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I am a little heated, so this may be long. I contacted jeff a little over a week ago about a snake of his that I was interested in. We had discussed all the essentials, and we both decided to make a trade. I got an email from him on Sunday, asking me if I would ship sameday (monday) as him. And so I did. Tuesday comes around....no snake. I talk to him, he has the snake i sent him. Is very pleased, yadda yadda yadda. He tells me he had a delay on Monday, and therefore couldn't ship. Soo, he tells me he'll ship that day (Tuesday). I say thats fine. I email him asking him if he shipped, and who he shipped through. No reply. Wednesday comes along.....still no snakes (at this time I start to get a LITTLE angry). I get an email from him telling me he did not ship, and that he would be able to ship Thursday so that I would receive the snake Friday(today). Well, here I am, and I dont have my snake. I emailed him a little while ago asking him if he had shipped yesterday. He told me he did not ship because of the temp and blah blah, and that he didnt want to ship for saturday delivery, so he would ship Monday. Now I'm pissed, and its getting to the point where his excuses are getting lamer and lamer, and is making me more angry. He's been putting off for close to a week now, and I'm out $250. DONT EVER DO BUSINESS WITH THIS GUY. Not worth it.

JEFF, YOU ARE SCUM AND I HOPE YOU NEVER MAKE ANOTHER TRANSACTION AGAIN. I DONT CARE WHAT EXCUSES YOU GIVE ME BECAUSE THEY MEAN NOTHING. I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT SNAKE CLOSE TO A WEEK AGO, AND IM NOT TAKING THE BULLSH*T. THE REPTILE BUSINESS IS NOT A GAME, AND IM NOT GOING TO PLAY ANY OF THESE CHILDISH GAMES. I WANT MY SNAKE TOMORROW, OR YOU WILL BE SORRY. THANKS YOU.

P.S. If anyone can give me his HOME phone number, it would be greatly appreciated. He gave me a cell phone number that always seems to be turned off.

Justin Morse
 
Justin....How often have you read posts where people sent their traded animals first, and then never heard back from the other guy??? How many times do we have to tell you....NEVER SHIP FIRST if the other guy initiated the trade??? I'm truly sorry that this had to happen....but, you make your own bed in this world....I have a feeling that you'll know better next time, won't you??? ....Neil
 
Hey everyone. After about an hour of searching the white pages, I found his HOME phone number and contacted him. Everything is straightened out. Thanks for looking.
 
Just curious, in a trade situation, WHO should ship first?  I'm just curious, as I see the point that one should never ship first as he/she may never hear from the other party again, but it rather sounds like an impasse.......if "JoeBob" (Made up name) won't ship until "BillyBob" ships, but "BillyBob" won't ship until "JoeBob" ships.............who ships?  Eventually one of them will have to take a lep of faith and ship first...........how do you decide who it is?
 
Well, the way I work trades is....
If I KNOW the person (and have done business with him before this trade deal)....I would have no problem in shipping at the same time....but....if I DON'T know the person....If I initiated the trade...I would ship first....if HE initiates the trade...then HE ships first....PERIOD!! If he doesn't want to ship first, or won't ship unless I shipped on the same day as him....I WON'T GO THROUGH WITH THE TRADE!!!
I hope this helps....Neil
 
i have done business with Jeff and did have major concerns on weather or not i would receive my animal (a female blood).  i sent a money order and ended up waiting about two weeks for my animal after he received the check. One of the weeks was 4th of July so shipping was an issue and heat was the other.   I think Jeff is an alright guy, he is just very concerned about his animals, and shipping, i guess i can't fault that. The animal i received was better than expected, but i have changed the way i buy on line, i get a home phone number and will always talk to the person and then decied if i want to buy from them.  Good luck and this was my two cents.
Joe Vieira
owner JL Breeder Reptiles
RI
 
No offense Justin but I think you jumped the gun abit on this one.It really was only about 4 days late on the shipment.Plus he talked to you about the delays everytime.I can understand if you are not getting replies from him and if it gets to be excessively long.I have done trades in the past where for some reason or another the other person had to delay shipping like this situation.I wanted my animals as soon as possible too, but I think coming to the BOI this soon is not warranted.It can do a person's reputation and business harm that isn't desrving.Because really what most people will remember is the ranting about how bad someone is versus "I talked on the phone ,everything is settled".I would make the suggestion too,that you should get a phone number before making trades or buying and selling.Neil and others are always making the good point that you can get a better feel for someone's character when they are talked to in person.Anyway ,I hope you don't take offense but I would just be more patient next time before slamming someone here.
                                                              Thanks,
                                                                    Josh
 
How about 2 years 4 months and counting?

Same as another post on Jeff:

I did a "trade" with him in May of 2000. He got my ball pythons and a check, I never got my geckos. He claims he never received the check, but it cleared just this last week. That just seems off.

I see there is a newer email address and will be contacting him to see if he will make it right.

Steven
 
Here is a follow up to my experience. I have made contact with Jeff. Like I said, he cashed my check. I wrote an email and after a couple of exchanges he promised to send me two female 6 month old leos on Monday via overnight. It is now Wednesday and I still have not received the geckos.

There is one other issue, but I cannot mention the details at this time because it may involve a criminal investigation.

Steven
Royal Gold Reptiles
 
I contacted Jeff about the het albino he currently has on KS and he was rude at best. Said it was sold anyway blah blah! I asked for pics since he said in his add "no pics for this price!" LOL come on do you think i'm buying hets with no pics from a guy who is all over the BOI and has more names than sh*t??? If you have albino male balls and consistently breed them as he states I am sure you can afford a digital camera geez! This guy smells real bad and im not talking about his hygiene.
 
OK, per my agreement with Jeff I am posting this follow up on the resolution of our trade. Yes, he did finally sent some geckos to me. It was not an easy thing to accomplish, but he did send some geckos to me. He seemed more interested in me "fixing" my comments here and avoiding mail fraud than anything else.

If you are interested in knowing more or seeing pictures of the, uh hum, "quality" of the animals that were sent, please write to me privately. They may even still be alive when you do.

I still have the same feelings about him that I developed over two years ago. I would never knowingly do any business with him again.

Steven Feil
Royal Gold Reptiles
 
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