Greg Riso
New member
This regards a situation that began almost two weeks ago when I received a '00 male hypo DH ghost said to be produced by Jeremy Stone and a female '01 anery produced by Boa Republic for a total of $1,450 shipped. I say "said to be produced by Jeremy Stone" because I have no proof of this or that this male hypo is actually het for anything because the proper paperwork I requested was never provided by the seller. When asked if they were feeding on f/t rats I was told "Yes, they are feeding on frozen/thawed, tame, and in excellent health (neither one has ever been sick)."
What I received was another story altogether. The female anery is not at issue here except if there's a health issue with the other animal, she could have possibly been contaminated by the male since they were shipped together. Each have been separated from one another since their arrival and are in strict quarantine.
Herein lies the problem. The hypo DH ghost is extremely skinny for his length and being an '00 weighs in at a whopping 3 pounds. Each and every time I've tried to feed him a f/t rat he's wanted no part of it so I contacted the seller. He informed me that the male was used as a breeder this season and therefore thin and possibly not eating because he's still in the breeding mode. I was told to wiggle the prey to simulate live prey and dose the hypo with Flagyl since he's had good success using this to stimulate males to feed again after breeding. I tried the wiggling routine to no avail but don't believe I should be expected to dose an animal with something to get it to feed. The animal was sold to me as feeding and clearly hasn't been for a long time. In addition to this the animal's been acting rather strangely looking up at nothing for extended periods of time (stargazing). I wrote the seller telling him I believe this animal was misrepresented as feeding and healthy which it is obviously not, that it had all of the symptoms of IBD, and that I wanted to send the animal back for a full refund of $1,000. Initially, he told me he'd take the hypo back and get him feeding again. I told him it would take 4 months of weekly feedings to get this animal up to a healthy weight and that I wanted a refund because I didn't pay that kind of money for a nonfeeding animal that was represented as feeding fine.
Today the seller has agreed to "meet me half way" and refund me $750 for the animal if it arrives alive in CA by this Thursday. After that I'll lose my option to a refund or anything on the animal. I have told him that one way or another this animal's going back but I don't feel I should have to eat a $250 loss because I was shipped an animal that should never have been sold in its condition in the first place. Please don't ask me about seller guarantees because the real issue here is misrepresentation. I was never given proof of this animal's origin, or that it's a genuine het for anery, and it was supposed to be healthy and feeding. To me these are reason enough why the seller should refund me the full value of $1,000 and that would be the end of it. I haven't posted his name or details here but will if the general consensus merits doing so. I'm asking what would you do in my situation and do you agree with this sellers policy? I warned him that I'd bring the issue here if a satisfactory outcome (full $1,000 reimbursement) isn't resolved. Opinions please....
What I received was another story altogether. The female anery is not at issue here except if there's a health issue with the other animal, she could have possibly been contaminated by the male since they were shipped together. Each have been separated from one another since their arrival and are in strict quarantine.
Herein lies the problem. The hypo DH ghost is extremely skinny for his length and being an '00 weighs in at a whopping 3 pounds. Each and every time I've tried to feed him a f/t rat he's wanted no part of it so I contacted the seller. He informed me that the male was used as a breeder this season and therefore thin and possibly not eating because he's still in the breeding mode. I was told to wiggle the prey to simulate live prey and dose the hypo with Flagyl since he's had good success using this to stimulate males to feed again after breeding. I tried the wiggling routine to no avail but don't believe I should be expected to dose an animal with something to get it to feed. The animal was sold to me as feeding and clearly hasn't been for a long time. In addition to this the animal's been acting rather strangely looking up at nothing for extended periods of time (stargazing). I wrote the seller telling him I believe this animal was misrepresented as feeding and healthy which it is obviously not, that it had all of the symptoms of IBD, and that I wanted to send the animal back for a full refund of $1,000. Initially, he told me he'd take the hypo back and get him feeding again. I told him it would take 4 months of weekly feedings to get this animal up to a healthy weight and that I wanted a refund because I didn't pay that kind of money for a nonfeeding animal that was represented as feeding fine.
Today the seller has agreed to "meet me half way" and refund me $750 for the animal if it arrives alive in CA by this Thursday. After that I'll lose my option to a refund or anything on the animal. I have told him that one way or another this animal's going back but I don't feel I should have to eat a $250 loss because I was shipped an animal that should never have been sold in its condition in the first place. Please don't ask me about seller guarantees because the real issue here is misrepresentation. I was never given proof of this animal's origin, or that it's a genuine het for anery, and it was supposed to be healthy and feeding. To me these are reason enough why the seller should refund me the full value of $1,000 and that would be the end of it. I haven't posted his name or details here but will if the general consensus merits doing so. I'm asking what would you do in my situation and do you agree with this sellers policy? I warned him that I'd bring the issue here if a satisfactory outcome (full $1,000 reimbursement) isn't resolved. Opinions please....
