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Bad Guy Tarrie West warning

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This is to warn anyone against Tarrie West (dendroboard name: tarrie4111) and making any type of deals with him. So here is how my situation went down:

8/20/10- We made a trade deal where I would receive a sexed pair of E. Trivitattus green and he would receive 4 British Guyana tadpoles in return. We planned to both ship that following Monday (8/23/10)
8/23/10 I had to cancel shipping for that day because something came up. I notified Tarrie right away and made sure that he had not already shipped. He replied via txt that he had not shipped due to work. We planned to ship the following day (Tuesday 8/24/10)
8/24/10 I shipped my package to Tarrie and explained to him that due to his rural location they could not guarantee for next day, but the latest of Thursday at 3pm. Due to my packing and previous experience I told him they should be fine. Although he did not ship my package like discussed.
8/25/10 I asked via txt if he had shipped the previous day. No response. Then I asked for a second time. Later that day he txt me asking for the tracking # again because he was having trouble tracking over the net. I gave him the # again and a phone number to call as well if it didn’t work. I asked again if he shipped. No response to my question, but a thank you for the info I sent him.
8/26/10 I txt to see if he had received his package. He explained that it had been taken to the post office because he was not there at the time of delivery due to being at work. He said he would pick them up the next day in the morn along with shipping my trivittatus.
8/27/10 Tarrie went and picked up his package and the tadpoles were ok. Thank goodness. He did not ship my package.
8/27/10 txt me that he tried to ship but there was no overnight on Friday for Saturday delivery. Which I know after being in the hobby for 10+ years. I told him that I was not happy with him and that I was going to post to the BOI. He became very apologetic and offered to ship anyways but not wanting to be held responsible if I didn’t get my package until Monday. I told him absolutely not, and to please ship on Monday. He promised that he would and that I would have my frogs no later then Tuesday.
8/30/10 Tarrie sent me a txt at 12:14 explaining that he was going to ship in a little bit and he would txt me the tracking number asap. At 2:30 I replied with a “k”.
8/30/10 5:24 pm I sent text…” tracking #?” no reply
7:41pm I sent… :can you plz send me my tracking #?” no response
8/31/10 7:44am I sent another txt.. :what is the tracking #? Did you even ship?”
8:43am I sent another txt explaining how I had to leave work early for a dr.’s appt and a funeral and I needed to make arrangements for the delivery of the package…”did you get around to shipping?” no response.
12:29pm “did you ship?” still no response

So here I am Tuesday evening at 8:00pm with no package and no responses to my text messages to Tarrie. I warn you to not trust this guy. Hopefully there is a really good explanation to his short comings, and I am a reasonable person and would work something out if there was any type of situation. No responses to my txt’s is not acceptable in my opinion. So be aware of this Tarrie on Dendroboard…Thanks for reading…Sara DeLaRue also known as FORESTEXOTICS…
 
Do you have any emails to back this up? Is there a way you can get the texts fwd'd into an email and post them?
 
I dont have any e-mails. I have personal messages from dendroboard and a couple dozen text messaes. How do I get them forwarded to my e-mail so I can post them? I would loveto put them up.
 
Sorry about your situation Sara and I hope it gets resolved. Did you notify Tarrie of this thread? Also something I'm sure that will come up soon, is what is your real name? Under your name on the left side it says Sara Michelle Veight but you signed your post Sara DeLaRue. For the record I'm not insinuating anything I just think something like that is better cleared up now rather than later. Good Luck with everything!!
 
The name thing is my mistake. I got married. My name is sara michelle delarue now. I forgot to change it in my profile. I notified Tarrie about 1/2 hour after I posted this. I was also going to text him again this morning, ask about my package, and tell him that he has the opportunity to respond and give his side of the story.
 
I figured ou the txt thing. I am going to post all of our txts tomorrow. It ill show how I have been totally ripped off. This will be my first time in 10+ years in the hobby that I was shanked. Im so bummded!
 
I figured ou the txt thing. I am going to post all of our txts tomorrow. It ill show how I have been totally ripped off. This will be my first time in 10+ years in the hobby that I was shanked. Im so bummded!

Sorry it happened to you bud. I hope the best of your situation happens for you. Remember that Karma is in deed a you know what.
 
Alright, these are most of the txts but some where cut off a wee bit. I also had to try to put them in order on my own since when forwarding txts to e-mail, you lose the date and time.

• Hi txt me the tracking number when u ship the tads and Ill do the same..shippin addy is Tarrie West...2114 Rebecca St..... Roanoke(tarrie)
• The trivs r not probable thet r definitely sexed(tarrie)
• Somethin came up, i wont be able to ship till tomorrow for weds delivery. i hope thats ok?...sara
• U didnt ship today, did u?(sara)
• No I didn't I didn't get off work til about 5..off tomorrow(tarrie)
• Ok that's fine..(tarrie)
• Usps trcking #
• EG 327439757 US(sara)
• no gaurantee for tomorrow for ur location. thursday by 3. should be ok tho. did u ship?(sara)
• Hey. I can't pull up that tracking number. Can u resend it plz(tarrie)
• EG 327439757 US. try calling 1-800-222-1811 and give them that #. usps is not so great with tracking(sara)
• Did u ship?(sara)
• Ty(tarrie)
• Please respond to my txt. i need to know whats goin on...(sara)
• Did u ship yesterday?(sara)
• Did u get ur shipment yet? Also, why wont u answer if u shipped yesterday or not. Not to be a jerk, but it seems suspicious from my(sara)
• Sry if it looks that way..u calld me?I didn't get the call..but however I think I did get the pckage but I was at work and the post(tarrie)
• I didnt call. i asked via txt at least 3 times w/ no answer. i txt u yesterday w the tracking # so it was arranged that ur package(sara)
• U aid I'm ur txt thurs by 3..but I just hope there ok...I will sshippin ur trivs in the morning(tarrie)
• Its at the post office I hope they r ok until in the morn..I will send ur frogs first thing in the am when I got to the post office(tarrie)
• They said not garaunteed till thursday by 3. but they arrived today. if they are left at post office and die, i cant be responsible.(sara)
• I will definitely be ther early in the morn..I workd today and didn't get off until after 5(tarrie)
• Did u get the tads? are they ok? did u ship the trivs?(sara)
• Can u plz send my tracking #?(sara)
• Did u ship today?(sara)
• Hello this is tarrie sendin u my new number sry for the delay im usually more prompt than this.had problems !!!went to ship this(tarrie)
• U could have e-mailed me. depending on how things go from here, i will probably put this situation under BOI at fauna.(sara)
• I truly apologize ..and u will get ur frogs..(sara)
• Friday for sat..im sooo sry..the tads r fine all strong..(tarrie)
• No. that would not work. u were suppose to ship tues, weds, then thursday. i went out of my way on tuesday even after being locked out till 4:30 with an 18 month old baby.(sara)
• I culd ship them today if u want but u wont get it until monday..if u want me too i will..as long as im not held responsible(tarrie)
• Tracking #?(sara)
• For the 3rd time....what is the tracking #? did u even ship?(sara)
• i have to leave work early today for a funeral and dr.'s appt. i have to make plans for the frogs if u shipped yesterday. did u ever ship?(sara)
• You are on BOI. please make this right n ship my package.....(sara)
• Are you going to ship my frogs?(sara)


Today is Friday the 3rd of September, I still have no frogs and the last time Tarrie responded to any of my txts was last friday when he offered to ship that very same day for a monday delivery. In his txt he promised to ship Monday, I havent heard a thing. Please be careful when you are dealing with this guy. He absolutely stole $200+ worth of frogs from me...
 
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