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Reptster.com experience with show sponsorship not good

In Other News Today....

• Congress insists on business plan from automakers that want aid
• Steve Kelly apologizes for being mistaken
• Congress rushes to extend jobless benefits through the holidays
• David Young of Repster does the cha cha like a sissy little girl
• CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane in Peru in 2001
• Gerry gets a hand job errrrr..a thumbs up from members of fauna
• Records search on Joe the Plumber was an improper report
 
critical bill said:
In Other News Today....

• Congress insists on business plan from automakers that want aid
• Steve Kelly apologizes for being mistaken
• Congress rushes to extend jobless benefits through the holidays
• David Young of Repster does the cha cha like a sissy little girl
• CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane in Peru in 2001
• Gerry gets a hand job errrrr..a thumbs up from members of fauna
• Records search on Joe the Plumber was an improper report
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. Chucks Back!!!! :ack2::rofl:
 
critical bill said:
In Other News Today....

• Congress insists on business plan from automakers that want aid
• Steve Kelly apologizes for being mistaken
• Congress rushes to extend jobless benefits through the holidays
• David Young of Repster does the cha cha like a sissy little girl
• CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane in Peru in 2001
• Gerry gets a hand job errrrr..a thumbs up from members of fauna
• Records search on Joe the Plumber was an improper report
• Nibiru and the reptilians are coming:rofl:
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:rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
critical bill said:
In 6 hours spurts only - its my time in between bottle feedings and burping my son.

I know I know, it sucks, but it should make for our short time together more special. :)
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Take your time with him Bro! They grow to darn Fast... Congrats again...:thumbsup:

Our time together is always Special to me atleast;)
 
DJSlurp1200 said:
Obviously I can't go back and change what was said or posted... all I can do is continue to love my hobby and have fun working with the animal's we've been so fortuneate to have. I have recently spoke to Kelly and apologized to her and Matt for my posts and wished her the best with her season and upcoming shows... She does seem like a very nice person from our exchanges of PM's and I am happy to say that we have moved on from this in a positive direction.
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First, I want to apologize for not responding earlier, I was changing internet providers (Verizon to Comcast) and because of their wonderful scheduling issues, I was without internet for a few days....

I want to address this first. Steven and I have spoken on the BLBC via PMs, and have cleared the air between us. As many others have said, I understand the situtation he was in, and am happy to see that he was able to get out while the getting was good. He has a beautiful collection of animals, and I think that he has some great potential to do great things in this industry.

As far as Gerry goes...I have spoken to Gerry many times via email since this situation began, and he has always been a very stand-up guy, going the extra 10 miles to try to help. I think the best thing for him is to stay away from the Reptster name, and move forward.

I guess I can say I am not surprised by this latest announcement that Mr. Young is leaving the industry. I don't think any of us are really. Not a bad thing though that HE is gone, and hopefully someone can get the concept off the ground again. It is going to take a long time, but it can happen.

I believe it was Rextiles (sorry if I am wrong) who questioned what could have really happened with Mr. Young's account. Matthew and I have a theory (imagine that LOL)...

With a regular FedEx account (one that does NOT ship live animals), you ARE allowed to have people ship things through your account, and you can get some serious discounts for volume shipping. I do not know if you have to have the person ship to you, but it is allowed. So I am starting to question if Mr. Young just did not tell FedEx that he was planning on shipping live animals through the account, and once red flags started going up when people were being denied shipments because FedEx employees did not know the live animal policy in general, FedEx started looking into things more? That seems more logical to me now after putting some thought into it (and Matthew bringing it up LOL).
Or maybe he had a billing cycle that was not being paid (90 days? 60?), and that sent up red flags...And if he started shipping back in June, that would be very plausible that FedEx started seeing issues with the billing, then looked into WHAT he was shipping, and WHO was shipping (Joe Blow from CA and John Smith from MA NEVER shipping TO Mr. Young), and THAT is what shut him down so quickly and put him into collections a little faster? It was just SO sudden, I don't think it could JUST be an issue with non-payment for it to go down so fast. I think it was a combination of these things maybe that caused the break. And the sad thing is, it is going to cause anyone issues who wants to start the concept up legitimately...
Just my thoughts. Damn it's nice to be back online!
Kelly
 
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crotalusadamanteus said:
Gerry is a member at other forums. Why don't you go read up on him, so you can make an educated decision, instead of making one that's been prejudiced from this thread? :shrug01:

Except for getting tangled up in Davids web of deceit, I have never read anything from Gerry to lead me to believe he is anything other then an honest straight shooting person. He made an honest mistake, by trusting someone untrustworthy. When he caught on, he got the hell out. Period. He didn't dodge issues, he tried to help customers.

