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Bad Guy Jeff at Boaphile

I don't know why the Op is getting so much hassle here , perhaps people need to read the previous thread b4 commenting?
 
Well I *TRY* to wait for all the facts. I already had my own opinion before the picture, but when I see it with my own eyes......it becomes VERY HARD to ignore/argue/.....you get it.
Thanks for the warning and I hope all works out well for you.
 
I appreciate that,everybody just jumps on people in this reptile site.What happened to manners and respect now a days for others?
I wish you luck on the caging you decide to buy.
I DO LIKE THESE CAGES "BUT" you know the rest.I'm a small fish and i believe he just doesn't care what i feel or think about this problem!
I'll try some other caging i guess.
 
what does anyone think? Everyone that jumped on me should speak more of their minds on these split back cages.Please voice your opinions,they are valued as learning curves for me.
 
Don't buy from Boaphile..................

Hi Rich I just got done reading this post from page 1 to 47! I need to point out something first Rich is a good honest person and he's not out to screw anyone. The only thing that happen here is Jeff screwed him in this case. Maybe those of you that have jumped ship with Jeff need to notify him of this post. We can only hope that it will knock some sense into him and get him to realize that he is shipping out defective caging.

I have a few friends that have bought these cages from Jeff ( The big business guy). :rofl: I wont speak for him but his caging also had the split back on them. He also tried to E-Mail him, call him, and even wrote him a certified letter. Guess what? Did Jeff even call him back, write him back, or even try to fix this situation? If you guess no then your right!

As for those who are making these idiotic excuses for Jeff shame on you. He sold Rich caging that are defective. If he was such a honest truthful business man slash family man, he would of made this right for Rich. He has not done none of the above so in my opinion he should be on the BOI without a doubt. Also I have many friends in the boa business some are in it for a hobby, some are bigger named breeder's! Out of all these people they will tell you to beware of Jeff at Boaphile.

I'm sorry you had to deal with this Rich but take it as a life lesson learned. Keep letting other's know that when they do buy caging from Jeff at Boaphile to be prepared for terrible service. I'm going to also tell my buddy to post his story on this forum. To prove to other's that it would be best to buy their caging elsewhere.

David Zackary
Texas Rattlesnakes & Boas
 
texasrattleandboas said:
Hi Rich I just got done reading this post from page 1 to 47! I need to point out something first Rich is a good honest person and he's not out to screw anyone. The only thing that happen here is Jeff screwed him in this case. Maybe those of you that have jumped ship with Jeff need to notify him of this post. We can only hope that it will knock some sense into him and get him to realize that he is shipping out defective caging.

I have a few friends that have bought these cages from Jeff ( The big business guy). :rofl: I wont speak for him but his caging also had the split back on them. He also tried to E-Mail him, call him, and even wrote him a certified letter. Guess what? Did Jeff even call him back, write him back, or even try to fix this situation? If you guess no then your right!

As for those who are making these idiotic excuses for Jeff shame on you. He sold Rich caging that are defective. If he was such a honest truthful business man slash family man, he would of made this right for Rich. He has not done none of the above so in my opinion he should be on the BOI without a doubt. Also I have many friends in the boa business some are in it for a hobby, some are bigger named breeder's! Out of all these people they will tell you to beware of Jeff at Boaphile.

I'm sorry you had to deal with this Rich but take it as a life lesson learned. Keep letting other's know that when they do buy caging from Jeff at Boaphile to be prepared for terrible service. I'm going to also tell my buddy to post his story on this forum. To prove to other's that it would be best to buy their caging elsewhere.

David Zackary
Texas Rattlesnakes & Boas
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Obviously people don't know a quality cage when they see one.

That is a built-in feature on a Boaphile cage - micro-slit seam-technology ventilation. It's professional quality baby.

Now the Boaphile can take your cage order over the internet, and even charge you over the internet.........

........but he won't take an e-mail if you got a problem. There's a very good reason for that, but seeing as most of you people are too simple to appreciate cutting edge enclosure ventilation, I doubt you are all professional grade enough to understand it.

Bottom line - it must be nice having a bunch of people carry your water for you when you screw over a customer. Means you don't have to come here and defend your indefensible utter lack of acceptable customer service.

Jesus people, the OP is not the first person to come here or on another forum and gripe about the Boaphile's on and off again customer service.

Maybe the Boaphile is too busy composing the text for his next series of ads on Kingsnake, or writing a tough hitting report on boa breeding for Reptiles/Teen Beat Magazine to answer his e-mail. After all, it's not like you can fit a WHOLE deck of cards in there, just one..............the OP should just stop griping and bask in the glory of the flawed cage - after all, the Boaphile is a heck of a guy, with a family and a life for Chrissakes. The OP should be satisfied that he has even a flawed piece of his Majesty's greatness.
 
i dont know what some people dont get. his cages and animals are top notch, but not everything by any one person is top notch 100% of the time. whether or not its part of how the cage is built, the op has/had and issue with it and never heard back. that is the point.
and if he is not the first to bitch about jeffs/boaphiles customer service, that says it all right there
 
I tend to agree, he either needs to learn how to communicate via email or hire someone to do it for him. In this day and age, if you can't do email exchanges, you're only hurting yourself.
 
