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Just to let everyone know, I have been totally screwed in a trade with Mr Jeff Schofield of Duxbury, MA., A self described "consummate biologist". I think that "con man" is more like it. He had some great pics in his ad on ks.com. Too bad I didn't get any of those snakes. Just in case anyone is interested, I have a file containing all correspondence between Mr. Schofield and myself, including pics of all animals sent and received. I guess that you live and learn. I will get over it, but it will be a long time before I ever ship first again! In case anyone wants to reply or even stand-up for him, I am David Scarboro Jr. Dahlonega, Ga.
[email protected]
 
RE; JEFF'S TRADING

David,SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MISFORTUNE WITH jEFF,BUT Me & Jeff did a trade last year ,pair of cb aurora house for 1.2 nice adult breeder spilotes,& I was was very happy with the trade,sight unseen.Jeff never came across as a conman.He represented his animals well!Hope you can resolve your problem.regards.Dave Powell
 
David,never heard about this,whats up?

Hey,I sent you what I told you I would,and if you arent happy I would be more than willing to add to what I sent you just to keep you happy.You had my email and my phone number so I am more than a little dissapointed to hear about any bad news here.You did send me some nice snakes,you were "getting out of breeding"so I sent you one of everything....and you saw the pics.I dont know what to say more than this,get back to me,Jeff
 
Okay I am going to end this! Jeff did send me exactly the number of snakes that he said he was going to. I assumed something and we all know what happens when you do that. Also, everyones opinions and perceptions are different. Jeff has contacted me and offered to work this out. I shouldn't have made the "conman" statement and I apologize, and do hereby retract that statement. If you have never been angry then feel free to criticize me. I remain
David Scarboro Jr.
Dahlonega, Ga.
 
The above statement should have read "if you've never been angry and said something you shouldn't have, then feel free to criticize me"
David
 
There is just no pleasing some people

Before any more trash can be talked I just wanted to post that I have sent David the snake in the pic he requested to try and alleviate the situation.Yesterday he informed me that the package didnt arrive because of the wrong zip code--but it was the EXACT SAME ONE as the previous package(I have the reciepts).Here was his ONLY response today in recieving the ADDTIONAL animal...
ok dicksucker, I will get even! I PROMISE

I tried to call him but the number he gave me was disconnected.So,for those who had thought this fellow due any compensation I suggest that got his due a while ago.Sorry there are people like this in the hobby,Jeff
 
Jeff sent a dirty gym sock. I will begin posting on this subject later tonight. I have all of the e-mails, and pics of all animals. We will let the board decide.
David Scarboro
 
THAT would have been a just reward,wish it were true,lol

David,I have done a hundred trades and hundreds of sales and have NEVER heard of such a tale.It is getting to the point of shear comedy as all that know me KNOW I have a rich sense of humor but not like that,lol. With all the obvious problems that you have had dont you think there would be ONE other person that had kind of a similar circumstance in dealing with me in the past 15 years??LOL.I put my name out there for a reason,I stand behind everything I do and everyone that has had a questionable deal with me knows this.I always go the extra mile to make a deal happen or keep someone happy......but I suggest there is no helping you.You got the extra snake you wanted and you said you would not slam me here again and look what you did.I have the number you gave me on 2 different shipping labels,zip code as well.My number is on there and you have my email but you chose to air dirty laundry here again instead.You sent me 3 emails cursing me before you even told me what the PROBLEM was.....so I suggest there wasnt one to begin with.You got one animal MORE than our original deal and I picked up the shipping for it as well.....Anyone that knows me knows I am not going to waste my time packing a holey or empty sock,lol.Jeff Schofield
 
There you go again Jeff. I sent you one e-mail cursing you. The next one I forwarded back to you. It was my original e-mail with my address and phone. You got them wrong. Then there is the one where you tell me your girlfriend "lost your digital camera". Then the one where you say "David, what happened? You had pics of all the animals" I suggest that you can't keep up with all your BS. It is also obvious that you are trying to get this thread moved to"Hell" but I will keep it clean.(thanks moderator!) Anyway, I can already post pics, I think that almost everyone had seen the picture of the Eastern Milk that you tried to pass off as a Red. As quickly as I can learn to post the e-mails you sent, I will let your own words hang you out to dry. I have purchased animals at least 50 times and have never had a problem. I did have a problem with a rack system once, but the gentleman made it right. There is also the FACT that the first two times you tried to send the snakes to me, they escaped from the pkg. The first pkg was returned to you by the shipper with an animal hanging out of it stuck to the tape. Wow, a self described "consummate biologist" (Ihave that e-mail too) who can't even pack a snake. More Later.
 
David, how about posting some details about the deal?? What you purchased, what specifically went wrong, etc. A little proof would help all of us uninvolved readers understand what on earth is going on. Because right now it just looks like a lot of empty accusations with nothing to back it up.

Or Jeff, can you fill us in on this deal?

Thanks
 
dave,any emails yet?

