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Ripped off by Patrick Renwick

jim scharphorn

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I did ( or tried to do ) a trade and it was to good to be true but seems to be that.
I sent some live animals first, and patrick was suppose to send after and I never herd from him again. He replied to a kingsnake ad of mine and offered the trade, he used ebay as a reffrence.
Trade value was $300 on his end
What can I do to ruin his life ?

his contact is
Patrick Renwick
1656 1/2 Elm st.
Utica, NY 13501

cell # 315-269-2012
e-mail is [email protected]
 
?

YOU had an add on kingsnake that HE replied to?? and you sent him the animals first?? is that correct?? What was the exact trade supposed to be??
 
Well Jim
You are started in the right direction with this thread.
What were the specifics on the trade??
I am also wondering if you knew this guy well enough to ship first.
 
Jim.... Please tell me I just didn't read what you just wrote???

HE initiated the deal, and YOU shipped FIRST???

Brother.... you're probably a great person, with a lot of trust in people, but, in this instance, you deserve everything you get! YOU took the chance, and YOU lost.... don't go blaming the other guy??? You can NEVER get ripped off, UNLESS YOU LET THEM!.... Take it from ME! I KNOW!
Just forget it and DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!

Tell them you're going to tell them....
Tell them....
Then tell them what you just told them....
Maybe THEN, they'll get the gist of it!

Comprende Compadre???

....Neil
 
Jim,

This will help get his name out there as MUD. I would also suggest informing Kingsnake.com what transpired so that they know it happened (nothing they will do about it unless he has an account). I would also contact his local Law Enforcement and see about filing a complaint on him through them. They can tell you what else might be able to be done to him through the Law. I wish you the best of luck with him and hopefully he will come through and make it better.
 
Sorry to hear about your situation. You're probably out of luck as far as getting your animals back.
You can still have some fun making his life hell. Since you have his cell # just call him all the time. Whenever you're sitting around and have nothing to do, just give him a call to say hi.
3a.m. and you cant sleep? Give him a ring.
If you have his home # call that too. If his wife happens to answer just say "Tell Patrick I better never catch him with my wife again!" and hang up.

I know....pretty immature but atleast you can be a pain in his a*s;)

Chris Raden
 
Just received this in my email box from someone claiming to be Pat Renwick:

In one of ur posts on ur forum my name is being wrongly defiled and i want u to pull this thread.http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php3?s=&postid=39441#post39441

Plz let me know if you can or why you cant and i will also have my lawyer let me know if i can legally have it pulled if for what ever reasons you feel you cant.Thanks and in no way is this letter ment to come off offensive or mean
Pat


Pat, you may want to study the rules of this board. It is the third thread down from the beginning of this forum. I do not take the position of judging the merits of anyone's side of what they are claiming are the facts. Which is what I would be doing if I deleted anyone's claims posted here. If you want to post the facts from your perspective, you are perfectly welcome to do so HERE, where it would do the most good at this point. There could be some misunderstanding that you could easily clear up.

You have contacted Mr. Scharphorn at the same time you sent me an email, haven't you? I am sure you both could work things out if you try.

BTW, you may also want to have your attorney study the link I put in the rules section concerning the Communications Decency Act of 1996. It may save you a whole bunch of trouble.
 
Webslave

Bring me some nachos or I will tell my lawyer (Susan Smith) that my name is on here..





Wait a minute, my name is on 276 posts. Well im gonna have to sue you 276 times.
 

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I feel sorry for the poor bastardo if he doesnt make it right with Jim.
 
He has e-mailed me again and says he is having problems setting up his account on here and posting. Jim has he e-mailed you directly to let you know what happened or is going on? He wanted me to post the Tracking number of the package he received but I told him I would let him post it when he gets on here himself.
 
Jim

What was the timeline on the transaction? How long after the deal was finalized did you ship? How long has it been since you shipped? What attempts have you made to contact him? The details are useful in determining a course of action.
 
Sorry I have not replied yet

The deal was 5 babie veileds for a radio controlled gas monster truck that he had over 500 invested, I told him I do not ship first and said I am a fair guy and offered a few more chams when they hatched because I knew it was not a fair trade, but he said well my truck will end up alive and if I shipped first I would not need to give a few more chams I told him that 3 chams were 1 1/2 inches and the other 2 were smalll 1in. he said no problem. And I thought what the heck I would not be out to much if he ripped me off.
He recieved the chams friday and was suppose to ship the truck saturday

He contacted me ! as soon as some of you guys e-mailed him

Thanks guys

He claims he is going to sue me for slander now, and that I did not give him my 48 hr guarentee ! well that ran out sunday afternoon. He would not return my phone calls or return my e-mails until after I replied here and others e-mailed him, then he was e-mailing me like no tommorrow.
I know I did not give him much time but I did tell him that I was going to post here and other places if he did not contact me. I then gave him 24 hrs to do so and he chose not to reply back. He was all over the emails before the deal, and then he just disapeared after he got the animals.
I told him I would post back here if he sent me the truck.
 
