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I ordered some vermiculite from Mike for the next eggs on the way (not gonna use hatchrite ever again) and it arrived the exact day he said it would. A smooth deal all around. Thumbs up for the fast delivery, good communication, and excellent product. :thumbsup:
 
Oh do GROW THE HELL UP and STOP resurrecting old threads! All you're doing is proving that most of the time he does a great job! Yeesh.
 
Shiari ...

Shiari said:
Oh do GROW THE HELL UP and STOP resurrecting old threads!
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Oh, do learn to read before you dispense your orders (in caps no less!) to others. This thread was started exactly 19 days before you joined last month.

In addition, this is a forum that provides the good, the bad and the ugly.
It is recommended that if someone has an experience or transaction they wish to bring to the "table", that new threads not be started. Rather that old threads be resurrected and those more recent experiences be added to that ressurected thread.
That way readers can weigh themselves any pros or cons presented and those readers don't have to wade through thread after thread about one particular business or individual. It makes sense.

~ Laura Bolt
 
I simply nabbed the most recent of the "ressurections" I saw (5 or 6 total I think) and posted a single response. While ressurecting old threads IS a good idea instead of posting new ones, he HAS a very large and very prominent and very recent thread detailing his horror stories. With this, he has shot himself in the foot. Instead of multiple threads showing what a terrible seller he is, he has found a bunch where people say they had good experiences, and attempted to hijack them, instead of sticking to his thread which has not yet faded into the archives.

So, thus he has made more clutter and accomplished nothing, and it is rather irritating to have to wade through.
 
7 out of the 10 threads on the "Latest Talk" for the BOI have Mike's name in them currently at 10:22 PM. Can anyone say SPAM?
 
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Oh do GROW THE HELL UP and STOP resurrecting old threads! All you're doing is proving that most of the time he does a great job! Yeesh.
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.........look Megan moron why don't you send me the 175.00 then you wont have to read about it.......its not about how many times you cross the street on your tricycle safely .its about the one time you get hit that hurts
 
The one riding the tricycle would be yourself since you resort to asinine insults every time someone doesn't coddle you. If I could afford it, I *would* send you that money just to get you to shut up.
 
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If I could afford it, I *would* send you that money just to get you to shut up.
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Nazi Megan......

But you cant, so why don't YOU STFU and allow a person who has been ripped off to vent a little bit. He is not abusing or violating any rules here. If you find it annoying then shove off and go read something else.

You're about what, 10-20 post in as member? And already I don't like you. That's not very good because I am very easy going around here and just love to make new friends.
 
I will take the last as sarcasm and have a bit of a chuckle.

but what the hell. I have $50 I could probably spare. And I don't even care if I don't see any of it back. A single thread was all that was needed for this. A mature individual is going to garner more respect and more sympathy. A few updated reports would certainly give a better impression from greatlakesreptiles all around. I understand the frustration of a deal gone waaaaay south, but there are better ways to handle it than has been done, on both ends and from we who are spectators.
 
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it is rather irritating to have to wade through.
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Then don't wade through it. Heck ignore it. Look the other way ! Nobody is forcing you to read it.

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A single thread was all that was needed for this
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That is your opinion and nobody really cares.

A mature individual is going to garner more respect and more sympathy. A few updated reports would certainly give a better impression from greatlakesreptiles all around.
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I think greatlake has handled it pretty maturely. I bet you would be throwing a serious hissy fit if it was your money. I don't think greatlakes is looking for sympathy I think he is looking for his $175 and I don't blame him.
By bringing up old threads people doing a search on Mr Sefanis name will see what kind of person he is.
It seems a lot of people lately with good reputations are having some issues.

A few updated reports would give a better impression? In who's opinion, yours? Opinions are like ........ well you know.
 
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thanks for the support .that's all i want is my money .until then this is the way it has to be...mike i know your reading this rite now so pay up or continue to watch your name go to hell
 
I'm... actually pretty sanguine about deals gone funny in the money department. While I've been fortunate for the most part, I have been overcharged for services, such as by the guy who half-spayed my cat while fixing a diaphragmatic hernia, but charged me for a proper spay (about $125 difference, as the other vets determined). I don't do much buying over the internet, and especially not large amounts, for this very reason.

I personally, as have friends and family, found that spread out, reserved and somber complaints have created more action in educational and employment settings than constant complaints. It works by being effective as a contrast. Greatlakes had a couple posts in his main thread that, because they were concise and boiled down to "been a few more days, STILL no refund" and thus I spent some time grumbling *for* them because, as I said, I understand how aggravating it must be. Especially when the seller was someone with such a good reputation! But! That is indeed nothing more than personal opinion and experience, and certainly not a rule to be enforced or anything.