If you read over my second post, I state that you called. I specifically say 'He can't prove the phone call but he can at least provide proof of the non answered e-mails.' I'm not saying the op is petty and vindictive either. Just that A LOT of BOI posters are. There is a burden of proof that hadn't been met at the start of this thread but people were still going off. Pictures have been posted, now we can see a problem that we had no proof existed before, NOW this is a legitimate BOI post that Jeff needs to know about and respond too.

Screen shots of the e-mail would still be nice but if you don't have them you don't have them. We aren't being mean, a lot of us just needed proof before the accusations could carry weight, just like a small claims court and even paypal would need. Without the burden of proof people could throw around all the accusations they want and it would be chaos. Try to understand the world is filled to the brim with liars, we don't know you, thus we did not know you weren't one yourself.
 
It's over.I'm not looking to give them back now as they have big boa's in them and i'm not changing things around.And you know he isnt going to make good to a little guy like me.
I just want people to know that the big doggs sometimes just dont care!
I'll keep the micro slit air control boaphile.Just wont be buying more.His loss,not mine.
To you's that want to believe that i am vindictive and have some alterior motive to dog Jeff,
just not the case,why would i want to beat up on him if he did nothing wrong.I didnt buy his boa's or anything from him besides the 2 cages.He put himself in this position and i had to say something.Being honest,those 2 cages are just about a weeks pay for me,so after 40 hrs of busting my hump working,i should just lie down,roll over and say,"it's cool"?I like those split on my new cages!
Come on,i have no reason to do this except that the cages are split.Showing emails from months ago is just not going to happen,It doesnt even matter,the pics speak for themselves .
You's asked for pics showing the splits and i took them and posted.If i have to hold onto emails from the most trusted dealers on here,thats says something about them right there!They cant be trusted either!!
I will never satisfy everyone and thats ok,i know how the world is and pretty good at understanding people.
Rich
lets just let this be and people can make their own judgement on buying from him.
I rather he do better quality control then he is and stick to his words of quality because split caging is a quality control issues.
As i stated before,i really like these cages and its a bummer i wont be buying from him again.So i guess its kinda my loss too.
 
Skiploder said:
Obviously people don't know a quality cage when they see one.

That is a built-in feature on a Boaphile cage - micro-slit seam-technology ventilation. It's professional quality baby.

Now the Boaphile can take your cage order over the internet, and even charge you over the internet.........

........but he won't take an e-mail if you got a problem. There's a very good reason for that, but seeing as most of you people are too simple to appreciate cutting edge enclosure ventilation, I doubt you are all professional grade enough to understand it.

Bottom line - it must be nice having a bunch of people carry your water for you when you screw over a customer. Means you don't have to come here and defend your indefensible utter lack of acceptable customer service.

Jesus people, the OP is not the first person to come here or on another forum and gripe about the Boaphile's on and off again customer service.

Maybe the Boaphile is too busy composing the text for his next series of ads on Kingsnake, or writing a tough hitting report on boa breeding for Reptiles/Teen Beat Magazine to answer his e-mail. After all, it's not like you can fit a WHOLE deck of cards in there, just one..............the OP should just stop griping and bask in the glory of the flawed cage - after all, the Boaphile is a heck of a guy, with a family and a life for Chrissakes. The OP should be satisfied that he has even a flawed piece of his Majesty's greatness.
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It is claimed to be a built in feature.....I claim it to be BS!
Slit seam ventilation?? Is he serious? That is the funniest thing I have heard. Maybe Jeff just found it easier to not properly finish his cages:rolleyes:.
Can ANYONE who actually uses these cages tell me of that so called ventilation actually ventilates anything? Would you say it is a useful slit like the builder claims?? Very curious.
--Amanda
If I get legitimate answers saying it does some good I will stop here, but I just do not see the point of calling a slit like that ventilation....and for what purpose?? Except for the obvious reason which is to have SOME answer as to why your cages have a slit in them....
 
radera5 said:
It is claimed to be a built in feature.....I claim it to be BS!
Slit seam ventilation?? Is he serious? That is the funniest thing I have heard. Maybe Jeff just found it easier to not properly finish his cages:rolleyes:.
Can ANYONE who actually uses these cages tell me of that so called ventilation actually ventilates anything? Would you say it is a useful slit like the builder claims?? Very curious.
--Amanda
If I get legitimate answers saying it does some good I will stop here, but I just do not see the point of calling a slit like that ventilation....and for what purpose?? Except for the obvious reason which is to have SOME answer as to why your cages have a slit in them....
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SARCASM

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: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

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a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual
b : the use or language of sarcasm
 
Skiploder said:
SARCASM

1
: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

2
a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual
b : the use or language of sarcasm
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Hate to tell ya, but I was serious. I am quite curious as to if the slit actually ventilates??
So maybe someone with a real answer??
--Amanda
 
I will tell you,it will if its all the way through and a fan is moving air!Mine is all the way through but i sealed it on the inside with silicone. Probably didnt need to do that,but i did.
Any type of hole or slit will let air move a little better.But the slit should not be there either way!
 
allreptiles1966 said:
I will tell you,it will if its all the way through and a fan is moving air!Mine is all the way through but i sealed it on the inside with silicone. Probably didnt need to do that,but i did.
Any type of hole or slit will let air move a little better.But the slit should not be there either way!
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My thought exactly. I know any hole or crack can cause air to move a little better.....I was just wondering if it was enough to call it a ventilation slit.
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
 
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