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Bthacker said:
You have a guy named Jered or Jerry praising a re-saler in other words a broker, how he has to make his money, yet he complains about his whole collection infected. Tell me this.......are all Ian's animals quarantined for 6 months? Did you Jered learn the hard way from buying animals from Ian? What are you really trying to say in your posts?

bthacker
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Bthacker-
I never said my whole collection was infected- I was just makeing a statement that yay their deal went sour- but probably for the best and they really should take it slower than they were- because they were using a risky method- I myself did something similar- did not quarenteen an animal long enough and that animal is dead- they are running tests on it now- I doubt it infected my whole collection-but it is still a scary deal- the animal actually came from another person- not Ian- I am not not out to trash his rep (yet) so his name will not be mentioned-
You guys are like kids- you make stories out of bits and pieces- they should change the title of this thread to something like the Tabloids of Ian Demello-

Hey- maybe Ian should come and defend himself- but then again the way you guys misconstrue stuff- I probably would not submit myself too that either if I was Ian.
 
Greg Riso said:
On 4/18/05 Joe Lydon wrote me an e-mail. At the close of it Joe said the following:

"I actually purchased 3 holdback Davey Pastels directly from Davey.. He's a good friend of mine and we were just wondering who sold you that snake as a Davey Pastel... I have also spoken through email with Ian, I'm gonna end up getting that female, she's AWESOME... She's actually being sent to Davey's place in CA to be used on the Sire DP... Should make for some interesting babies..."

"That female" refers to Ian's hypo because I had spoken to Ian in person about Joe's quest for an adult ready to go female hypo and I'd written Joe about checking it out. The hypo was going to be bred with "the Sire DP". DP stands for Davey Pastel and many people are aware that Dave's female passed away last year so is in need of a replacement for his pastel project. Now I don't know about you, but I'd say the fact that a $4,000 animal was intended to go directly to Davey's home shows his level of involvement in this deal and IMHO he has every right to post here. Ian also has every right to post but it doesn't appear that it's going to happen. Again, that's his option.
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I have no problem with Davey posting in this thread.

I DO have a problem with HIM, Davey, REPEATED what he was TOLD was said by SOMEONE else. Third hand stuff.

I have been down this road recently and now regret that the guy who said something cannot get the guy who told HIM something to come here and say he said so. NO verification.

If Davey was NOT involved in a first person type of involvment, then his opinion is just that. An OPINION, and NOT a factual statement.

ian, you're swirling here.

Do you, ian, or have you, ian, had IBD go through your snakes or ANY snakes you've brokered in the last couple of years?

What is the REAL story with the snake in question here?

Have you LIED ian? It seems, from your apparent cowardice, that you have and are unwilling to own up to it.

Is THAT true?
 
JnE Reptiles said:
Hey- maybe Ian should come and defend himself- but then again the way you guys misconstrue stuff- I probably would not submit myself too that either if I was Ian.
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Facts are hard to misconstrue.

If the guy who KNOWS the facts, ian, would come here then all this could be put to rest.

Seems he's afraid of something. My guess is that it is the TRUTH that has him afraid of this place and the people here.
 
My thoughts exactly Wes, I have not said much of anything on this thread but have been following for a while now.

The truth shall set you free.............

Ian has nothing to fear as long as he is honest.
 
wilomn said:
If Davey was NOT involved in a first person type of involvment, then his opinion is just that. An OPINION, and NOT a factual statement.
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I believe that this very statement was brought up about page 11 or so.
 
JnE Reptiles said:
You guys are like kids- you make stories out of bits and pieces- they should change the title of this thread to something like the Tabloids of Ian Demello-

Hey- maybe Ian should come and defend himself- but then again the way you guys misconstrue stuff- I probably would not submit myself too that either if I was Ian.
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I thought you were done witht this thread?

Nothing is being misconstrued at all. The facts were laid out, plain and simple. Ian came here to read but won't defend himself? I would be pissed and I would defend myself, if lies were being told about my reputation. Which it looks everyday without him here that the lies are becoming true.

Your posts have been kind of off-topic and not doing your friend any good. If I was you I would definitely stay out of it for the sake of your friend's rep.

Geeez! What could be more damaging to your rep.? Not coming on here to defend yourself or having these guys post in defense of him? Yikes!!!!

One more thing......you can bash faunaclassifieds all you want, some threads may get a little carried away from time to time but they are providing a good service to the public. I will not do business with alot of folks on this site just by their actions/inactions and business dealings. It definitely brings someone's true character and motives out when it's on a public forum in such a tight community.

bthacker
 
If Davey was NOT involved in a first person type of involvment, then his opinion is just that. An OPINION, and NOT a factual statement.
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I agree that without being the one who actually recieved the emails all I can do based on them is present them as they were sent to me, and form opinions. I have presented the info here for everyone to form an opinion if they want to, but I have not stated my opinion. Without Ian posting, it is hard to form an opinion. I believe I said earlier on that I think Ian probably IS a good guy. That was based on third party information presented by people who had good deals with him. Everything else I have provided as evidence has not been tampered with. If Ian wants to come here and say I made up the emails, I will repost everything complete with screenshots, and headers, dates everything. Ian has not denied anything about the emails, even in his email to gregh,so it is safe to assume that he is not denying that those are in fact his emails. If he has any that I didn't post in which something else was said that could help him, now would be a good time to post them too. I posted everything I had. I have not told any lies, I have not jumped to conclussions. I have merely put the information here, and pointed out inconsistencies.
 
