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Inquiry Tim Campbell, Chino CA.

this person has been on a few times since I contacted them but the clock is still ticking. Funny how they are now deleting all the ads (side note, he also had posted "Accept paypal ( add 3% ) or money order" which is against PayPal TOS). Here are photos that were used in the ads
 

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Thank you April! People like this are the reason for we have so many of the laws and regulations taking away our rights to own these animals! I love all my babies like children and try to care for them that way. The biggest improvement we can make in the animal trade and the entire pet world is to out people like this that give everyone in the pet trade a bad name and ammunition for those trying to take away our rights to responsibly raise, breed, sell, and keep these animals. This is more of a love of the animals than a livelyhood! The majority of people know you have to love the animals first, show the love to others, and hopefully they fall in love with your animals and buy them! lol, sounds like alot of BS!!! but thats the way it should be, and if your first priority isn't to care for these animals, you shouldn't be here!!!
 
UPDATE, on Mr. wonderful.

I found him on another website advertising White throat monitors, & Sulcata tortoises, using the name Mike Zhang.

I contacted the site owner by email and filled them in on his antics~They immediately banned him from advertising, and suspended his account, and they said, he won't be able to contact anyone advertising on that website??

In addition, there is yet another email to ad to the list of alias's.
Tim Campbell
Chung Umg
Xiao Zhang
Mike Qiang
Mike Zhang
KJ


[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
There are some serious mental issues involved here. Who on earth has time to come up with all these different names and email addresses, and try to remember who they are supposed to be? This community is pretty good at piecing things together and stopping these guys from ripping people off. The problem is the "novice" local people that are probably buying from him and have no where to turn when they are scammed. I'll have to keep an eye out locally, since this loser shares the city with me. Having worked in a local reptile store from 2000-2009, I have to believe I have met him numerous times. Sad that people do things like this, let alone knowing that the well-being of animals is involved.
 
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.p...=53&de=1036222

the guy's email is [email protected], and he goes by tim. he seemed to be unwilling to verify if these 'red' ackies are actually true red. I think these are yellow ackies, and he's passing them off as true reds. and he refused to allow me to pick-up even though he is within driving distance from me. he wants to overnight-ship it 30 miles. I called off the deal.
 
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.p...=53&de=1036222

the guy's email is [email protected], and he goes by tim. he seemed to be unwilling to verify if these 'red' ackies are actually true red. I think these are yellow ackies, and he's passing them off as true reds. and he refused to allow me to pick-up even though he is within driving distance from me. he wants to overnight-ship it 30 miles. I called off the deal.

It's helpful to take a screen shot and then upload here as an attachment so the image is recorded. The link is now dead.
 
I have tried to contact Kingsnake.com twice! they're just as much to blame! as long as you pay to sell on their site, they don't seem to care! Here on Fauna there was immediate inquiry. He failed to show proof of who he was and was immediately banned! I will not buy from Kingsnake.com ever again! They show zero concern for their buyers. If they cared at all sellers would be required to have a review page to know who they are dealing with!
 
Is there any updates on this character , his real name, address, ect.??I see he's still advertising on the only site that allows him, KS.

Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
question for a moderator???. Am I allowed to post for or can my sister post using my account and sign her name or does she need to register with Fauna Classifieds and get her own account.She just got completely scammed by this guy.
 
question for a moderator???. Am I allowed to post for or can my sister post using my account and sign her name or does she need to register with Fauna Classifieds and get her own account.She just got completely scammed by this guy.


This dirt bag, is going to continue to Lie, Cheat, & Steal as long as the other sites continue to let him advertise!

Sorry to hear that happened to your sister.


Lynn Peterson
Big Time Reptiles
 
question for a moderator???. Am I allowed to post for or can my sister post using my account and sign her name or does she need to register with Fauna Classifieds and get her own account.She just got completely scammed by this guy.

I'm not a mod (I'm sure one will be along soon), but it's my impression that, especially to make a BOI case, it's better if your sister registers her own account. Please do, it is really important to get reliable information on this kind of issue.
 
Warning: regardless of the feelings about this person, please refrain from the name calling


question for a moderator???. Am I allowed to post for or can my sister post using my account and sign her name or does she need to register with Fauna Classifieds and get her own account.She just got completely scammed by this guy.

She needs to sign up for her own account, it's free to do so. Thank you for asking.
 
This guy screwed me as well selling me a mortally ill leopard tortoise he claimed was healthy. The frustrating part is that the sites let him post ads and paypal takes payments. I submitted a dispute with Paypal which was pretty quickly closed with no documentation. I can provide vet documentation on the animal's poor health, but Paypal closed it because this guy responded with "the animal is healthy, but shy".

Aside from this lying thief I will never use Paypal for a large transaction ever again.
 
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