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Bad Guy Mike Matson of Mike's Phat Frog is a scammer !!

Mike has been banned numerous times, under various names, but his original account is still active (at least I think it's his original - it becomes difficult to track when there are so many). I can't find anything that suggests he ever had an account here with the name Mike's Phat Frogs (or anything similar) - but he's welcome to use his existing account to reply if he is so inclined.


(To be specific - his account was banned; but the permanent ban was lifted some time ago, and the temporary ban due to amassed infractions has expired)
 
hhmoore said:
Mike has been banned numerous times, under various names, but his original account is still active (at least I think it's his original - it becomes difficult to track when there are so many). I can't find anything that suggests he ever had an account here with the name Mike's Phat Frogs (or anything similar) - but he's welcome to use his existing account to reply if he is so inclined.


(To be specific - his account was banned; but the permanent ban was lifted some time ago, and the temporary ban due to amassed infractions has expired)
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Thank you hhmoore. I appreciate you telling me about my old account. As far as the other names I have had my x girlfriend and x wife use my name on numerous things. So, I apologize for whatever those accounts brought.
 
Rick has posted a lot of messages. Mainly those that avoid him looking like the bad guy with some responses I have received from him.. Those will be posted shortly as I am trying to refigure out this site again.

I agreed to purchase 21 frogs from Rick for $2250.00 as long as the payment was going to be a few weeks after arrival. I valued these frogs at $100.00 vs the actual $40.00-$50.00 market value. Mainly because these were my original babies that I produced and I pay well when I buy my own frogs back.

A few days after Ricks frogs arrived while I was out of town an employee of mine made a mistake an fed bad blackworms to all of my tadpoles. Which caused a reaction with all of the tadpoles and I lost all of them. My frogs are my income. If I do not have any babies I do not make any money. Rick was notified promptly and said payment would be delayed a few weeks. He was consistently updated from then on.

A few days ago Rick came to me asking when he would be able to be paid. I told him that the tadpoles are in the water and would be able to be sold here shortly. Once, they sell he will receive all of his money. That response was not good enough for him. I showed him I literally have no money by providing him a screen shot of my bank account.

After telling you can either wait a few weeks for me to pay for the frogs or I can send them back he responded with "If I do not send money to him by Friday or he would contact an attorney. I told him that is ok with me I can send your frogs back to you on Monday. (WHICH WILL NOW BE TUESDAY THE 14TH DUE TO HEAT) or you can wait a few weeks for payment.

RICK said " I will not be available to receive them and they will die" I told him the animals will be held at the hub if the temps are to high. He said he will not pick them up either.


I WILL BE POSTING PICS BELOW.... IN THE END I NEVER TRIED TO STEAL THESE ANIMALS LIKE RICK CLAIMS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE. I SIMPLY SAID IF YOU CAN WAIT A FEW WEEKS FOR PAYMENT GREAT. IF NOT I CAN SEND THESE ANIMALS BACK. This is not about getting out of paying for anything. This is simply a man who is trying to Ruin my name as Mikes Phat Frogs...
 
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This screen shot is in reference to shipping him back his frogs... Apparently me shipping his frogs back to him via syr with 10:30 arrival time packed in a styro box puts his frogs at risk.


Or is it his mentality and what he will do to those animals once he receives them to try and make me look bad?

I'm fairly certain 1000s of animals every week are shipped this way.
 
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Thank you hhmoore. I appreciate you telling me about my old account. As far as the other names I have had my x girlfriend and x wife use my name on numerous things. So, I apologize for whatever those accounts brought.
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This screen shot is in reference to shipping him back his frogs... Apparently me shipping his frogs back to him via syr with 10:30 arrival time packed in a styro box puts his frogs at risk.


Or is it his mentality and what he will do to those animals once he receives them to try and make me look bad?

I'm fairly certain 1000s of animals every week are shipped this way.
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3rd part of refusal messages.

I am pretty sure any breeder or seller if reputable would accept his own animals back if a buyer could not pay for them.

Rick does not care about the well being of these animals. All he wants is his money from them which he did not want to wait for either. I valued these animals at a very high amount and he knows that he will never get that value elsewhere.
 

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I WILL SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS TOMORROW. RICK HAS BLOCKED ME FROM FACEBOOK SO I AM UNABLE TO SEE A LOT OF THE MESSAGES THAT I DIDNT SCREEN SHOT.

I would love to know your reason Rick for not wanting these animals back? If it has something to do with Bio security I am afraid that's all but an excuse. These animals were produced at my facility and sold to you as babies... Your excuse about not wanting them to be exposed to your animals at home is invalid.

Or is it because you know that I gave you an extremely high value for them and now you know not another living soul will pay you that amount for them Rick?
 
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As far as the other names I have had my x girlfriend and x wife use my name on numerous things. So, I apologize for whatever those accounts brought.
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Always somebody else, huh? There aren't too many people that will buy that load of crap, Mike. Shame you haven't matured enough to admit to your past behavior - it isn't even an issue in this thread. It would have been better to simply not comment, rather than post that drivel.
 
Yep, seen it a hundred times here. Good guys gone wild, lol.

Mike, you were 2 months behind your warehouse rent, still promising money for frogs? And then use that as an excuse? Your multiple exes are the cause for multiple accounts? Your ex and whatever domestic stuff you know well in advance is another excuse? That stuff just doesn't suddenly pop up out of the blue.

You got the frogs, you owe the money, not excuses. Bottom line.