So.....

Still nothing from Ian on this situation? I always thought he was probably one of the better high end brokers in the business, always having a selection of very nice Ball Pythons. I have to say, I am definatly changing my mind about him, based on the fact that Ian has been seen reading the thread, but his only comment is an email to someone to post in his behalf. VERY lame at best Ian...
 
It has only been a week, so he may still show up. I haven't lost faith. Ian will do the right thing. There could be a multitude of reasons he hasn't posted yet.
I will be sitting right here on the edge of my seat, holding my breath.
 
Well, I see Mark was just reading the thread, so maybe he's going to shed some light on the subject...

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I dont know what i have to do with the transaction other than previously owning the animal, However I did not know anything about your deal with Ian until a third party sent me a private message about the snake being for sale. I saw the advertiseemnt on KS and noticed some errors in it. I notified Ian about the errors via email. After that I was sent another PM to this thread.

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I then got this response.

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I really dont think Ian ever pointed any finger at me and I dont think he intentionally misrepresented the animal. From what business I've done with Ian, it has always been pleasant and has been to both of our likings as far as i know, if Ian is upset with me for anything, I havent been told about it.

Regarding the fact that i am getting the salmon back, its not any big deal at all, if you want to try and read something into it that isnt there, than go right ahead, you all know what happens when you assume too much. The fact is, I sold the animal when i was in need of cash, Ian bought it. When the whole ordeal was over with you guys, I was making a different deal with Ian on other animals and inquired if he had sold the salmon female, he still had it, I told him I would be interested in getting her back to try and breed her again, she was definately one of my favorite snakes, and he agreed to give her back to me as part of our new transaction on other animals. I never tried to get Ian to sell her for me, that is more jumping to conclusions. I was paid cash for her.

Again, i have no information regarding your guys deal than what I have read on this thread. I really had nothing to do with it at allother than being a previous owner.

I also would like you all to know that I never powerfed this animal, I do not believe in powerfeeding. She was raised being fed a normal diet , not being forced to eat jumbo rat after jumbo rat until she was 7ft long as some of you would like to think, she is a good size for being a 4 year old girl. She was definatley large enuff to breed the first time I attempted breeding her when she was 3 years old and just over 6ft and 16 lbs.
 
DaveyFig said:
I have not a clue what you are talking about.

Mark sold the animal to me as a one time breeder female that didn't take.
What does her breeding history have to do with me.? If anyone
misreopresented the sale it was him. I only can go by what I was told. Why
would I buy a Boa that wouldn't produce two years in a row.. Do you know
how big I am in the resale business?. I wouldn't jeoparadize my name or rep
over a freakin Salmon Boa.

I am not that happy with Mark right now for misrepresenting her status.

Believe me, I have nothing to gain by making someone dissatisfied,.

Have a good weekend
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Looks like finger pointing to me.. And like I told you in chat, I think you're covering for the both of you...
 
Mark,

FYI, as long as your full name is in your profile on the left, as it is in your case, you need not sign it below your post.
 
Thanks Mark, I actually do believe you on this one.
Just wanted to show you that yes the finger was pointed at you ...her is the email.


Mark sold the animal to me as a one time breeder female that didn't take.
What does her breeding history have to do with me.? If anyone
misreopresented the sale it was him. I only can go by what I was told. Why
would I buy a Boa that wouldn't produce two years in a row.. Do you know
how big I am in the resale business?. I wouldn't jeoparadize my name or rep
over a freakin Salmon Boa.

I'm not the animal or the breeder, I am a reseller of high end quality
animals with all the backing in the business,.

If she didn't produce this past season it has nothing to do with me,. I
have not misrepresented the animal in any way. No one can say whether an
animal will breed, produce or anything for that matter.

If you ever need a favor, I will take this letter from you with a grain of
salt, and do the absolute best I can to help you
Sorry about your dilema, BUT. If you want the highest quality, healthy,
feeding prolific machines, whether it be Boas or Pythons, give me a call.
Everyone already knows that.

I am not that happy with Mark right now for misrepresenting her status.

Believe me, I have nothing to gain by making someone dissatisfied,.

Have a good weekend
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By the way, your name is over there on the right, you edited it in your profile, so you don't have to type it on every post.
 
GotBoids18 said:
Looks like finger pointing to me.. And like I told you in chat, I think you're covering for the both of you...
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The qoute in my last post looks like it was Davey making those statements, I just want to clarify for someone who hasn't read the entire post.. That statement was in an email from Ian to myself...
 
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