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Ok, so I just completed a deal with Stan Ruppel.

I was looking for a breedable or almost breedable male fire to breed with my cinny female and pastel female( thanks stickytoungs). I bought a hypo female from stan a while back and everything went smoothy I thought. she was a little under what stan said gram wise but whatever.

I called stan and asked if he had any male fires for sale. he responded by saying that he had a pair of 07s growing like weeds! he gave his number and asked me to call. I did and I stated very clearly that i was looking for a breedable or almost breedable male fire and how many grams this male was. he said 4, 5, 600 I dont know, I would have to weigh him but he assured me that it would breed this season no problem at all. I trused him (mistake).

He said we came to $795 shipped, which I though was a good deal for a near breedable male. he stated that he wanted a postal money order so I sent one out to him. Then it seemed like he fell of the planet, I had to email to see if it arrived and he appoligized for not letting me know it came. oh well n big deal. he said it might take a few days to process and he would let me know when it did but he said he trusted me. dont know why he said that because I had to call and email to get that going too. no big deal right?
then it took close to 2 weeks to ship it out after me calling and emailing when he was going to ship.

finally it came and he said he had just fed it a rat (I only want rat eaters and made that clear). guess how much it weighed? 214 grams!

I called him and told him this is not what he said and he denied ever saying it was that big. I said that i passed on 08s that were larger than this, and he said he was just maintenace feeding it a mouse every week or so. I called him on the mouse and he said rats, mice, whatever. No not whatever!

I asked for my money back and to ship the snake back and he said he does not have my money anymore lol. He said there is no way this 214 g snake wont breed by Feb and that I would be happy with it.

Gee Stan, thanks. btw, you lost a customer.
 
very lame
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Your lame, this guy sends an animal 1/3 of his guesstimated weight and your gonna post this nonesense?

At best the animal was still HALF the weight the seller stated, if what dj has stated is true.



Parker Hanneman
 
You must be pretty slow, Would a question be ok?

As a seller, would it be acceptable to send animals that are 25-50% smaller than you had told the buyer?

Parker Hanneman
 
Slow, you are a freakin snail...did you read what I wrote? I said, if what the original poster said is true, what Stan did was very lame...and then said I would like to hear Stan's version of what happened.
 
busy

Stan is very busy and doesn't seem to have much time to respond to emails as I recently discovered in a transaction with him. Don't count on hearing his side of the story anytime soon. I just hope the snake I am supposed to receive tomorrow isn't as slow as he is.
 
One thing I need to clarify is that I have no written proof of stan saying the gram weight. We talked on the phone not e-mail so its his word vs mine. If the post is a violation without written proof I appologize.
 
Written proof in not a requirement of the BOI. It just helps eliminate the "he said, she said" crap.
 
shrap said:
Written proof in not a requirement of the BOI. It just helps eliminate the "he said, she said" crap.
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about that,

I did talk to stan and while we both agree to disagree he did bring up a good point about this subject that I have to agree with.

basicaly anyone could go on the boards and say whatever they wanted with no proof correct? I am in no way backing down on what I said but it made me think that someone could come on here and say that for example I sold them 3 snakes with no heads, even though they have no proof. You just have to believe who you believe I guess.
 
That is why it's better to get everything in writing when you can.

And, yes, someone could say something like that about you, but they would be found out pretty quickly. A few of us have been around the block a time or two and not much gets past us.
 
djansen said:
about that,

I did talk to stan and while we both agree to disagree he did bring up a good point about this subject that I have to agree with.

basicaly anyone could go on the boards and say whatever they wanted with no proof correct? I am in no way backing down on what I said but it made me think that someone could come on here and say that for example I sold them 3 snakes with no heads, even though they have no proof. You just have to believe who you believe I guess.
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It may be true that anyone can come on here and make up a story about someone (and I'm sure it's happened).....but does that mean an injured party should NOT come here to say something that was done wrong to them? Even if they didn't get the deal "in writing?"

While not having something in writing makes it more difficult to prove your case, it's not impossible. And I'd hate to see anyone with a legitimate case scared away from the BOI just because it's their word against someone else's.

I think you had a legitimate case...at least as you originally stated it. If you and the seller came to some sort of private resolution...then that's fine. Just say so. If not...then stand up and challenge him to come here and tell his side.
 
busy

I did receive my female yellowbelly yesterday from Stan and she is healthy. My only complaints are the amount of times I had to email him to get a response and that he could not tell me when she would ship for sure. As a matter of fact I gave him two days that would work for me when he could ship a week in advance and wanted to know which day it would be so I could arrange to be home, but he didn't tell me which day he was shipping until after she shipped on that day and I didn't receive a tracking number which kind of bothered me. However, she did arrive when he said she would after he finally emailed me. It took 11 days after I paid for her and he said that she was shipped in a "timely manner". The first week he was supposed to ship he hit a "snag" because his wife wasn't home to drop the package off at FedEx. He sent me an email saying how busy he was and how reptiles are not his only business, which I understand as I am busy too, but I make time to respond to people and make sure animals are shipped when they are supposed to be. He also posted the female for $199 shipped and when I emailed him about her he said she was $225 shipped. When I pointed this out to him he said it was a TYPO and thanks for catching it for him. All in all we worked the deal out and I'm happy with the little girl, but I most likely won't purchase from him again.
 
I had a similar issue with him. Dont get me wrong after talking with him many times on the phone he sounds like a great guy but maybe he needs to set a little more time aside in his busy schedule for his reptile business. Last June(i think it was june) I contacted him about an ad on Kingsnake with some 08 Mojaves. I asked him to send me some pics of the ones he had. I then emailed him the pic with the exact animal I wanted, the pic had two snakes but I used paintshop and circled the one and clearly stated in the email the one on the left. I also stated this several times over the phone. Well sure enough when the snake arrives I am surprised to see a completely different snake I mean it wasnt even one of the ones in the pics he sent. I never contacted him other then one email which was not replied to. I am happy with the snake I recieved butt when you make it perfectly clear that you want a particular animal and you pay for it then you should receive said animal.
 
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