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I think its time Rob spoke to someone in legal. I would also phone paypal and get them to confirm or deny in writing what Thomas is saying via email.

So far you have him on defamation of character.
If what he is saying is false you also have him on attempting to defraud by deception (not sure how its classified over yonder)

And due to his statements here you may also have him on animal negligence and abandonment if he does as he keeps stating and just ships her back without your permission
 
No, but I can't see anyone forging it...it doesn't really help his case.

It WAS sent from 'No Sender', but I think it's real.

Since everything is so transparent and nothing is left for speculation, I can only imagine he initiated contact with them to ask them to ask me to pay for return shipping. There is a disclaimer in there...
 
No, but I can't see anyone forging it...it doesn't really help his case.

It WAS sent from 'No Sender', but I think it's real.

Since everything is so transparent and nothing is left for speculation, I can only imagine he initiated contact with them to ask them to ask me to pay for return shipping. There is a disclaimer in there...

If you can post the entire email including the header information(which would show every single email address/ip address it was routed to and from it would prove where it actually came from, paypal or otherwise.

But even if it did come from paypal it's obvious they didn't say anything like what Thomas was claiming. They were not demanding that you send him the funds to ship her back and stating that it was required to complete this dispute. That email very clearly stated that all expenses were his responsibility, but that you could provide the cost of shipping if you felt like it.

Pretty clear that he doesn't provide any direct contact to his vet, this lawyer he's supposedly using, paypal or his cc company because obviously they aren't saying any of the things he's claiming they are. And giving you actual access to speak to any of them would disprove everything he claims.
 
I have received spoof emails from what looked like a legitimate paypal email address before but which I knew were fake because they went to my work email, which never deals with Paypal. I'd also call Paypal to confirm the authenticity of that email.
 
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Looks legit to me :shrug01: .
 
Yeah, looks like it did come from paypal, which isn't surprising. Especially since the actual email itself was enough to prove that paypal wasn't saying what Thomas was claiming. So either way, you have no responsibility to pay shipping costs and until he can provide you with a solid answer as to her current condition I don't think there is any obligation at all for you to accept her back.

You've already laid out very reasonable(beyond what most would do actually) offers on what he can do to end this and he isn't willing to cooperate and provide any real information beyond his own words, which obviously cannot be trusted. Until he's ready to provide real proof he's the one holding everything up in this process and dragging it out. If he really wanted it done and over with it could be in one simple response.
 
Looks legit to me :shrug01: .

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You can not clear your name because you started a thread knowing about the nuts and their imaginations.

No body should buy from you knowing you will use a bunch of nuts and their imaginations and try to use that to your advantage.

Your actually a pathetic human being. It would be like going to a mental ward and making them do your dirty work. Know that there is no way for them to understand what is really going on.

Thomas, that was rude and I can't understand why you want to be in a community you think so little of. Many people have tried to remain neutral and give you advice. In all seriousness, I would seek a doctor about these problems, that I have no doubt about, that have been affecting you most of your life. At your age, you should be a little more rational than you have been and if you continue to let your ego control you, the walls will come falling down one day.
 
Thomas, that was rude and I can't understand why you want to be in a community you think so little of. Many people have tried to remain neutral and give you advice. In all seriousness, I would seek a doctor about these problems, that I have no doubt about, that have been affecting you most of your life. At your age, you should be a little more rational than you have been and if you continue to let your ego control you, the walls will come falling down one day.


Lets just hope this character doesnt own any weapons. We dont need him coloring his hair and flipping out like in recent events.
 
Friend of mine showed me this thread, first time seeing it. I just spent the past 5 hours with my freshly charged iPad and read every word in both this thread AND the thread Thomas made trying to scar Rob.

Most everything I have thought about saying has been said throughout the course of these 114 pages.

The only question I truly have at this point is...

WHO SERIOUSLY WATERBOARDS THEIR PETS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THIRSTY?!?!?!?!

I see my ball pythons drink from their bowls, especially withing minutes of eating. In fact I won a BPOM at BP forums with a picture of my ball drinking from her bowl alongside her meal to be.

Thomas. You are truly a fool if you think your actions here make your business and yourself look better than if this thread didn't exist. Hard to believe your "professionalism" belongs to someone aspiring to have a phd in physics.

Rob. Mark my words. I will purchase something from you in the future. Probably in a few months to come. Not only do you have my support. But your professionalism is the kind I'm sure we crazy, moronic, uneducated, (and other words used by Thomas to describe the peanut gallery) want to deal with in a day to day basis.

I wonder what his professors have said. Maybe send this thread on to his momma so she could have a read? I wonder if his apartment complex knows he houses snakes? Usually that kinda stuff has to be declared on your lease or face penalties....

Just my 2 coppers.
 
I wonder what his professors have said. Maybe send this thread on to his momma so she could have a read? I wonder if his apartment complex knows he houses snakes? Usually that kinda stuff has to be declared on your lease or face penalties....

Just my 2 coppers.

I'd be careful with this. I'm not sure the hobby needs more bad press. I don't trust those snakes in this guy's care but I'd worry that going through the effort to make a big deal of this to outside people won't do the animals any good. Especially in Texas where ball pythons have been banned recently in one county. It'd just be out of spite rather than helpful for the animals. I don't know, maybe I'm totally off base, but I worry.
 
I'd be careful with this. I'm not sure the hobby needs more bad press. I don't trust those snakes in this guy's care but I'd worry that going through the effort to make a big deal of this to outside people won't do the animals any good. Especially in Texas where ball pythons have been banned recently in one county. It'd just be out of spite rather than helpful for the animals. I don't know, maybe I'm totally off base, but I worry.

I think Thomas has been shown to change his facts from day to day, and I worry about the critters in his care. I do not think letting others in his life know what is going on is 'just for spite', on the contrary, I think it may end up helping all of his animals.
Too, with advanced education many times come positions of responsibility, and not letting anyone know what has happened here may be is disservice to others in the future, and not just critters.

I understand how you feel about bad press. But in groups like horseracing and bicycle racing, which have come under fire recently, it is the years of secrecy surrounding the misdeeds that seems to have come under the most fire.

It is my opinion that if the reptile community stands together and shows outrage as a group against reptile keepers who do something particularly egregious, the world looking on will see that outrage and know that we are not going to just put the hush on those around us in our community who have done something we find abhorrent.
 
Good points, I guess I wasn't really thinking of it in those terms. If the community itself is the one to report on and call out the bad husbandry and disingenuous practices it probably gives a better impression of the community.

As for the advanced education, I've got a feeling that he may discover the hard way that one has to be careful these days about how they present themselves online. In academia you are constantly opening yourself up to the scrutiny and judgment of your peers in the field, especially while going for your PhD. You don't want your name attached to this kind of stuff (which is probably where all the threats of lawsuits came in).
 
Well, Yellow made it back today. I was expecting her tomorrow, but she's okay. In all fairness, Thomas did a nice job with boxing and shipping her. He didn't mark the box, and I don't want this thread to become a debate about the merits/faults of marking a box. I am simply stating that the box wasn't marked.

I let her settle in for a few hours, then took a video that is posted here (click me). It's a bit boring, but Spielberg I ain't.

Without further trying to steer the direction of this, I would appreciate to know what others think of her. Please watch the video, and let us know here what you think.

Since she's back in my house, I am changing her name to my original suggestion, 'Lucky'.
 
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