Dave, I see your here now...Can you post those emails for everyone to see. We all are trying to figure out what is going on here, if you have those emails and can post them it would really help the people here to believe you.
Just wondering whats going on>
Nick Bonn
 
Ellen I will be glad to! I am trying to convert e-mails to a type of file that I can attach to a post. But anyway, here is the condensed version... I responded to an ad at ks.com about some snakes for trade. While I didn't know Mr Schofield personally, I was familiar with his name from reading the "for sale" ads. He had some Great looking animals in his ad. So after talking to him, I shipped him four nice snakes, all females. hypo brooksi, any. hondo, az. mtn. king, and a grayband. My wife of 24 years told me to check him out further, but he seemed nice and knowledgeable. He had a "hard luck story" about being ripped off by a partner that was a little wierd, but the bottom line is that I sent the snakes. When he went to ship his animals, he sent a tracking# I was following it, and all of a sudden the pkg. turned around and went back to his house. He said that a snake had gotten out, the shipper had seen it and returned the whole pkg. in another box to him. He sent another tracking #. When the box arrived, the first thing that I saw was part of a snake between the box and duct tape. It turned out to be a skinny gentilis. I spent two hours freeing the snake with baby oil. Unfortunately, it has since expired. Anyway, when I opened the box the rest of the animals were not what he had promised or pictured in his ad. I posted pics on this forum a couple of weeks ago about his Red Milk (really an eastern) and everyone agreed. That post is still here. When I contacted him after not hearing anything from him for over a week after the animals arrived, he did admit that he had gotten "the best of me". He promised to send a nice Red Milk, again pictured on ks.com. Yesterday, after a couple of days in transit, (he put the wrong zip and phone # on the pkg.) it arrived. When the pkg. got here it had a stinking athletic sock, no snake. Then last night he posted and said my phone was disconnected. (never has been, never will) I have references that are older than Mr. Schofield. If someone will email me with instructions an how to convert his emails to me into files that can be attached to a post, then I will lay it out for the whole world to see, and we will let everyone make up their own mind.
Thanks
David Scarboro Jr.
Dahlonega, Ga.
 
also...

I would like to add that I have bought animals over the last 10 years from 40 or 50 people. Never a problem. I did a large trade this week with Randy Ellis. Read the post. Also I am an ebayer on the side. I am "goldcitytoys" I have 277 transactions this year with a 100% feedback ratio.
Thanks for looking
David
 
All you have to do is copy the text of the emails and paste it into a thread. That is prefered over converting them into a text file and uploading it.
 
man

sorry to hear mr schofield isnt holding up to his end of the bargain,as i stated in my other post on thread that was moved to milksnake forum, that is totally an eastern and get anyone ANYONE! s.brown,t.dunham,d.good,ANYONE to say thats a red or even an intergrade for that matter its pure triangulum i see no syspila in it at all! nor would anyone,its a shame someone like jeff.s. has done this:( and to think i was gonna do a purchase or trade from him also HA! i think not. and i would advise ANYONE considering doing business wjeff.s. to examine and read this thread, there is no excuse to misrepresent animals, none!, but then after blatantly busted still doesnt make it right?WTF?,also the packing methods, snake loose stuck to duct tape?geez?, just simply pathetic and unacceptable imho:(
thomas davis;)
 
35 years??

David,it was my contention before I sent this snake that you didnt know a NA milk from a hole in the ground.Misidentifying a red milk(someone kindly confirm Shannon Brown on this),not knowing the size of adult gentilis(I have had smaller ones LAY for me before),and then claiming my fault on both....(??)My pics of these animals have been in the photo gallery in kingsnake for a while and during that time(maybe 5-6 weeks ago)my camera was lost as I have told everyone who asks.Was there any shipping error?A bad address or phone should have been corrected after the first shipment dont you think?I do admit to shipper error in breaking open the packaging on my first shipping attempt(which I freely admitted to in an attempt to be forthcoming).If you have
been in the hobby for 35 years I am sure you have opened packages to find snakes crawling around before...I know I have several times.I dont know what this has to do with anything as everything was sent and recieved according to the airborn.I would really like to see ANY NA milk "expert"contend me with any of this......Reading T.Davis' retort,IDing a milk from a photo like that is to be done by experts--NOT by 15 yr olds on an open forum.I am not interested in PUBLIC opinion,I am interested in EXPERT opinion.You 2 can try and slam me all you want but the truth will continue to hurt only you.....notice MY story has never changed.There is only one truth.Jeff
 
David,it was my contention before I sent this snake that you didnt know a NA milk from a hole in the ground.
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Does that mean you sent him the wrong snake hoping he would not realize it because he didn't know what one actually looked like?
 
well

mr jeff.s. im not 15 im 37 and you are wrong dude,plain in simple you misrepresented a snake,i have some of shannons animals,get him to say thats a red or even an intergrade,heck get ANYONE in the hobby to say thats a red(syspila) or even an intergrade for that matter it wont happen because im sure shannon knows his snakes as do i know mine,PLAIN AND SIMPLE YOU SOLD AN ANIMAL THAT YOU MISREPRESENTED,,,FIX IT
thomas davis
 
Red Milk?

For those of you who didn't see it, here is a pic of the Red Milk that Mr. Schofield sent. This is only one of the animals that he misrepresented. I have been trying to upload his emails in the test area, but am not having any luck yet. I do have someone who is going to show me how, and I will get them up.
Thanks for looking
David Scarboro Jr.
Dahlonega, Ga.
 

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