He recieved the chams friday and was suppose to ship the truck saturday

He contacted me ! as soon as some of you guys e-mailed him

Thanks guys

He claims he is going to sue me for slander now, and that I did not give him my 48 hr guarentee ! well that ran out sunday afternoon.

Jim,

Your 48-hour guarantee has nothing to do with the fact that he was supposed to ship on Saturday. If that was the initial agreement between both of you he should have shipped.

Best regards.
 
In his recent E-Mails has he offerred any explanation for his failure to ship? It sounds like he was reading the 48 hour guarantee as tacit permission to wait that length of time before shipping his end of the trade. I don't say that makes any logical sense, it is just the way it appears.
 
He is stating to me in e-mails that he is still having problems posting on here. I am not sure why he can't post. He says in the e-mail to me that he received the animals on Friday, and he had the choice if he was not happy he could send the animals back, otherwise he was supposed to ship on Monday. I think it would be best if Jim can post the e-mails between the 2 of them on here so things can be cleared up. I also hope that Mr. Renwick is able to post soon so this can be straightened out. He says he is in contact with Mr. Sharphorn now so hopefully it will get resolved. He also stated that he now wants to ship the Veileds back to Jim and not ship the Truck.
 
Is this fellow saying that one of more of the baby veilds is (are) unhealthy or unacceptable in some way? Is that why he has failed to ship and why he is citing your 48 hr guarantee? I'm really not seeing why else he would be complaining about such.

I hope this other guy comes here to give his side of the story. Not because I don't believe what's been set forth thus far, but because there are just too many gaps in logic from his side to be understood.

:(
 
In one of the e-mails he sent to me he stated that one of the babies was dead when it arrived. I hope this gets resolved amicably soon.
 
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:08 AM
>Subject: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>
>
> > Interested in tradin all 3 pair for a gas powered rc monster
>truck($500.00 value)or a 1.1 ghz pc?let me know either way
> > Pat
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > This message was sent by an unregistered or non logged in user.
> >
> > Sent 07:08 AM, Jan 06th, 2003 from I.P. Address 24.49.193.179
> >

MY REPLY

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:41:21 -0500
>
>Hi, sorry but I only have 2 males and 1 female left that were posted.
>I have 2 females that are small I would be willing to trade the 5 for the
>monster truck
>Let me know
>Jim

His reply
> > >From: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
> > >To: <[email protected]>
> > >Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:37 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
> > >
> > >
> > > > Jim,
> > > > How small are the other 2 females?what size crickets are they
>eating.I
> > >am
> > > > very interested and look forward to ur next e-mail
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Pat


MY Reply

> >From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
> > >To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
> > >Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:40:13 -0500
> > >
> > >They are about 1 inch body we are feeding them a 1/8 to 3/16 of a
>inch
> > >the wife says that she does not like the idea of giving them out
>because
> > >she would hate for you to be unhappy with them .
> > > we are waiting for the next batch of eggs to hatch and if you have
>not
> > >found any veileds before then I would then work with you.
> > >Jim

HIs Reply

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:46 PM
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim,
> > The si
> >
> >

THEN

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:09:59 -0500
>
>your message did not come in
>Jim


THEN

>From: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>
>
> > Jim,
> > the size is no problem i have raised baby veilds before.I am game if you
> > are.either way if i was not happy i would just ship them back
>anyways.let
> > me know.
> > Pat


THEN

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:53:17 -0500
>
>Well tell me about the car
>Jim

THEN

>From: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:03 PM
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>
>
> >
> > Its a 4 wheel drive monster truck.It has electric start.I high torque
> > steering servo and a k&m air filter.It is in running condition with less
> > than a gallon of fuel run through it..It has a 2 speed auto transmission
> > with reverse on the controll.It goes about 35 mph .when you get it
>charge
> > the starter and off you go.requires 12 aa batteries(i use dollar store
> > batteries but recomend rechargeables.Its definently worth $300.00 but i
> > dont mind talkin a bit of a loss(paid over 500.00 new)i understand it
>being
> > used its not worth what I paid but to me its worth 5 veilds.How big are
>the
> > larger ones?Thats about it on the truck


