I recieved these messages in my private message box this week. I guess I'm a jack ass for having other things to do besides post a new good guy thread about Ken Hallworth.
Message 1: May 3, 2005
I can not post this on the Board of inquiry because I do not advertise with them as a paying customer but I hope you pass it along. I have bought over 25 GTP's from Ken Hallworth over the last 3 years and they have all been the best snakes I have ever owned. He dedicated good part of his life and over 2500 square feet of his home to just breeding GTP's and a sanctuary where he has taken in abused reptiles, I've never met anyone who knows more about this species or cared more for them except for maybe Trooper. I can not ever see him trying to scam anyone and I am sure he is sorry for the use of the picture of the eggs. I know he has sold almost all of his GTP's which were obviously a huge part of his life, so he probably sold his digital all in an effort to pay for a medical bills from a Disease his wife is dying from. I know this because I talk to his father who has been also breeding chondros for over 15 years. So before you guys go on a bashing spree, maybe you should try to find out a little more about a guy. This message will be a test of what kind of man you are, so if it ends up on the Board of inquiry we will all know.
Regards,
Frank Nuvera
Private Collector
Message 2: May 4, 2005
Now we all know what a piece of #@&% you really are because my messae is not up in the board of inquiry. I honestly think your the kind of guy who probably stays in his underwear all day eating bon bons and patting yourself on the back about your egg pictures. You honestly must love the sound of your own voice, as much as you run your mouth on this website. Thank God people like you aren't put in charge of more than something like snake egg pictures or we would all be in deep .
Frank Nuvera
My reply to message 2: May 7, 2005
Frank,
FYI, I have a life too. I don't post on this board everyday, nor do I read it every day. First I called Ken and asked him nicely to delete the picture from his ad on kingsnake. He sounded sincere over the phone so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Well what do ya know, the very next day there was a new ad on a new website with the same pics......and again, another new ad on another new website the following day. He never mentioned his wife, but did mention his "girlfriend" as being the one that posted the pics. All I know is he took the pics from 3 different breeders. I was just trying to cover my own ass. If he's that big into chondros, why doesn't he have pics of his own......whether new or old. He could have asked to use the pics as "representations" of his chondros, but he didn't. What he did was illegal whether you want to believe it or not. Anyone can get a throwaway camera and have a disc made to post pictures. Please don't make accusations towards me, as you don't know me at all. I don't know Ken, but I do know that he used my pic as well as others' pics without permission.
Have a nice day.
Brandon Osborne
Ken had every chance to make this right. Why hasn't he posted here yet? Instead, he tried to sneak around the different classified forums to post more ads with the pics he was asked not to use.......pics he said he WOULD NOT USE anymore.
Frank, as hard as it is to gain a good reputation in this business, I take everything I do very seriously. If someone is using my pictures to sell their snakes, and the snakes end up dieing, that can come back on me. I do take great pride in my collection.....why shouldn't I? If you aren't proud of your animals, then you probably don't care and are in it for the $$$$$. With all the scammers out there, why wouldn't I try to defend myself in this case? I will do whatever it takes to keep from getting the "bad guy" status.....and in this case, even though you may disagree, Ken is the bad guy.
Brandon Osborne
Private Collector and proud of it.
