Greg Riso
New member
I never dreamed I'd have to write something like this about someone I thought was so trustworthy a person. Believe me I've held off doing so for quite some time and it really hurts to have to do so now. There must be a hundred people reading this that know Kim so please prove me wrong here or maybe give me an explanation as to what's going on.
Kim and I became what I thought were very close friends last year. Months before and after her father passed away last summer I wrote her on an almost daily basis and did my best as her friend to give her emotional support and even offered financial help to ease some difficult times she was facing. I bought several of her animals to help out even though I didn't really need them. At one point when she told me she was being stalked by a dangerous person I even offered her my home here in NH to move her family to. My wife can attest to everything that transpired because naturally I discussed everything in depth with her.
Last year I bought a gorgeous adult female Peruvian boa and after talking with Kim decided to send it to her on breeder loan. She had a male and wanted to do a joint project as my "partner." After Kim received the animal she kept me updated as to how it was doing on a regular basis.
Around that time in July Vinnie Russo of Cutting Edge Herps contacted me to let me know he was going to sell a very rare male Peruvian Melanogaster BCC I had previously sold him. I agreed to buy it back from him for $900 and told him about the female I had out in California with Kim. I then contacted Kim and asked her if she wanted to use this male to breed my female and her other adult female. She agreed to do this and was very excited about doing so. If all went well we were to split the two potential litters evenly between us. I paypaled Vinnie and he was extremely hesitant to send the animal to Kim because "he didn't know her." I convinced him to do so because I told him I trusted her 100% and it was my responsibility not his. Here's a copy of that transaction from my Paypal account history.
Name:
Vincent Russo (The recipient of this payment is Verified)
Email:
[email protected]
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Total Amount:
-$900.00 USD
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Date:
Jul. 30, 2003
Time:
11:44:51 PDT
Status:
Completed
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Subject:
1.0 Adult Melanogaster
Note:
I'd like you to ship this animal to a friend of mine that has my female. Her name, address and phone# are:
Kim Felts phone: 310-910-0797
910 Centinela Ave #a
Inglewood, California 90302
Please contact her to make all shipping arrangements. I don't need to be involved at all. Her e-mail address is [email protected]
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Kim received the animal in perfect condition and a few weeks afterwards, when I told her my nephew wanted to buy a beardie, she insisted on sending him a very nice baby from her collection at no charge which she did. This was about one week after the Daytona show because I remember meeting Vinnie at the show and joking about how I'd sold the Melanogaster to him for $600 and he had the nerve to sell it back to me for $900 lol. He told me he had offers of over $1,200 for it but decided to let me have it cheaper since I'd sold it to him.
After this I bought three animals from Kim because she desperately needed to downsize her collection because she was going to move into her mothers house and her mother hated snakes. I kind of thought this was odd because if her mother hated snakes how was she going to have a pair of very large Peruvians there? I bought an adult pair of Cancuns from her and it was like pulling teeth to get her to send them to me. At the time I wasn't worried because I thought she simply couldn't afford to send them and there was still plenty of time before breeding season. She ended up sending the male but took quite a while to finally get the female to me.
Then time began to pass and I realized she had not been in touch with me for some time. I knew she had moved away from LA to her mother's home and figured she was simply to busy and didn't have her computer up and running. Then I realized she was also no longer posting here at Fauna which was also very odd as she was a regular here. Her website was also down as well.
To make a long story short I've tried reaching her since before Thanksgiving and even posted something in the missing persons section here at Fauna.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29714
In the above thread Alan Hall was kind enough to help out by contacting her and shortly afterwards I received a very brief e-mail from her saying, "she was fine, the snakes were fine, her daughter was sick, and she'd write me soon when she had a chance. That was the last I heard from her which was before Christmas. Keep in mind a few months prior she had been in contact with me on an almost a daily basis. I trusted her with about $2,000 worth of rare Peruvian boas and it now appears she seems to have skipped out on me.
At this point I'm totally disgusted with Kim's behavior. I've written her several times with no response. She has really let me down big time. I never thought Kim would turn out like this and screw me over. I helped here in so many ways it's not funny.
