Pezzist
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Greetings Fauna-community. My name is William Moore and I have been a member since last May. The purpose of my post is to raise awareness of my latest transaction with Michael Miller, aka Snakept74. Michael has put me in a position which I have tried to avoid, but he last left me no room for negotiation and has refused to make this latest transaction right. I have also noticed that there are a few BOI posts that state that he is a good guy, however this recent purchase was not as pleasant. As this is an excellent community with well respected breeders and traders, I feel that it is my duty to inform you of recent events.
On the 31st of March I sent a down payment of 200 USD (in for form of a Money Order) to Michael, as I was leaving for a short Easter Vacation with the family. He accepted this payment to hold a 1.1 Cape Gopher pair unrelated produced by Scott J Michaels, until I returned from my vacation. I anxiously waited to hear back from him as to whether he had received my money order. He ended up getting back to me on April 6 and he stated that he had received the payment on Saturday the 3rd. He apologized for getting back to me late and I accepted his apology. The next day I sent him the second payment ( April 7th)for a Money Order of 220 USD (placing the entire dollar amount for the purchase at 420USD shipped). This time I was sure to pay extra for tracking as I wanted to know exactly when my money was being received. He got my payment on April 10th and stated that he would be sure to ship them first thing on Monday. The next day (April 11th) he sends me an email asking if Wednesday for Thursday would work instead because he will get a better shipping rate, but if that didn’t work out he could ship on Tuesday for Wednesday. I replied by saying that he could do whatever would be most convenient for him.
I didn’t hear back from him again till later in the day on the 14th. As I didn’t know if he had shipped on Tuesday, I ended up spending the entire day at home waiting. Once again he apologized and said that they were being shipped for the 15th. I accepted his apology again and was excited for them to ship on Thursday. They arrived at 12pm on the 15th and I was more than happy to finally receive my order after waiting so patiently. I just briefly glanced at them to make sure they were alive. I then popped the lids on their shipping containers, placed them in their new tubs and let them crawl out on their own to avoid stress. I shot Michael a quick email to let him know that they were received and alive (I also mentioned that they were beautiful as the male caught my eye right away). My girlfriend came over at about 3:45 and we looked them over and took pictures to make sure they were in good health. At first we looked at the male who was gorgeous and looked flawless. Then we inspected the female. To my surprise the female, had a huge bulge on her tail, the tip of the tail was bent down, and she had no resemblance to the AD. Looking at this closely you will notice that she clearly has black markings running throughout her body, up to her neck (I have enclosed pictures of her).
After I noticed there were issues I sent Michael an email immediately at 4:04 pm with pictures. He said to send her back and that he would refund my money. Then he replied a few minutes later and told me to wait a few days to see if the bulge would go down. I spoke to a number of people and they all thought that the tail would most likely never look normal again, but I decided that the best thing to do was to wait and I needed to leave for the weekend anyway. My girlfriend kept a close eye on her and my other snakes while I was away.
When I got home we sent quite a few emails back and forth to each other and I have pasted them below for you to read and react to. I gave him the benefit of the doubt by saying that she may have accidently been injured while he was trying to place her in her shipping container and that things just happen. I also suggested that maybe he had posted two pictures of the male, instead of a picture of each. I thought this because the female looked nothing like either of the pictures, in color or pattern. He denied both of these issues and started to act hostile towards me while I tried to remain professional. He accused me of injuring her and that I got what I paid for. However, in the AD is says “satisfaction is guaranteed.” He did however suggest that she may be in shed (she still has yet to shed and its been almost been two weeks).