Even better than that (take note Elexis Ortiz/Craig ... and again, puleeze resize your photo attachments). Mike claimed he innocently brought tiny animals back to the US in a backpack from Australia, bragged about it and then told the OP he'd tell him how to do the same but only on the phone.

Love the little winks, Mike. Gotta love a smuggler/bragger who's so obvious and oblivious at the same time :)

Yeah, that's a good guy. :rolleyes:
 
LauraB said:
Yep, seen it a hundred times here. Good guys gone wild, lol.

Mike, you were 2 months behind your warehouse rent, still promising money for frogs? And then use that as an excuse? Your multiple exes are the cause for multiple accounts? Your ex and whatever domestic stuff you know well in advance is another excuse? That stuff just doesn't suddenly pop up out of the blue.

You got the frogs, you owe the money, not excuses. Bottom line.

Even better than that (take note Elexis Ortiz/Craig ... and again, puleeze resize your photo attachments). Mike claimed he innocently brought tiny animals back to the US in a backpack from Australia, bragged about it and then told the OP he'd tell him how to do the same but only on the phone.

Love the little winks, Mike. Gotta love a smuggler/bragger who's so obvious and oblivious at the same time :)

Yeah, that's a good guy. :rolleyes:
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I never saw anything about that. And what is your obsession with resizing photos? It's cell phone screen shots I should not have to resize them.

Also I'm sure you hold Tom Crutchfield on a pedestal like so many do, other big time guys have smuggled too. I'm NOT saying it's right, but people still respect those guys, thousands of people. I have never heard of Mike smuggling, ever. People wouldn't have half the animals they do if they weren't smuggled out of another country, but no one complains when they buy that bearded dragon or other reptiles. Again NOT defending it just saying it seems it's only a problem when people want it to be. I personally don't like it, animals usually suffer and when caught it's another black eye for the community. But again I have NEVER heard anyone say Mike smuggled animals except for you're comment here.
 
Does any of those messages about the geckos say in the USA? They were from northern Australia and driven back down to Perth. It was a joke when talking to rick about it because he keeps geckos.

Laura B I believe the main topic of this thread is the frogs is it not?

This thread isn't about an x or other info that rick post.

Regardless his frogs are going to be shipped back to him Tuesday and that's all there is to it. He didn't want to wait a few weeks longer to get paid very well for these animals and that is his problem....



LauraB said:
Yep, seen it a hundred times here. Good guys gone wild, lol.

Mike, you were 2 months behind your warehouse rent, still promising money for frogs? And then use that as an excuse? Your multiple exes are the cause for multiple accounts? Your ex and whatever domestic stuff you know well in advance is another excuse? That stuff just doesn't suddenly pop up out of the blue.

You got the frogs, you owe the money, not excuses. Bottom line.

Even better than that (take note Elexis Ortiz/Craig ... and again, puleeze resize your photo attachments). Mike claimed he innocently brought tiny animals back to the US in a backpack from Australia, bragged about it and then told the OP he'd tell him how to do the same but only on the phone.

Love the little winks, Mike. Gotta love a smuggler/bragger who's so obvious and oblivious at the same time :)

Yeah, that's a good guy. :rolleyes:
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Rick threatening to contact fish and wildlife because apparently shipping frogs overnight by 10:30 am is endangering them...
 

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Why shold he have to take the frogs back? You agreed to a deal and now you want to back out of it, he expected to get the money and be done with the frogs. What if he threw out all of the tanks or whatever he kept them in? So because you made a deal you couldn't keep he has to go out and buy all new tanks? That doesn't seem fair! What if he put a deposit down on the geckos he said he wanted and agreed to pay them off by the day you were supposed to pay him? Now he either pulls the money out of you know where to keep the deal he made or backs out of the deal, loses his deposit and looks like a bad guy. I don't know him and have no idea if that is what I'd really going on but those are just possibilities I thought of. My point is it may not just be as simple as him just taking the frogs back and honestly I don't think he should have to. You made a deal, you have the frogs so you need to pay him for them yesterday!
 
Rick blew up this entire situation. It is his fault why those frogs are being shipped back to him. I have told rick the entire time he would be paid within a few weeks. I can only do so much when I lose my entire inventory. Money doesn't grow on trees. So, if he didn't want to wait his frogs were available to be shipped back to him. Simply, so he can resell them. I'm the one that loses out in this deal with over $200.00 in shipping cost and a bunch of crap on fauna but oh well.

Rick has absolutely no reason to not want those animals back besides the fact that he will not make as much selling them to anyone else. I pay well.

This is about him making the money and not caring about those animals!!!! That's why he threatens to not pick them up at fedex and or return them back to me. What kind of seller and good guy threatens that??!
 
juliasara said:
Why shold he have to take the frogs back? You agreed to a deal and now you want to back out of it, he expected to get the money and be done with the frogs. What if he threw out all of the tanks or whatever he kept them in? So because you made a deal you couldn't keep he has to go out and buy all new tanks? That doesn't seem fair! What if he put a deposit down on the geckos he said he wanted and agreed to pay them off by the day you were supposed to pay him? Now he either pulls the money out of you know where to keep the deal he made or backs out of the deal, loses his deposit and looks like a bad guy. I don't know him and have no idea if that is what I'd really going on but those are just possibilities I thought of. My point is it may not just be as simple as him just taking the frogs back and honestly I don't think he should have to. You made a deal, you have the frogs so you need to pay him for them yesterday!
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Then if rick did all of that he could have waited the extra 2-3 weeks to receive money. I offered to pay a extra 100.00 for being late.

He is the one that blew up and he's the one getting his frogs back...
 
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