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Rob Penny or Ted Williams?

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Anyone have info on these guys? I've heard there names alot lately, And figured I might try and buy some stuff from them..

Thanks,
Jas
 
I've spoken to Ted before last BP breeding season. Great guy!!
 
Ted Williams good guy

I worked a nice trade this year with Ted. I was very pleased with the animals.

Ted took very good care of me and I feel like he takes care of all his customers just as well.

Thanks
Tony Hurt
Snake Evolutions
 
Ted is A-OK

Ted is a "good guy" with some very nice animals. You shouldn't have any problem. Ted and Rob split ways awhile back and are totally unassociated right now, so watch you don't get them or their reps confused with one another.
 
I'm in an ongoing trade deal with Rob Penny....

I have been working on a trade deal with Rob for months now! Rob, another friend Dave and I went in on a mojave male together. I considered Rob a friend as we had talked for many months before we all decided to go into the mojave as partners.

In a seperate deal I sent Rob 1.2 sunglow boas last year in order to get a butter male this year. This deal has been going on for months now and I honestly do not see an end in sight in fact I feel I may never get compensated for my part of the trade.

I have been promised a phone call with details for days and days and still nothing.

My hope is to find out the Rob was truly an honest business man and a friend but as of late I am not seeing the actions friends should show one another.

At what point do you decide enough is enough and follow legal actions to make things right???

---Glenn
GNP Reptiles
 
All I can say is if someone can screw friends over, then I wouldnt do business with that person. If they even can't do their friends right, then what do you think they will do to a customer they don't know. I can't say I have ever dealt with Rob, but I know Glen and this sucks. I also have done deals with Chris and he was also a pleasure to deal with. I hope both of these guys get what's rightfully their's. :hot:
 
Joe, You say Both? There is atleast 20 guys getting screwed by ROB!! I started this thread to get out in the open so others are not screwed!
 
Yes, I said BOTH John. That's the only 2 to date that have posted on this thread about being taken. I know Glen from shows and I remember my deal with Chris went smooth. I'd hate to see these guys go threw this, no matter how many good deals this guy has had. I also clicked on the links David provided and mostly praises about Rob. If there IS 20 more, then have them post here !! If there are 20 more people he a ripped off, then of course I hope they get what's owed to them as well. But until then, I can only go on this thread. :shrug01:
 
If you look at the link I posted about Rob,

and buying some Boas from him, notice at the bottom where I sent him 4 high end Ball Pythons. Those four Balls were 1.1 Adult Pastels, and 1.1 Adult Ghosts. Rob still has, or has sold the two males. Rob gave me the two females back, ice cold, and 400 grams lighter than when I sent them. He admitted that the Ghost female was sick at his place, and almost died there. The Ghost female did end up dying at my house, a few weeks after I picked her up-Vet stated probably lower RI and Pneumonia. She is the first Ball I have ever lost. I think being weak from being sick, and stressed, and then becoming ice cold at the show for several hours, did her in. There is ALOT more to this situation, that is basically between me, Glen and Rob. I am not going to pile on Rob right now, but let's say he has let me down, and everything he has touched has gone horribly, horribly wrong. Hopefully Rob will fix things with everyone, he was supposed to ship me a YB male as partial payment the day he got arrested, and I have not heard from him since. All the praise I had for Rob in previous posts and threads, is obviously recanted.

Dave
 
jasballs said:
Joe, You say Both? There is atleast 20 guys getting screwed by ROB!! I started this thread to get out in the open so others are not screwed!
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Oh really? Then why did you open this thread with:

jasballs said:
Anyone have info on these guys? I've heard there names alot lately, And figured I might try and buy some stuff from them..
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Why would you be considering buying snakes from them if YOU KNEW at least 20 people were getting "screwed"?
 
The lastest info.

Well now Rob's home phone is disconnected making it even more difficult to try to have any communication with him. I guess he truly does intend to screw me over. If anyone has a phone # for him please forward it to me. All the #'s I have no longer work.

If you can help I'd appreciate it.

Glenn
 
 
daniel1983 said:
Here is a nice article on Rob Penny:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2830906p-9280689c.html
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The link is not working anymore. Thanks to another Fauna Member for posting the text in another forum along with another article. I will copy it onto this thread so others can view all that is happening when they read this thread.

MONCURE -- It's the first case of snake fraud that Maj. Gary Blankenship of the Chatham County Sheriff's Office has seen in his 25 years in law enforcement.

Robert Penny, 33, of 149 Haley Meadows Drive in Moncure was arrested Wednesday on a charge of felonious obtaining property by false pretenses, Blankenship said. He was released from custody on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

Chris Simone, who runs a ball python breeding business in San Jose, Calif., said he wired Penny $18,000 in March to buy one ball python and rent others for breeding in an arrangement similar to a stud service.

The purchased python showed up, but the others never did.

Penny could not be reached for comment.

Simone said in a phone interview Thursday that he also sent Penny 26 of his own female snakes for breeding with some of Penny's males as part of the agreement. But he couldn't get Penny to return them, he said.

He finally took a flight to Raleigh and showed up on Penny's doorstep at 8:30 a.m. one Sunday in June.

Penny was "pretty shocked" to see him, Simone said.

He got his snakes back, but he said they had not been bred and looked neglected. Seven of the snakes, worth $1,000 to $2,000 each, died during the overnight trip home.

Simone said he still hasn't gotten his money back. He called the Sheriff's Office last week.

"I've tried in a friendly and professional manner to find ways to remedy the situation, but he chose to ignore me, and this is the consequence," Simone said.
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MONCURE MAN ARRESTED FOR SNAKE FRAUD

November 2- Robert Penny, 33, of 149 Haley Meadows Drive, Moncure was arrested on Wednesday by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office for Obtaining Property by False Pretenses. Detective Mike Szpunar of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation. The incident was reported on Tuesday when Chris Simone of San Jose, California contacted Detective Szpunar and told him that Penny had sold him 5 Python snakes for $18,000.00 last June and had never received them. He also reported that he sent Penny 26 female snakes to be breed by males. Simone told Detective Szpunar that when he did not receive the five other snakes he told Penny to return the 26 that he had previously sent. When they were returned 5 died of malnutrition. A warrant for Penny’s arrest was drawn and he was arrested without incident. He was charged with Felonious Obtaining Property by False Pretenses and was released under a $1,000.00 unsecured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro on November 9.
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gapnda7 said:
Well now Rob's home phone is disconnected making it even more difficult to try to have any communication with him. I guess he truly does intend to screw me over. If anyone has a phone # for him please forward it to me. All the #'s I have no longer work.

If you can help I'd appreciate it.

Glenn
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Glenn call the Sheriff’s Office or the Detective below.

Chatham County Sheriff’s Office
295 West Street Pittsboro NC 27312
Phone 919542-2811
Fax 919-542-1215

Detective Mike Szpunar
(919) 663-1815
 
What a loser that guy is. Good for Chris to just show up at his door. He must have been pooping tiffany cufflinks!!!! Good find!
 
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