Reptibid Seller S6g2p - Scott Ptacek- Beware

[critical bill]

Back on 2/17/05 I purchased a pair of milk snakes from Scott that were advertised as crosses of ruthi x peublen. What I received was actually one ruthi and one peublen. Not what I expected but the deal went off without a hitch and so I left Scott positive feedback regarding the transaction. The snakes were healthy and quite beautiful, he communicated well, and the shipping was perfect.

Here is a link to that closed auction.

http://www.reptibid.com/cgi-bin/auc...losed2&DISPCLOSED=b_snake_milks1108686281.dat

So the other day I am looking through the animals on reptibid and I come across a female scarlet king that Scott is selling. With the same exact picture of the auction I won from him not more than a few weeks ago. I questioned Scott, as did a few others I believe, and he became rude in his response insisting they were not the same photos.

Here is the link to the Q&A for the auction.

http://www.reptibid.com/cgi-bin/auc...estion&category=b_snake_kings&item=1111608829

Now Scott has started a bad guy thread about Mike Moore, blaming him as the person who sold him snakes that werent what he listed on reptibid???

You mean to tell me that Mike Moore forced him to use the same photo in two of his auctions?

NO.

Scott saw that I posted in his Q&A that I would be posting this to Fauna so he decided to waste all of your good time with some made up story to look like the innocent victim. Just look at the date and time I told him I would be posting to fauna in the Q&A and you'll see that his thread here follows immediately after. Its nothing more than a cover story to deflect blame and take no responsibility for his own misrepresented auctions.

In my opinion Scott is the person to be wary of. Not Mike Moore. He may or may not also be a person to be cautious of but I didnt deal with him. I dealt with Scott.

 

[cthulhu77]

Good call...that is why I was wondering what the heck he was yapping about in the initial thread...also, punctuation ! My eyes were spinning trying to make sense of all that !
greg

 

[Bill_Leverton]

Good call...that is why I was wondering what the heck he was yapping about in the initial thread...also, punctuation ! My eyes were spinning trying to make sense of all that ! greg

I have only 3 brain cells left fron trying to understand where he was going with all that.....Thanks Chuck I see things clearer Now or aleast when my eyes uncross

 

[David Scarboro]

Good Catch Chuck!

The whole thing is clearer!

 

[critical bill]

Lol

It cracked me up too and I'm glad I was able to shine some light on this. Theres no doubt I panicked Scott into creating a "pity me" thread. I had no idea I would spook him into illiteracy mind you, but I'm adding that to my list of personal talents.

 

[Wilomn]

Not to detract from the hole scotty is digging, but I did have a slight "miscommunication" with Mike and he did explain it satisfactorily. I did not read it properly. He has on occasion written terribly worded ads but as far as I know has not misrepresented any animals.

 

[s6g2p]

Well just to let you know that was another pair of snake i bought on reti-bid fr0om the same person so thanks for waiting so long to tell me i could have maybe done something but now its to late itold you that so thanks for the rap

 

[critical bill]

Rap?

Well just to let you know that was another pair of snake i bought on reti-bid fr0om the same person

Scott I dont care who you took a screwing from. I'm only concerned with how you passed that screwing on to me and attempted to do it to others in another auction.

so thanks for waiting so long to tell me i could have maybe done something but now its to late

I dont have a problem with what I purchased from you Scott. I havent asked for an ounce of compensation from you in anyway.

itold you that so thanks for the rap[/QUOTE]

You earned the rap. Unless you have someone else you'd like to place blame with? Maybe its all my fault for winning and paying for your misrepresented auction?

 

[cthulhu77]

Well just to let you know that was another pair of snake(s) I bought on reti-bid from the same person(period) So thanks for waiting so long to tell me(comma, as) I could have maybe done something(comma) but now it(apostrophe)s to late (period) I told you that so thanks for the rap(period)

Your english teachers must have their hands full with you...

 

[s6g2p]

Im sorry if they are not what they were listed as. All i can do if your not happy is refunded your money back. Im not out to screw someone if i knew that they were something else i would of changed the list like i did on the others ..Let me know what you would like to do

 

[Chris@TSE]

Thanks so much for clearing all of that up Chuck... I though I was going to have to enlist the assistance of a translator.......

 

[critical bill]

Im sorry if they are not what they were listed as. All i can do if your not happy is refunded your money back. Im not out to screw someone if i knew that they were something else i would of changed the list like i did on the others ..Let me know what you would like to do

Scott please stop and read. Thats what I would like you to do.

I dont want a refund. I'm happy with snakes. The purpose of this thread was to inform the community that I believe you willingly sold animals and attempted to sell more animals that you knew were not what you had. Everything points in that direction and its the feeling I have in my gut. Others who have posted to this thread seem to agree. End of story.

 

[critical bill]

Thanks so much for clearing all of that up Chuck... I though I was going to have to enlist the assistance of a translator.......

LOL. The thing that's funny is his emails during the transaction are nothing like his writing here. Its night and day.

 

[Bill_Leverton]

Thanks so much for clearing all of that up Chuck... I though I was going to have to enlist the assistance of a translator.......

You and both

 

[Bill_Leverton]

Still cross eyed Should of read You and me both

 

[aliceinwl]

He posted the same pic in the fauna kingsnake classifieds as a 27" female scarlet king. He has now deleted the ad, however. I'm not sure if this affects anything, but I was kind of interested in the scarlet, so I'm glad I stumbled across this thread.
-Alice Abela

 

[critical bill]

The BOI works. As difficult as it may be to decipher this thread at least it served as some small warning.

 

[Griz]

I hesitated about posting this since it would bring this post back to the top but it needs said.

I have done several deals with Scott over the past few months and each time his descriptions and animals were right on the money. While his grammar may be lacking his honesty is not.

Chuck, this is one where I would have to take issue with you on. It's impossible for you, or anyone for that matter, to know what Scott was thinking. It's speculation at best and even then, it's very weak. He might be naive but he is not dishonest.

Scott is not someone who has a lot of time on his hands to fully investigate each and every animal. From what I gathered about Scott is that he simply buys animals based upon his likes/dislikes. He saw these animals and thought they were beautiful and purchased them. Heck, when I first got back into boa's after 10 years I was dumbfounded with the amount of morphs that had developed in that time and I purchased animals, initially, based upon what I liked. It's common to do especially when you are only a enthusiast vs a breeder/serious collector.

In addition to being a great guy, Scott is also a Chicago police officer. I would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Griz

PS During our last deal, Scott included a free ball python for my son! He did not have to but he did it because he knew how much my boy loved these animals. Not many would do that.

 

[s6g2p]

hey bill some day we will meet i learn from that man i hope you never make a mistake God Bless you the almight bill

 

[s6g2p]

oh im sorry the almighty chuck kimmel come to chicago some time