Msherps

[brucestephenson]

I like Mike's views and he is perfectly capable of decent writing here. I am paypaling the money to Webslave now.

 

[Chris@TSE]

Good Deal

 

[brucestephenson]

Paypal Done!

Should be interesting!

 

[Chris@TSE]

I'm sure it will be....

Im just troubled a bit now knowing this, you would think such incidents would humble a man.

Apparantly not.

 

[Chris@TSE]

bruce, you went from endowment to contributor??? I think rich may have hit the wrong key!

 

[brucestephenson]

I had to paypal Webslave using my Control Panel and paypal account. The Fauna software must have automatically changed my membership to reflect the gift membership meant for Mike.

Rich/Webslave: Could you please make the membership corrections when you wake up from Mount Olympus?

Thanks! Bruce.

 

[Chris@TSE]

doah........

 

[turtlepimp]

I hope Mike gets here soon.If does not post before noon tomorrow,his next available time will be 4/2/07.Iffin you know what I mean





Andy Sury

 

[brucestephenson]

Really?

 

[Chris@TSE]

*sigh*

 

[turtlepimp]

He did promise to take a few moments tonight and do a little posting.

 

[miamireps]

The Old days.......

Well I guess I am officially a life time member of the Tom Crutchfield Club, does that make me vice president, or something? Lol.
Bruce I appreciate the gesture, and will pay you back. Once I get back, lol.

Top Shelf, or Chris, do you sell Bearded Dragons, Diamond Pythons, Argentine Tegus, Jungle Carpets, etc??? if so your welcome.
Only people in the know it all, know what I mean by this....but you can thank me 5-10 years from now.

As for the "scoop", well I am selling it to NBC so I got to keep it short....

4 years ago when I was 19, someone emailed me saying they wanted to sell me Fly River Turtles and Star Tortoises....
I agreed, but had no idea at first what the method was, I had an import /export license so figured he would send it the "legit" way.' to MIA.
Well he didn't, but it had worked so I put in a few more orders.
Got busted on the one, and now am going to face the consequences. Big deal. Life goes on.

Chris, it was Fly Rivers, Star Tortoises, and the like.

Better here, than as some Asian kids lollipop. But we all have our views, and we all talk crap.

I have been a kingsnake member for ages, and a fauna member before you even knew about this site.

I have known Bruce for years, see him at all the bigger shows, and always ask him one question: When do I get my Albino Florida Softshells...(which by the way whats up with that,? Save me one lol

I also grew up with a ton of people that are very well known worldwide and have more contacts (legit) than you will ever dream of. As for the comment owhen I said , I have had animals you only could dream of having, well your damn right. Go to the zoo. Maybe you can interact with some, heard a bunch of my stuff is at Metro Zoo here in Miami, saw some, make excelllent exhibits, but for the industry as a whole, they should have gone to private individuals who would actually do something with them.

Breed your little ball pythons, make a little money and sit at a PC all day wondering who you can try to chew up next since you have nothing better to do but try to act like your all important. Atleast I can say I had an impact in this industry, a positive impact in what I have done AFTER the fact of being busted.
You just go on projects, or boats, or whatever you want to call it, that someone already paved very well for others to follow.

Your a nobody in this industry, think of it as a whole. Your an insignificant fish in a huge INTERNATIONAL pond.

This is the same thing that goes on in all other forums all over the net, you have a few people who have nothing better to do becuase they aint got crap in their racks, so sit at their desk all day or deal with annoying customers wanting a leopard gecko from your store, and release your frustrations in life by trying to burden others whom you have no idea what your talking about.

I admit I made my mistakes, but I was young, dumb and full of c#m.
To tell you the truth, if none of this had ever happened, I would not have met alot of the people I do business with today.

I would like to thank the thousands of customers of mine over the last 3 years for their support by choosing me as their supplier of animals, and making me VERY well off, enabling me to do what I want to do, when I want to, and how I want to and to buy animals I like(like albino iguanas) just to say I have them. But you know what, I did it all legit, and all legal.

I never made a dime off any illegal animals.

Now obviously, you will "retort" by saying its not so, but you know what, ask ANYBODY that knows me, and trust me its alot of people, its because whomeever I have ever dealt with, TRUST me for my good animals, or my knowledge on what is what and how to make money for both parties. involved,something you cannot do out of your store.

Yes I admit it, I smuggled animals......I admitted it from day one. I had AND DONT HAVE anything to hide.

Alot of people, including you, do not see the much bigger picture involved...your only little pawns in an already lost game of chess.

Now, get a life. The internet is not everything, you coudl ride bike, walk, run, excercise, or just plain watch tv, all much better than sitting at a computer all antsy about whats next and who can I try to ruin for no reason...


For those interested in the Hogg Islands....
they were imported from El Salvador, not Hogg Island, they look the same, are the same, have the same scale counts, and the DNA will more than likely be the same, just because they come from a different set of islands, doesnt make them the same snake? Please.

 

[miamireps]

forgot to mention.....

I would like to thank all those who have supported me through everything and whom I have learned from over the years, you know who you all are, I know you read....
Thanks to all, and see ya later.......

 

[turtlepimp]

Mike,I just want to add my 100% support to whatever you do in the future.You are a genuinely good person.

Did I spell your name right?


Andy Sury

 

[reptilebreeder]

Top Shelf, or Chris, do you sell Bearded Dragons, Diamond Pythons, Argentine Tegus, Jungle Carpets, etc??? if so your welcome..

Like nobody knew that was coming. It's in the convicted felon justification handbook.

