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ScottsSerpents False advertisment..

Stephanie,
It doesn't have to be a "major" problem to post here. Good Guy posts are anything but a problem, and they are frequent ! But if it is an accusation which is negative in nature, in this case "false advertising", it is of enormous help to have evidence that a group of your peers could easily look at and conclude likewise. Without any further proof at this point, all we have seems to be one person's word against another. I admit that the reply to your email inquiry does not lend itself to Scott, as he provides no explanation to you of what would seem to be confusion over the price (ie.: "please note that there is a $50 shipping charge also mentioned in the ad", etc), and I would say to him as seller, that it is the "wrong answer" regardless of what the original version of the ad said. As I said earlier, an accusation in the BOI can expect to be challenged by the accused and some readers. There is no set level for the "seriousness of the charge", although some complaints are petty regardless of the facts. What is prudent is to be able to have made the effort to accumulate relevent evidence to support the allegation, and then to post it here. The current allegation would be more serious than the thread starter in my eyes, that being that an altered version of the original ad is being presented as the original. If true, it goes from being a typo or poor choice of ad presentation to a lack of integrity, maybe worse.
 
skunklver18 You called me trying to low ball me the price is $150.00 + $50 Shipping as stated on the ad. I always list different prices on Fauna and KingSnake lots of my Fauna custermers are local. I always work out a deal with local people so I dont have to ship!

skunklver18 FYI you only post here if there is a major problem. Not because you tried lowballing me and did not get your way.
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I also read that ad within moments of this thread being posted.
It said 150 shipped. Now you lack all credibility as someone to do business with.
Buyer Beware.
 
ScottsSerpents said:
skunklver18 You called me trying to low ball me the price is $150.00 + $50 Shipping as stated on the ad. I always list different prices on Fauna and KingSnake lots of my Fauna custermers are local. I always work out a deal with local people so I dont have to ship!

skunklver18 FYI you only post here if there is a major problem. Not because you tried lowballing me and did not get your way.
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I meant to use you name in the quote. I think it is important that everyone remember that you lied about your ad.
 
Belief

I did not see the ad in original form. However too may people are stating that they did see it for it not to have said 150 shipped. You need to stand by the ad as placed.

ScottsSerpents this is part of learning from mistakes, you will have to eat the costs of shipping here.
 
Scott,
These are too many credible people, who are too otherwise disjunct from one another to be part of a conspiracy, all saying the same thing. You were adamant in the beginning about defending your ad. Now your integrity is in serious question. Care to enlighten all who read here ? Its your honor.
 
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stephanie searle...FALSE ACCUSER!

stephanie searle recently accused scotts serpents of advertsing on fauna for 7 ball pythons $150 shipped.in the ad it CLEARLY states the snakes are $150 and the shipping charges are $50.what don't you get stephanie?

your first post on the BOI and you lie to slam someone's reputation,sellers whould you want stephanie as your customer? SELLERS BEWARE!!!! TWH
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Hey Timothy,

Why would you start a third party thread about Stephanie on the BOI?
Your post was false also. You posted that thread after Terry Scott also posted one. What's the story here guys? She was telling the truth.

 
I also saw the original ad at $150 Shipped. I could have taken a screen shot, but I hadn't thought the individual in question would edit the ad after being questioned on the BOI.
 
The funny thing is I didn’t think Stephanie had a good case for a BOI thread at first. Until, Terry tried a cover-up here and outright lied and changed his ad.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
The funny thing is I didn’t think Stephanie had a good case for a BOI thread at first. Until, Terry tried a cover-up here and outright lied and changed his ad.
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Yes same here Dennis. At first I was thinking "What the hell is this petty crap doing here"? Terry sure gave it all of the validity in the world all by himself.

The really sad part is the fact that instead of just admitting he worded his ad poorly and losing $50 bucks on a sale, he was more than willing to try and tarnish someone else to cover own mistake. Over $50. Pretty low in my opinion, Terry.
 
Gee put me on the list of those who saw the add as 150.00 shipped.

Terry your best bet is to just give the snakes to her for 150.00 shipped and also a big apology for calling her a liar. You messed up and listed them too cheap and then came here and lied. there are to many on the ball people on this forum to get by with something like you tried to pull. Make it right and your reputation wont suffer any more than it has, don't and there are people here that will make that post Dennis found of yours look like nothing as they hound you . Your choice, I hope you do the right thing.Randy
 
Sorry Randy,

But Terry has already destroyed his reputation in my book.
 
Thanks everyone, I was hoping I wasnt the only one that saw it, before it was changed.... Dennis H, thanks for posting those on here. I had no idea those threads were even made! People can be mean sometimes, when they dont even know the whole thing... Im also glad they were closed.. I dont really like confrontation ,and it would really suck if people wouldnt do business with me cause of this...
Thanks,
Steph
 
Regardless of the prcie, move on...

ravensgait said:
Gee put me on the list of those who saw the add as 150.00 shipped.

Terry your best bet is to just give the snakes to her for 150.00 shipped and also a big apology for calling her a liar. You messed up and listed them too cheap and then came here and lied. there are to many on the ball people on this forum to get by with something like you tried to pull. Make it right and your reputation wont suffer any more than it has, don't and there are people here that will make that post Dennis found of yours look like nothing as they hound you . Your choice, I hope you do the right thing.Randy
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$150 shipped or otherwise, I wouldn't go through on a purchase from this guy regardless of what the current version(s) of his ads states. If he will do this on this aspect of his business I would question his professionalism in other areas. Move on to a breeder of better standing.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
Dennis Thomas, I’m glad you closed the two threads that these two started about Stephanie. I would think it would be only fair that the threads were opened back up to only post a link back to this thread.
It would be a shame for someone doing a search on her and only come up with those two threads as a bad person to do business with.


http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82919
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82916
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I added the link back to this thread to them.
 
Android, first your likely to get warning points for not posting your full name. Put it in your sig line so you don't have to worry about it..Second say this was you who contacted someone about an add for 7 balls for 150.00(if the add said a dollar fifty then that would be a mistake) You email them and they say no now it's 200.00(by the way you can get baby balls for as low as 10 bucks) And that wouldn't bother you? And to top it off they change the add after the fact and then call you a liar, wouldn't that get ya a little peeved? Shows me the person selling the snakes is dishonest(could have said wow I messed up the add but I'll eat the 50 bucks and get you these snakes) The person then lied to all of us here claiming the add always said 200.00 ETC ETC and that doesn't bother you at all? Buying and selling on the internet is a trust deal and we don't need scammers or people like this making it harder for the rest of us to buy and or sell here. May not bother you much but it bothers me and from the looks of things here a few others as well. Randy
 
I didnt rush, and I never called him a horrible guy.. I dont even know him.. I told my boyfriend about it, and he told me to post on the BOI.. I should have just had him do it, if he was so concerned, cause I hate confrontation, and as I stated in my first post, I wasnt sure if this was the right place to post, as the only thing I have really done on this sit was sell a couple reptiles a while ago...
 
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