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Bad Guy Reptilesncritters.com - Thieves

The reason why it shouldnt be in here is because someone will look for info on Florida Herps, and not think too look in here because the title says reptilesncritters, meaning they may miss out on valuable info. Also it will take attention away from the purpose of this specific thread which are the shady practices of reptilesncritters.com
 
I usually don't comment in the BOI unless I've been directly affected, but I can't believe this guy!!! His "screw you" attitude and blatant disregard for the whole community are just disgusting. Robert Crespo, you have earned yourself a permanent place on my "DO Not Buy From- EVER!" list. Congratulations.
 
Lowest Karma
1 - MythicalDragonz (-552)
2 - crestyman2 (-337)
3 - colorado (-322)
4 - Justin Mitcham (-264)
5 - crespo72 (-234)
6 - wallshaker (-226)
7 - skanndelus (-222)
8 - MaxWheelz (-207)
9 - serpentloverz4life (-182)
10 - boaholic (-171)
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Lookin great Robert, you're fifth in line, keep it up and you can make it to #1, something to be proud of, stay classy ( or class-less).
 
I also do not normally post unless it diretly affects me, but I have a question. Does anyone know anyone that has bought an animal from him? I would love to hear how the transaction went. I wonder how many of the animals were returned because they were not the right one, sick, etc. I know that I would want to see pictures of the ACTUAL animal before purchasing. I feel like he is taking advantage of people that might be just starting out and are not as knowledgable. All I can say about this person is WOW, what a dumb person!
 
Just when you thought it was dead, I got a lovely review back on Mr. Crespo, his business, and many ill practices. I removed part of the email because it included good/bad/mixed reviews on existing BOI's that do not pertain to this thread:

Hello Nick,

Thank you for the information. Copyright infringment is a crime that needs
more attention for sure. I can tell you that we can just completed
placing two orders from:

Florida Herps
General Exotics
LLL Reptile
Reptile City
ReptMart

and of course Reptiles N Critters.

The results were as expected. The Drop Shippers (ReptilesNCritters and *******) failed misserbly, how these jokers stay in business baffles me. <Removed to say within BOI rules>

We were already aware of mr Crespo's shady business dealings, but this year
he really blew it. He sent banned turtles to Oregon and banned turtles to
Ohio (without a state required Health Certificate). There was no mention of the 4" law. Now in all fairness HE didnt ship anything, he relied on a well known (for its illegal smuggling and law violations) importer to ship for him, the same company that ships for GE. Now we know the drop shippers use several sources, so we've been proactive with these importers trying to get them to either stop drop shipping of live animals completely or a the very least start following the laws. One of these drop shippers didnt listen and recently got nailed for drop shipping banned centipedes. The fine wasnt extreme, but I hope they shape up!

Again thank you for the info.

Rachel LaBelle
The Continuum Review Consortium, LLC
 
"May you be lucky enough to receive the same karma back in return"

I sure hope not!! This was to get our friends at "reptilentheives" to the top of the s***list. And reading the above post it seems like he hasn't addressed any problems.
 
NIGRO51 said:
"May you be lucky enough to receive the same karma back in return"

I sure hope not!! This was to get our friends at "reptilentheives" to the top of the s***list. And reading the above post it seems like he hasn't addressed any problems.
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Looks like a FAIL - on your part, at least. That message is the one after giving positive karma. However, I will point out that karma is feedback on particular posts, not on how you think somebody does business.
 
This guy thinks copyright infringement is no big deal. He should look into the case of the Hangover tattoo, that Missouri guy settled out of court and I bet he's a millionaire now. Hopefully someone will sue this guy and put him in his place.
 
This is crazy, I have never seen anything like this. I went to the website, and for a second, I thought I saw one of my pictures, but thank God it wasn't. In my opinion, I think this dude should just take down the whole website. Its all bologne. The latin names are messed up, why are kingsnakes in the rat snakes sections? And of course what someone posted earlier, the Gray Banded Kingsnake as a Granite Burmese! :rofl:
Luckily who couldn't copy from my flickr account or from my website, unless he has a snipping tool on his computer to cut out the copyright, is there anyway to stop people from even using a snipping tool to take pictures?

-Jordan Schmitt
www.jordansherpingadventures.webs.com
JTS HERPS
 
Unfortunately, there is no real way to prevent it. Even if you block the right click save as feature you can still do a print screen and paste into paint.

I had to check out the site and it is crazy. He has a pic of a blood representing a Spider Ball and the prices some of the animals are listed at. All I can say is "UNBELIEVABLE"
 
John White said:
THis image: http://www.reptilesncritters.com/images/large/amazon-yellow-foot-tortoise.jpg
Page: http://www.reptilesncritters.com/amazon-yellow-foot-tortoise.html#

Taken from: http://premiumtortoises.com/yellowfoot.aspx
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You can't possibly expect him to have done that, he MANAGES the content of his website, MANAGES IT!! I'm pretty sure that was the work of the nefarious "contractor" who pulled any old images off of Google... no wait, Mr. Crespo "uploads 100% of the photo on the website"... wait, I'm confused...
 
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