I have had animals you only could dream of having, well your damn right. Go to the zoo. Maybe you can interact with some, heard a bunch of my stuff is at Metro Zoo here in Miami, saw some, make excelllent exhibits, but for the industry as a whole, they should have gone to private individuals who would actually do something with them.

Hey, if I was an illegal poacher, I would have one hell of a collection.

As for Bruce (Crutchfield worshiper) who is suprised that he also worships this convicted felon. Seems Bruce only thinks child molesters have to follow laws. Any laws he disagrees with don't count, therefore even convicted felons are noble, ethical people. Whatever.

 

[reptilebreeder]

Oh yeah, I forgot

Top Shelf, or Chris, do you sell Bearded Dragons, Diamond Pythons, Argentine Tegus, Jungle Carpets, etc??? if so your welcome..

According to your post you're like 23, yet we're suppose to thank you for those animals, what were you importing them when you were 2?

 

[Jim O]

Well....I'll cast the next stone.

I lost count as to how many times Mike mentioned what a big fish, big player, big deal maker he is, what big contacts he has, what animals he has that all of us small fish, pawns, and people with empty racks only dream we can be. I'll be sure to mention the empty racks to my 120+ boids and to my incubating eggs. I'm quite sure that they will get a kick out of knowing they are phantasmic bits of my imagination.

To Mike's friends, I hope that I have one as good as you. You are honorable and loyal and I mean that.

BUT................

• Mike is an admitted felon
• Mike may have been young and naive the first time. After that he was greedy or simply chose to take a shortcut around the law
• Mike has "so much money that he can do what he wants" but he allowed his good friend to buy him a $25 membership here that he obviously could not afford. But I am sure that he will be paying you back. No doubt the check is in the mail. While on the subject of doing what you want, how about we discuss this further over dinner in your favorite restaurant next Saturday night? Oh, I forgot, I don't think that the warden will let you out for that.
• Mike will be losing two years of his life, well deserved.
• Mike can never vote again
• Mike can never own a firearm again
• Mike is a wildlife smuggler with whom I would not do business, but then I am a small fish and a pawn so why would he care....except that he had to PM me to get his message through because he didn't have $10 to buy his way into the club
• Mike claims to know "all the big names". Why haven't they all come out to defend you? Who are they?
• Mike still thinks that the big problem was that he got caught.
• Yes, Mike, I am sure going to thank you in a few years when lawmakers point to scumbag smugglers of your ilk and tighten regulations further. Thanks in advance in fact.

Oh, and Hogg Island Boas are from those islands. Call them what you like. But I'll call you what you are and that's a liar. Show us those DNA results. Nevermind because no one has done them I'm sure. And even if they had I doubt that you have the scientific expertise to even begin to understand them. And, as Johnnie Cochran said, "if the glove don't fit, ya gotta acquit". If they don't come from those islands they are not Hogg Island Boas. Pretty simple fact to this small fish.

The story on those so-called Hoggs is so convoluted that it stank like a smuggler might have figured a way to make it "work". Why am I not surprised in the least?

Mike, enjoy your time in the federal system. I hope you share a cell with a big guy named Bubba and that he finds out you like reptiles because then you can be sure you will get to take care of this trouser snake.

Again, you are lucky to have friends who will defend you. My hat is off to those two and to any others that come by here to do the same. Friends do that for friends.

You should learn some humility from those friends and stop telling us what a big, big guy you are. They have risked their own reputations being associated with a felonious reptile smuggler. You are so full of yourself that you never thought that you would get caught. Take it from me, all that a big shot attitude like that will get you in prison is dentures.

Now, to quote you, read this slowly:

Mike, you are a common criminal.

 

[DAND]

Such friends that waited until today to leave him trader rating feedback.

 

[miamireps]

Lol.
Jim O....
Take it how you want but you are still wrong.
So you know
I never liked Guns,
Never liked voting
never lost two years of my life-as I will be finishing my degree while I am there at Club Fed....without any distractions.
not a common criminal, as this is a rare occurence of law breaking here in the U.S.,I would say I am a rare form of criminal....
The Hogg Island , believe it or not, but my original assumptions are being proven right now by three of the top Universities in the Country in respect to Herpetology, and the simple facts I tried to imply to you were they were the same thing, different islands,,,,, boas do not know what country they are in, and they do float from one island to another...who is to say there are no "hogg islands" in Panamanian islands? or like I said, originally from el salvador and floated to hogg island??

Anyways.....I am also in CCM....making deliveries and such on the street buddy, so I think I could grab Mcdonalds or something, it is my favorite saturday night restaurant.

I also have 10 bucks to pay for the subscription but saw it pointless to do so as I only had two days left. Thought a cute dancer at the local club tonight might enjoy it more.....

reptilebreeder, lol....another small fish.....
if you had any clue what you were talking about, you would understand that SMUGGLERS provided these animals originally.......
becuase there was no other form of getting them......
I am not proud of the fact of what I did, but I look at the positive side,...I can say I introduced new sta tort blood, new fly river blood if ever someone were to figure what would make them tick...made the options more available.....
that is what occured with the other animals......
look deeply.....not shallow.

 

[miamireps]

in alot of states its a felony to pass bad checks.......
oh no...bad people.....
i atleast never passed a bad check.....never screwed anyone in this business......thats what counts in my opinion...and I hate it when people try to make someone else look bad for simple mistakes on advertisment.....that they had no knowledge of and are learning as they go yet are automatically labeled a thief, etc.....now that is wrong.
Simple.