Can someone out there please contact Kim and help me get my boas back? They are virtually irreplaceable and I would really like to see my animals again. I will be forever indebted to anyone that can help me out with this terrible situation. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
Kim and I became what I thought were very close friends last year. Months before and after her father passed away last summer I wrote her on an almost daily basis and did my best as her friend to give her emotional support and even offered financial help to ease some difficult times she was facing. I bought several of her animals to help out even though I didn't really need them. At one point when she told me she was being stalked by a dangerous person I even offered her my home here in NH to move her family to. My wife can attest to everything that transpired because naturally I discussed everything in depth with her.
Last year I bought a gorgeous adult female Peruvian boa and after talking with Kim decided to send it to her on breeder loan. She had a male and wanted to do a joint project as my "partner." After Kim received the animal she kept me updated as to how it was doing on a regular basis.
Around that time in July Vinnie Russo of Cutting Edge Herps contacted me to let me know he was going to sell a very rare male Peruvian Melanogaster BCC I had previously sold him. I agreed to buy it back from him for $900 and told him about the female I had out in California with Kim. I then contacted Kim and asked her if she wanted to use this male to breed my female and her other adult female. She agreed to do this and was very excited about doing so. If all went well we were to split the two potential litters evenly between us. I paypaled Vinnie and he was extremely hesitant to send the animal to Kim because "he didn't know her." I convinced him to do so because I told him I trusted her 100% and it was my responsibility not his. Here's a copy of that transaction from my Paypal account history.
Name:
Vincent Russo (The recipient of this payment is Verified)
Email:
[email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Amount:
-$900.00 USD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:
Jul. 30, 2003
Time:
11:44:51 PDT
Status:
Completed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject:
1.0 Adult Melanogaster
Note:
I'd like you to ship this animal to a friend of mine that has my female. Her name, address and phone# are:
Kim Felts phone: 310-910-0797
910 Centinela Ave #a
Inglewood, California 90302
Please contact her to make all shipping arrangements. I don't need to be involved at all. Her e-mail address is [email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kim received the animal in perfect condition and a few weeks afterwards, when I told her my nephew wanted to buy a beardie, she insisted on sending him a very nice baby from her collection at no charge which she did. This was about one week after the Daytona show because I remember meeting Vinnie at the show and joking about how I'd sold the Melanogaster to him for $600 and he had the nerve to sell it back to me for $900 lol. He told me he had offers of over $1,200 for it but decided to let me have it cheaper since I'd sold it to him.
After this I bought three animals from Kim because she desperately needed to downsize her collection because she was going to move into her mothers house and her mother hated snakes. I kind of thought this was odd because if her mother hated snakes how was she going to have a pair of very large Peruvians there? I bought an adult pair of Cancuns from her and it was like pulling teeth to get her to send them to me. At the time I wasn't worried because I thought she simply couldn't afford to send them and there was still plenty of time before breeding season. She ended up sending the male but took quite a while to finally get the female to me.
Then time began to pass and I realized she had not been in touch with me for some time. I knew she had moved away from LA to her mother's home and figured she was simply to busy and didn't have her computer up and running. Then I realized she was also no longer posting here at Fauna which was also very odd as she was a regular here. Her website was also down as well.
To make a long story short I've tried reaching her since before Thanksgiving and even posted something in the missing persons section here at Fauna.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29714
In the above thread Alan Hall was kind enough to help out by contacting her and shortly afterwards I received a very brief e-mail from her saying, "she was fine, the snakes were fine, her daughter was sick, and she'd write me soon when she had a chance. That was the last I heard from her which was before Christmas. Keep in mind a few months prior she had been in contact with me on an almost a daily basis. I trusted her with about $2,000 worth of rare Peruvian boas and it now appears she seems to have skipped out on me.
At this point I'm totally disgusted with Kim's behavior. I've written her several times with no response. She has really let me down big time. I never thought Kim would turn out like this and screw me over. I helped here in so many ways it's not funny.
Can someone out there please contact Kim and help me get my boas back? They are virtually irreplaceable and I would really like to see my animals again. I will be forever indebted to anyone that can help me out with this terrible situation. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
