Long post, but complete!
Actually I haven’t commented because I spent the weekend with my girlfriend. It looks like I have a lot of responding to do so I guess I will start anywhere.
First, I have two e-mails. One is a
[email protected] (a school related e-mail used for school purposes mostly), and a second e-mail
[email protected] (used for all my reptile related e-mails). Neither of them are “false e-mails” because well they both work, and second I don’t consider two e-mails to be “many.” So you “many false e-mail” comment makes no sense.
Second, I am a smalltime reptile hobbyist so your comment that competitors are attacking you is ridiculous. This is a small hobby and it is important that people know the good guys from the bad guys. For this reason alone I felt obligated to post.
Third, lets attack the issue of my being fraudulent! I challenge you to quote a lie from me in regards to your business. I am going to sum up our e-mail transactions; you tell me if anything I say is incorrect.
You posted an ad for cb masobe, I inquire and asked for pictures. You send me a picture that was taken from Nathan halls website, and according to him that photo, along with many others, belongs to Jerry P. After finding this out I decided to see how much you were willing to lie about the photo being yours so I asked how old the animal was when the picture was taken and if I could keep the picture. You told me the gecko was half a year old when the picture was taken and that I could keep it but not to use it to sell animals. Ironic wouldn’t you say….
I then requested to see pictures of ONLY the actual CB geckos, giving you the benefit of that doubt that maybe, just maybe you sent me the wrong picture by mistake. You replied saying your camera was broken. I said I would wait for it to be fixed. Two days later I get 3 pictures. One didn’t work, but two did. Both animals were Cleary WC. One of them didn’t even have a tail. I e-mailed you back sayings that it is sad that you would try and pass off obviously wc animals as cb, and that I sincerely hope you change your business practices.
You responded saying that the 3rd pic that didn’t work was the picture of the CB masobe and that the other 2 pictures were of wc masobe (like I said), and that those were the parents. So again even with all these complications I said ok resend the 3rd picture, thinking lets give this one more shot. You sent the 3rd picture. Compare to the other 2 masobe in the previous pictures the pair of masboe in the 3rd pic looked good. I am not connived they were cb because their body look a bit thin and their colors were dull, not pitch black like the alert very healthy masobe I have seen in the past, but they had fat tails. So, even if they were wc I was willing to take a chance on them. You are asking the same price for the “cb” animals as others do for “wc,” so whatever, they were worth a shot in my mind, cb or not. It is only $200 and with animals of this track record there is a good chance they will die no matter whom I get them from.
So, I e-mailed you back saying I would take them. I was a bit concerned because I put down your business practices in my last e-mail. For good reason I don’t trust you, and was worried you might send me a different pair that was in really bad shape. So, I wanted to be on your goods side when you sent the animals. As a result in my reply I very nice and flattering, saying that I like the pair and that they were so much nicer then the parents. I even went on to say I was glad you have acted so professional even after all the complications, and that I said I would send out the money express mail.
How did you respond to this e-mail? You insulted me saying you would never promise a animal to someone again because I kept changing my mind about weather I wanted them or not. (If you had send the 3rd picture to me from day one none of this would have happened. YOU caused all the complications. It is not my fault you sent a pic that wasn’t yours, claimed it was yours, then had a broken camera, and then messed up again sending the pictures!) I was upset by this e-mail but held my tongue and only replied saying oh well it all worked out so although it took a while we didn’t waste our time. You replied and again threw an insult and said you would wait for the MO but wouldn’t hold your breath! All this after I called you professional for keeping your cool during the complications!
Anyways I have all the e-mails so I can verify every word I said! Lawsuit…lol….
After all that again, I propose my original challenge. Find one thing in I have said that isn’t true!
Oh and “Jon Trunk” exactly who are you? I see you think you have me all figure out, but from my record this is the first time we have “met.” Up to now I have been corresponding with an Elena Egidi!
Steve Hoch
