way. Maybe you will never make it to the big leagues, so what? At least you can always walk away with your head up high. That’s more important than all the piebald-albinos in the world.
Seeing you vanish from the face of the earth will give me no satisfaction, but seeing you succeed as an honest person and businessman would.
There, now I feel better!
Good night everyone.
Gecko_Den
New member
Why does he need Rich's permission to post? The membership requirement to post on the BOI was reversed over a month ago. Have they changed it back, or is "Mario" buying time to get his new alias in place now that he has been outed?