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ReptiBid ID - repti_king (bad guy)

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You just want to choke people like this!

This person emailed me about 2 weeks ago looking for some red/orange dragons. Everything went well... I let him know that we would have some available in the near future and I would keep his contact info and email him pictures asap.

This person Frank (repti_king) currently has an auction on this site that I received an email about today. He is using 2 pictures from our photo gallery to represent animals that he most certainly does not have in his posession.

In addition, he is calling himself Miami Dragons in his email to us - apparently NOT to be confused with Miami Bearded Dragons. These are two totally different people, I sadly found out just an hour ago. I phoned Miami Bearded Dragons about this auction and the gentleman there was very nice - and concerned about Frank's actions.

I phoned Frank and the minute I introduced myself to him, he hung up the phone. What a jerk! I called back after a few minutes and there was no answer. If youre going to pull crap like this, you had better expect to get caught at one point or another. Hanging up instead of simply listening to me...

I was simply going to politely ask him to remove the auction since there were no bids on it and not to use our pictures again. Im not an ogre, Im actually very reasonable. This isnt the first time someone has taken photos and I havent bitten anyones head off yet.

http://www.reptibid.com/cgi-bin/auc...item=1110173972

Since he wouldnt consider a phone conversation, I left info in the Q&A for anyone possibly considering a bid on this animal before it closes. Chances are he'll pop up with a new username and contact info... but changing his real name may be harder.

Frank Triana
Miami Dragons
786.586.0412
[email protected]


Buyer beware,
Vickie

PS - Needless to say, I wont be selling him ANYTHING.
 
He ended the auction so maybe you scared him a bit, funny he said it was a holdback from a past project and forgot to mention it was not his project or his dragon.

Is that dragon even for sale on your site? He took the pic of one dragon and the head shot of another from your photo gallery and of 2 Different dragons.

I wonder if the other auction pics are from other sites too.
 
he's part of a bigger scam...

Without spending all day going into detail about his antics, I just wanted to say he is building up his feedback with jeepgirl with outrageous bid on repti-bid for several breedable female dragons. No one pays 500-900 for okay female dragons, not even right before breeding season.

Jeff Janes
 
I have to say thank you to the webmaster at ReptiBid - he has cleaned up this mess. Another user contacted him about this and now repti_king has gotten the boot.

I should have done a 'screen-shot' just for good measure. He pulled the auction as soon as he could and the Q&A disappeared along with it. Or even better yet, placed a bid on it. (hind-sight)

The 2 pictures he used are of different bloodlines - 1 pic was a male and 1 a female! Both had similiar coloring and the pictures were taken from different angles; If you didnt see the descriptions under them on our gallery, it wouldnt be very obvious. (Salty SandFire & Yellow/Lavender)

Neither of the dragons are for sale. None of the dragons in our gallery are, as they are our breeders. Sadly enough, the pictures he used must have been pulled from our site at least a year ago. The gallery pictures now all have watermarks on them and the ones he used did not.

I saw the nonsense with jeepgirl last evening. Hopefully everything gets resolved for her...
 
Just to let you know the other Reptibid scammer, Jeff Grassi, has now moved on to Kingsnake to sell his dragons. He is selling under Jeff-location USA.
 
RetiBid ID - repti_king (bad Guy)

Just thought you might want to know that Repti_King hasn't been given the boot. He has 3 adds advertising Sunblaze dragons. He is even currently bidding on more dragons. He has left himself positive feedback as Tntdragons to get a better reputation. Tntdragons reputation is the one trashed.

Linda McBride
 
Banned again..I also gave the one selling the 4 dragons he is bidding on a heads up..what a nut.

Today, 09:35 PM
Re: I need help Post #12

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Not sure how Repti_king was able to use his account, I did take control of it. The IP address is banned now, all auctions removed. TNTdragons is now gone too, I've taken the account and banned the IP.
 
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