You gotta be fair about things. Even when going for the throat. :thumbsup:
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You are correct; I need to be fair. I don't think I was unfair and it's not the thread that has me prejudiced..I simply don't think one dimensionally..I try to take everything into account.

But if I recall my post correctly, I was not specific to HIM..but to anyone that had not seen David's actions as thief or wrong. Anyone that had tried to rationalize David's behavior as "acceptable"...because...yada yada. Someone with those kinds of shaky ethics taking over the site would have me STILL not using the services.

About the "blanket" thingy..what I meant was that I don't give out public approvals of people that I haven't personally met and know...people that aren't in my circle of friends. I don't just vouch for someone that I spoke to for a couple of times even years..because anyone can say whatever they want on forums..online. How they act in reality can often be a different matter.

I hope this clears up what I meant, that's why I didn't respond, I could see that one word had my whole post misunderstood.:shrug01:

Honestly, it has nothing personally to do with any one..just my own procedure of action. I have read a lot of posts on different forums by people that support someone that they met online, and had some conversations with come to their "internet friend's" defense only to be proven mistaken in their judgement of that "internet friend's" character later. I usually prefer to KNOW the people personally that I defend and support when it involves being a "character" witness...and even then, this is no guarantee that I will be right about their characters..but it seems to decrease the odds of me supporting the wrong people.

I hope this clears up things.
 
critical bill said:
In Other News Today....

• Congress insists on business plan from automakers that want aid
• Steve Kelly apologizes for being mistaken
• Congress rushes to extend jobless benefits through the holidays
• David Young of Repster does the cha cha like a sissy little girl
• CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane in Peru in 2001
• Gerry gets a hand job errrrr..a thumbs up from members of fauna
• Records search on Joe the Plumber was an improper report
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I read between the lines...:rofl::rofl:
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Well, I guess since you bolded Dennis' statement pertaining to Gerry, I figured that's who you also intended your comments about.


See, honest mistakes do happen. LOL
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It doesn't matter. :)

I do know honest mistakes happen. I make them all the time. :eek: :eek:

I am not trying to influence anyone else. My remarks apply to me and me only. Everyone else does what they decide is best for them.
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Gerry is a member at other forums. Why don't you go read up on him, so you can make an educated decision, instead of making one that's been prejudiced from this thread? :shrug01:

Except for getting tangled up in Davids web of deceit, I have never read anything from Gerry to lead me to believe he is anything other then an honest straight shooting person. He made an honest mistake, by trusting someone untrustworthy. When he caught on, he got the hell out. Period. He didn't dodge issues, he tried to help customers.

You gotta be fair about things. Even when going for the throat. :thumbsup:
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Deb/Dennis issue aside, I have to agree with the assessment of Gerry. It really wasn't his mess to mop up, but he hung in there and did
a lot more than David Young or the customers could have expected him to do to try resolve things. He was pretty successful until David stopped playing ball all together. Momentarily 'aligned' with a scammer or not, he definitely emerges from this as a stand-up guy.

Coupled with Steve Kelley stepping up and making amends with the Kordeks, I have to say it is a very pleasant surprise that David Young was so unsuccessful at taking some of his supporters/conning victims down in flames with him.

Also, a big fat hint to some others who have fallen into disfavor for trying to make Kelly and Matt the bad guys, I think these two case studies show that the 'wolf pack' can actually be awfully forgiving to those who just man up and do right.

Just sayin' :yesnod:.
 
Seems to me that he's followed the scammer's hand book to a tee. Pg 12 says...."Get everyone fired up over what you're presenting, get them to send you money, and then disappear as quick as you showed up."

Sound about right?
 
Any updates on this?

I looked at the website, and it's still saying that it will be "just a few days" until they have their software up and running again.... :rolleyes:

I love some of the cover-our-rear statements they make here....but they could have summed it up more more simply by just saying, "No matter what happens, we aren't responsible...and please don't try to get your money back when something does go wrong, because we need it more than you do." LOL.

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