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Mike Shoemaker AKA Rebel Dragons good guy

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This post is long over due. Mike is has been a dream to deal with. All communications have been perfect, payment sent promptly, and he is just an all around good person. Thanx Mike and hope the doesn't tag you too many times :rofl:
 
Mike is awesome to deal with, we have had several exchanges back and forth, each time communication was great and the animals were awesome, healthy strong and beautiful. Truly a good guy!!
 
Mike's definitely a "Good Guy". I haven't purchased any of his animals as of right now, but im sure one day that will change. Keep up the good work Mike, we need as many good people like you as we can have.
 
I'll jump on this wagon. Mike and I have done flawless business together and I know him personally to be a very stand-up guy. Thanks for everything Mike!
 
Mike ranks up there as a hell of a great guy to deal with. Asked plenty of questions before the purchase to ensure the proper setups would be in place , advised me of the weather so I could pack for the temps and promptly called when he got the package.

We also have him doing our website and feel confident that any future deals with Mike as a buyer or seller will go just as smooth. :thumbsup:
 
We've had nothing but good things to say about Mike. He always takes the time to help us out and answer any questions we have. He always keeps us well informed on the status of transactions; which have been flawless.

We first made contact with Mike concerning business matters but ended up making a great friend in the process as well.
 
Mooing Tricycle said:
I dont think its an issue to post on a good guy thread, about a transaction, or experience youve had with the User its posted about.
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Just pointing out that it's an old thread. Take that for what it's worth.
 
Art Klass said:
My math says this thread is 7 months old..... and Mike is still a great guy.
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Doesn't matter how old the thread is, someone else had a great deal and added to this one. I still say Mike is a great guy to deal with. I've had the unfortunate experience to get hurt at work for a company with no insurance. I contacted Mike to let him know that it was going to while before I could do anything to get our website going and was assured that I had nothing to worry about. The website will still be worked on and when I'm in a position to something with it, it'll be there waiting. Between reptile deals & the work on our website I can say Mike and Cory are great to work with and recommend them anytime.
 
OK, my thoughts are... who cares?! This is obviously an older thread whether 7 months or 1.5, doesn't matter if its 15 years old. This thread is about a seller, more satisfied people on the buying end contributed. Just because there is a recent transaction that occurred that also went good does not mean it is not entitled to be placing on the good guy thread. Putting a comment stating how old it is just isn't necessary and is looking for back and forth debate, ruining the original purpose of this thread. Yes, how ever old it is, people can easily see that as the date and time of each post is shown on the top left.

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Ok, Anthony, I'll spell it out for you. Mike Shoemaker lied, cheated, took advantage of people, and generally behaved like a foolish jerk.

He has made NO recompense.

Seems like I should write more..... nah
 
Jim, you can say something along the lines of that, a useful and productive post, not a sentence giving a snapple fact on how old the thread is.
 
ExoticsExpress said:
Jim, you can say something along the lines of that, a useful and productive post, not a sentence giving a snapple fact on how old the thread is.
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Anthony, I have always considered you a good guy.

Unfortunately, I now consider you a stupid guy.
 
So let me get it straight, you consider me a stupid guy just because I gave you my opinion on your STUPID post??? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, I never considered you a bad guy and still don't, I do however believe that you are quick to pull the anti trigger on someone such as myself. Now, I had no idea about the history of what happened and still don't tired and can't read it all now, prob tomorrow (and I thank you for placing the link), but when someone unaware of it such as myself comes on to fauna and sees a comment from you saying something like "this thread is 1.5 years old". Now,,, what the heck does that say about the history of Mike of Rebel Dragons? It says nothing but the original thoughts of unaware readers (already shown here).... "Wow, this JsRocket is a jerk", not knowing what you really are thinking of the matter because you give no clue other than stating the age of the thread. Which is why I simply reccommended you be more informal in your posts, and you simply reccommended, no thanks, I dint like anyone to have a different opinion than me otherwise I consider them stupid. I am actually happy you found me to be a good guy as I have with you, but if you want to label me stupid so be it, I didn't do anything to you, just stated an innocent opinion on the matter as others had.

Take care,

Anthony Allis
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jsrocket said:
My math says this thread was started in Dec. '06.
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Jim, that was 7 months ago, almost to the day. I'll help you out by counting the months:
  1. January 2007
  2. February 2007
  3. March 2007
  4. April 2007
  5. May 2007
  6. June 2007
  7. July 2007

None of that changes what happened back then or what Mike has or has not done to redeem himself since. I bought from Mike and the transaction was flawless. I still have the animal and he's great. Seeing that there are more than a few good guy posts I'd say the evidence is there that it is safe to do business with him.
 
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