THEN

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:28:00 -0500
>
>It seems that you are wanting the veileds and I think what you are asking
>in trade is not that fare and I try to be a fare person so I will make a
>better offer The 2.1 veileds are 3 to 4 weeks old and are about 1.5 inches
>and the other 2 females are the smaller ones I would be willing to give you
>the 5 veileds now shipped. with also the offer to make it worth your while
>because of the size I would give you 3 more veileds after the next batch
>hatches if you would pay the shipping on the next hatch. Also I do not ship
>first on trades
>If that is good for you you can ship the truck to
>Jim Scharphorn
>12390 136th Ave.
>Grand Haven Mi 49417
>after I recieve it I will then ship the veileds over night with airborne
>express
>And does the truck come with everything I need to make it run ( minus the
>gas and baterries for the controler ? And is there extra glow plugs with
>it ? and what size motor does it have ?)
>Jim


THEN


Jim,
As far as your questions,it has a .15 motor(i bought it then less than a
week l8r they came out with the .25)It comes with 2 bodies,a couple tanks of
fuel,a few tools you will need,the charger,2 or 3 battery packs.Now normally
if i were trading herp for herp I would ship first.But due to the expense of
the item,the shipping,and the fact that i know my truck will arrive Alive,I
would ask that you ship first.If you did that for me you could leave out
the hatchlings and send me just the 5 we originaly talked about.I have good
feedback on my ebay name.I also have a person I just traded for some
jacksons who could give you a good reference.My only worry is about me
sending truck and then airborne screwin up or missing me and the little ones
being outside in the cold(they dont handle cold as well as my jacksons.)Let
me know and ihope i have not offended you in any way.Like I said if it was
herp for herp we would both take the same chance.But......well anyways Have
a good day and I hope to hear from you soon.My number is 315-269.2012 if you
have any questions(my cell is cheaper if you call me after 9pm est)
Pat


Then


> > >From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
> > >To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
> > >Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:44:00 -0500
> > >
> > >Yes that is fine send me your address for shipping and would you like
>to
> > >recieve them friday or tuesday ?
> > >Jim


THEN

Jim,
Friday would be good.My address is

Patrick Renwick
1656 1/2 elm st
Utica NY,13501

Thanks Jim Look forward to seeing them
Pat


Then


Jim,
Just wanted to make sure we are on for friday.Send tracking number Airborne
is around the corner fromme so in case we have a problem i can remedy it on
my end.Also the truckis so heavy i will be sending it as cheaply as
possible(probably still 30.00 or more)Thanks agian and when those babies
hatch let me know i know most the pet shop owners on 1st name basis and may
be able to move a 10 lot or 2 for u.Thanks agian and I am excitedly awaiting
those veilds
Pat

THEN

Jim
Good thing we went for friday cause starting sat night its gonna get colder
here.(teens)We have good temps now(lower 40's)I will ship truck out STAT
after the package arrives.Once agian thanks for everything.
Pat

THEN

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
> > > > >To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
> > > > >Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
> > > > >Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:50:15 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > >I shipped today, tracking # is 7433975275 with airborne
> > > > >please do not send the gas with the truck I think that would be
> > >illegal.
> > > > >Jim

THEN

>----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
> > >To: <[email protected]>
> > >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:17 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
> > >
> > >
> > > > I wil be shiping ground so i believe I gan send you a bit.If I cant
>do
> > >you
> > > > have a hoby shop in ur area.I use 15 or 20 % nitro in her but I
>would
> > >use
> > >15
> > > > on a reguler basis unles you race in a league.Hope you have as much
>fun
> > >with
> > > > her as i did.


I Think this is the last I herd from him
I emialed him on friday to find out what the truck name was and the name of the engine I never herd from him
I e-mailed him sat. twice and called once, then again sunday e-mailed twice and called and left a message and told him I was going to post here and then then tried again monday then as soon as I posted here he contacted me and this is his e-mails abck to me
Hello Jim,
Well it seams that now that my road runner is up and runnin you have
slandered my name befor my 48 hour garunteee you posted on ur web site has
even run out.I have called my lawyer and he is checking into if I have any
right to sue you for slander.Also i will be sending ur chams back(hope a 12
hour heat pack works(i ship usps).You never even gave me a chance to get
back to you.I was gonna ship in am due to the fact I had the truck checked
out today to make sure it was ok(didnt run for 2 months so wanted to fire it
up and it needed a part so i bought you one)but instead i get nasty e-mails
and my name posted on a forum(i contacted them with the legality's of
hosting ur thread)I will also be posting shipping info and my side of the
story on that thread.I also will call the irs and see if you have a licience
to run your herp business and also see if they audit you this year.Let me
know what you want to do about this maybe we can resolve this in a fashion
with some cuth.
Pat
THEN

want the truck or ur herps?