I certainly wish to everything I'd never bothered to try and show greatlakes why proper spelling and grammar would help clarify his point, because all I've received were insults in return. I realise that I should have simply ignored the thread after that, but I am merely human and got annoyed by such a return on something that was merely meant to help.

As such, the ignoring will commence after this post. If he wants to PM me about the offer of $50 towards his refund, he may, but I'm not reading these anymore.
 
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I'm... actually pretty sanguine about deals gone funny in the money department. While I've been fortunate for the most part, I have been overcharged for services, such as by the guy who half-spayed my cat while fixing a diaphragmatic hernia, but charged me for a proper spay (about $125 difference, as the other vets determined). I don't do much buying over the internet, and especially not large amounts, for this very reason.

I personally, as have friends and family, found that spread out, reserved and somber complaints have created more action in educational and employment settings than constant complaints. It works by being effective as a contrast. Greatlakes had a couple posts in his main thread that, because they were concise and boiled down to "been a few more days, STILL no refund" and thus I spent some time grumbling *for* them because, as I said, I understand how aggravating it must be. Especially when the seller was someone with such a good reputation! But! That is indeed nothing more than personal opinion and experience, and certainly not a rule to be enforced or anything.

I certainly wish to everything I'd never bothered to try and show greatlakes why proper spelling and grammar would help clarify his point, because all I've received were insults in return. I realise that I should have simply ignored the thread after that, but I am merely human and got annoyed by such a return on something that was merely meant to help.

As such, the ignoring will commence after this post. If he wants to PM me about the offer of $50 towards his refund, he may, but I'm not reading these anymore.
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.........................................................................first i would like to apologize for what i said to Megan.....secondly i dint want your money i said that outta a pissed off manner ...thanks for the offer but its not your problem or responsibility .i just don't likegetting riped off :angry: mike it should make you feel real good that others are offering to pay your debt . man up and hold your own and stop the :icon_BS:
 
Shiari said:
I'm... actually pretty sanguine about deals gone funny in the money department. While I've been fortunate for the most part, I have been overcharged for services, such as by the guy who half-spayed my cat while fixing a diaphragmatic hernia, but charged me for a proper spay (about $125 difference, as the other vets determined). I don't do much buying over the internet, and especially not large amounts, for this very reason.

I personally, as have friends and family, found that spread out, reserved and somber complaints have created more action in educational and employment settings than constant complaints. It works by being effective as a contrast. Greatlakes had a couple posts in his main thread that, because they were concise and boiled down to "been a few more days, STILL no refund" and thus I spent some time grumbling *for* them because, as I said, I understand how aggravating it must be. Especially when the seller was someone with such a good reputation! But! That is indeed nothing more than personal opinion and experience, and certainly not a rule to be enforced or anything.

I certainly wish to everything I'd never bothered to try and show greatlakes why proper spelling and grammar would help clarify his point, because all I've received were insults in return. I realise that I should have simply ignored the thread after that, but I am merely human and got annoyed by such a return on something that was merely meant to help.

As such, the ignoring will commence after this post. If he wants to PM me about the offer of $50 towards his refund, he may, but I'm not reading these anymore.
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The items in bold have grammatical errors (run on sentences, punctuation problems, etc.). The underlined word is misspelled. I'm sure I missed one or two. I'm not the best at expressing myself on paper either, but I try not to throw stones in my glass house.

Mike has shown his true colors. Dale could be a Yale English professor and still wouldn't have his refund, yet.
 
I agree Dales posts are very hard to read through with lake of punctuation and bad spelling. What if he does not have the education to write a perfectly structured paragraph? I am not saying that you don't Dale. I really hate it when people play the you can't spell poor grammar crap. This is a reptile forum not a course in English.
I have friends who have college education and can't type worth a crap. It takes them 20 minutes at searching around on the keyboard to write a half legible email.
I found his posts hard to read but I was able to. If i can anyone else can, and if not simply do not waste your time doing so.

The real issue and the ONLY is that Mike owes Dale $175. I would bring up all the posts that his name has ever been associated with until he paid me. I personally do not have $175 to throw away, however it sounds like you have $50. I would take it as a insult if you offered me $50 to shut the hell up.

Mike don't be a scumbag, you are the only one who can fix this and clear up this bad deal. You need to at least come on here and communicate with Dale. If you don't have the money tell him. Make payments or whatever. It's not your money.
 
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