I was hesitant to ship them back for a few reasons. One, because he mentioned that he used my money for a house payment and he would need time to get money. Two, because Michael didn’t let me know if he would cover return shipping on one or both animals. Three, because Michael kept changing his mind about refunding my money. And four, because he mentioned that she could possibly be in shed (I felt it would almost be inhumane to ship her back in shed with a broken tail). As of today Michael still refuses to do anything further for me. I tried my hardest to resolve this issue privately, but I feel I was forced to have to post in here. I will leave it up for the community to decide how they feel about Michael Miller. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
William Moore
(I apologize, for posting so many emails but I wanted to post everything)
On the 31st of March I sent a down payment of 200 USD (in for form of a Money Order) to Michael, as I was leaving for a short Easter Vacation with the family. He accepted this payment to hold a 1.1 Cape Gopher pair unrelated produced by Scott J Michaels, until I returned from my vacation. I anxiously waited to hear back from him as to whether he had received my money order. He ended up getting back to me on April 6 and he stated that he had received the payment on Saturday the 3rd. He apologized for getting back to me late and I accepted his apology. The next day I sent him the second payment ( April 7th)for a Money Order of 220 USD (placing the entire dollar amount for the purchase at 420USD shipped). This time I was sure to pay extra for tracking as I wanted to know exactly when my money was being received. He got my payment on April 10th and stated that he would be sure to ship them first thing on Monday. The next day (April 11th) he sends me an email asking if Wednesday for Thursday would work instead because he will get a better shipping rate, but if that didn’t work out he could ship on Tuesday for Wednesday. I replied by saying that he could do whatever would be most convenient for him.
I didn’t hear back from him again till later in the day on the 14th. As I didn’t know if he had shipped on Tuesday, I ended up spending the entire day at home waiting. Once again he apologized and said that they were being shipped for the 15th. I accepted his apology again and was excited for them to ship on Thursday. They arrived at 12pm on the 15th and I was more than happy to finally receive my order after waiting so patiently. I just briefly glanced at them to make sure they were alive. I then popped the lids on their shipping containers, placed them in their new tubs and let them crawl out on their own to avoid stress. I shot Michael a quick email to let him know that they were received and alive (I also mentioned that they were beautiful as the male caught my eye right away). My girlfriend came over at about 3:45 and we looked them over and took pictures to make sure they were in good health. At first we looked at the male who was gorgeous and looked flawless. Then we inspected the female. To my surprise the female, had a huge bulge on her tail, the tip of the tail was bent down, and she had no resemblance to the AD. Looking at this closely you will notice that she clearly has black markings running throughout her body, up to her neck (I have enclosed pictures of her).
After I noticed there were issues I sent Michael an email immediately at 4:04 pm with pictures. He said to send her back and that he would refund my money. Then he replied a few minutes later and told me to wait a few days to see if the bulge would go down. I spoke to a number of people and they all thought that the tail would most likely never look normal again, but I decided that the best thing to do was to wait and I needed to leave for the weekend anyway. My girlfriend kept a close eye on her and my other snakes while I was away.
When I got home we sent quite a few emails back and forth to each other and I have pasted them below for you to read and react to. I gave him the benefit of the doubt by saying that she may have accidently been injured while he was trying to place her in her shipping container and that things just happen. I also suggested that maybe he had posted two pictures of the male, instead of a picture of each. I thought this because the female looked nothing like either of the pictures, in color or pattern. He denied both of these issues and started to act hostile towards me while I tried to remain professional. He accused me of injuring her and that I got what I paid for. However, in the AD is says “satisfaction is guaranteed.” He did however suggest that she may be in shed (she still has yet to shed and its been almost been two weeks).
I was hesitant to ship them back for a few reasons. One, because he mentioned that he used my money for a house payment and he would need time to get money. Two, because Michael didn’t let me know if he would cover return shipping on one or both animals. Three, because Michael kept changing his mind about refunding my money. And four, because he mentioned that she could possibly be in shed (I felt it would almost be inhumane to ship her back in shed with a broken tail). As of today Michael still refuses to do anything further for me. I tried my hardest to resolve this issue privately, but I feel I was forced to have to post in here. I will leave it up for the community to decide how they feel about Michael Miller. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
William Moore
(I apologize, for posting so many emails but I wanted to post everything)
Ok If I did upload the male or female twice, who cares! In the ad it says nowhere these are pictures of the male and the female. And I did offer his money back but I told him he has to wait. I waited a month to get his money! 