THEN

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:17:10 -0500
>
>Well look who has jumped on the band wagon !
>send the freaking truck you made a deal and your 48 hours was up sunday by
>noon or so when you recieved the chams Do not give me any stories ! you had
>plenty of time to contact me
>a 12 hour heat pack will not work and the chams will end up dead
>if you send me the truck and finish your deal I will post back on the forum
>that you did so
>you had all kinds of chances to contact me you chose not to
>you also said you would send it out on saturday !!
>so far you have lied
>Just feel lucky that I have not contacted king snake yet or ebay at least
>by
>making this right you will not be banned from those sites.
>well what are you going to do ?
>Thank you,
>Jim Scharphorn
>www.coolcrittersbylj.com


THEN

As for kingsnake i have no account so I cant be banned.I called ebay and
they said you can do nothing to me as far as their conserned.I will ship
the chams back usps as soon as the cold snap breaks.(will warm up by
friday.As far as the law suit I have turned you into the better business
bearue.Since you are a business I will be sueing you in ny you will have to
send a lawyer or come yourself.You posting my number on the web without my
express written permission is agianst the law in your state and mine so I
hope you are ready.Also the IRS will be notified wether you pay taxes or not
and airborn will be notified you are shipping lizards wich they say is
agianst their shipping terms and if you have a account it will be
suspended.It will take a few weeks to sopena you so I look forward to
hearing from you.Unlike you fat little bald man I have a job and such I dont
live on the pc like you not hearing from me for 2 or 3 days is no reason to
panic and slander me.I will be sending the chams back since in your e-mail
we discussed me not liking them and me having the option of return as we
agreed you can have them.
Pat
THEN

nothing was ever said about saturday just i would ship stat do a retraction
and i will ship truck no retraction and you lizards go back to you usps
overnight with a 12 hour heat pack never had a problem with usps.as witht
the temps only reaching 15 or so as a high i will wait till it warms up a
bit to send them.Unless you want lizard sicles
Pat

IGuess I was wrong on the stat?? I thought maybe he miss spelled and meant sat. sure looks like a sat, to me


He is e-mailing me as I am copying and pasteing this

>From: "coolcritters" <[email protected]>
>To: "Patrick Renwick" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Message about: Veileds 4 to 5 week old pairs
>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:59:09 -0500
>
>Sorry Pat but send the truck or else ! you are not going to send the chams
>back ! your 48 hr guarentee is up as of sunday, you never said anything was
>wrong with them so your loss!and as far as sending them back please
>include
>the $32.00 it cost me to send the chams and I send with airborne and they
>know I send live reptiles Do you actually think I am that dumb ? and e-bay
>will be contacted and king snake so what you do not have a account I sure
>hope you never plan on getting one and I am sure no one will do business
>with you if you screw me, you had every oppertunity to contact me you
>chose not to and thought you could gewt away with this I will be contacting
>the police in your area if I do not recieve the truck by friday !!!!!!!!
>you
>can take that to the bank and if you send the chams back and they show up
>dead I will be contacting the humain services as well
>Give yourself a chance to prove your not ripping me off by sticking to the
>deal that is the only way your going to clear your name with the herp
>community !!!!
>Thank you,

I will send back the chams and thats that i will ship them out taday if you
want to wait thats fine.the police will only get you 5 dead reptiles back
cause all they will do is make me send back you herps or tell you its a
civil matter so i sugggest you let me send them back when the weather is
warmer.If i sent you the truck either way it will not get there till tues
cause i told you i ship by ground.Thats 6 days the package would cost 100.00
to overnight sorry man
Let me know asap i have all the e-mails so if
the cops are called they will make me send you back the chams since the
value is under 200.00 125.oo plus shipping is under 200.00 its a civil
matter and since you are out of state and unable to file a report your herps
will be back with you before they get the report i am sending them back as
in my right to return them.
Pat
I just emailed back to this and said to send the truck


I called my local law enforcement agency and they suggest if i want to avoid
you being able to sue me in small claims court i either send truck or
animals which ever one or the other.So do you want me to send them out when
its cold as hell,like in the single digits or do you want me to wait a
couple days till this breaks.If i dont here from you they go out
tomarrow.usps overnight with a 20 hour heat pack if i can find one if not a
12.your signature on the delivery will clear me of any of this so please
lets be adaults.If you want the truck please e-mail me in a more respectful
tone and we can see if this can be resolved nicely,p[olitly and
professionaly
Pat


there is probably a few e-mails missing from when I was trying to contact him there was so many to try and find if you want them let me know and I will post them as well.
 
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