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Bad Guy tinmantribe5 - Shawn Lewis

This is the last fucking thing I will ever post on this Chicken shit out fit of a Forum! and would also like to say Fuck you Harald you spinless piece of shit! Clay your about worthless as tits on a Board you dumb Fucking Cocksucker.Amanda you truly are a Cunt of a Women and the truth will catch up with you soon. I would also like to say David your a Fucking Punk! Fauna Fuck you and fuck you Good!
The Tinman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clarence your a spinless piece off shit that need the Fuck beat out of you!
I would also like to say I am not Bypolar just wanted a lil fun on my whay out
Dean you are a accused Crook!


I really dont know what to say I am honored that he include Lil ole me in his final speach I feel kind of Bad that it ended this way But its no-ones fault but his own. I guess me even typing here isnt really needed so Ill stop
 
I have had many snakes over the years,just not any right now..Sorry,but I couldnt take them to IRAQ WITH ME!!...I am on this site to learn and see what I would like to purchase in the future...You will be off this site before me with the way you call innocent people scammers and such...

mr iraqvet why are you on this site if you dont keep sell or have anything to do with reptiles shouldnt you be on some site for dogs its people like you who make this site look bad.
I love fauna i just dont like some of the members!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually its people like you that make this site look bad. Iraqvet is here to learn.. and it looks like your hear to stir up :censored:
 
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And there he goes. I can't understand why some people just self destruct like this. Instead of going at this in a mature manner he acts like a prepubescent child and he goes off striking out at everyone. I guess some people aren't as stable as they appear at first I guess. Too bad he had to go out in a manner like this versus just walking away and taking a day or two to cool off. Some people just can't handle a little confrontation and those people are ones I certainly wouldn't want to do business with. Shawn has made my list for sure!

Should have seen my lovely lil PM when I told him that I wouldn't be associated with someone that acted like that... and as such was deleting him from my friends list here. :eek:
 
Should have seen my lovely lil PM when I told him that I wouldn't be associated with someone that acted like that... and as such was deleting him from my friends list here. :eek:

I can only imagine how that went. :rolleyes: Before he was shown the door he left me negative karma telling me I was being a bumm (his spelling of it not mine).

You'd figure when people are telling you that they don't want to associate with you due to the way you are conducting yourself you would step back and rethink they way you are doing things. It didn't seem he was doing much thinking let alone rethinking.

Again, it is unfortunate he had to go out in this manner.

Oh well, off to edit my friends list........:bolt01:
 
I can only imagine how that went. :rolleyes: Before he was shown the door he left me negative karma telling me I was being a bumm (his spelling of it not mine).

You'd figure when people are telling you that they don't want to associate with you due to the way you are conducting yourself you would step back and rethink they way you are doing things. It didn't seem he was doing much thinking let alone rethinking.

Again, it is unfortunate he had to go out in this manner.

Oh well, off to edit my friends list........:bolt01:

He must have got banned before he got to my karma.
 
Shadera,
I believe Amanda said that overnight shipping results in 2nd delivery because of her location. I could be confusing this thread with another, this whole group of threads made me kind of dizzy with all the ranting one liners
 
Shadera,
I believe Amanda said that overnight shipping results in 2nd delivery because of her location. I could be confusing this thread with another, this whole group of threads made me kind of dizzy with all the ranting one liners

I too believe Amanda stated that.
 
Wow...I have to admit that I could not bring myself to read this entire thread, or all of its sister thread. It's amazingly painful to watch grown-ups bicker like uneducated schoolyard bullies. None of it was even much of a matter of offering up proof of all the allegations being tossed around...just a bunch of "If I yell loud enough and throw in enough insults and curses, then it must be true!!"

I learned a lot, though. I think people don't realize how much others learn about them, simply by watching how they conduct themselves in this sort of venue.

Amanda, I don't think you're a bad person...and I'm pretty confident that you take fine care of your animals...but I wouldn't buy from you for the simple fact that you're not in a position to safely ship animals. I may not have known that before, but I do now. I hope you can figure out how to resolve that. And I do think, no matter how upset you were (and it seems like you had ample reason to be upset) a little more diplomacy in the initial post of this thread might have helped nip things in the bud rather than spark a crazy wildfire.

In that case Shawn you can go **** yourself and I do find it funny that a grown man acts in such a childish manner Your a real peice of SCUM to the reptile world. Nothing more nothing Less GROW THE **** UP It was probally your Husbandry skill that killed the Dragon. You DUMB **** and now I have Bad Karma becuase you feel as if someone was making fun of a legal disability (IN that case I guess you get a check every month from the state Huh) Belive I was making fun of your So called Bi Polar disorder you would know it But I didnt So instead of eating a sandwhich or something you can **** A ****
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I'm assuming (yeah yeah...I know what happens... :rolleyes: ) that Shawn is quoting a PM or something from Clarence? If so...I can pretty much safely say that Clarence would also make my list of "do not do business with". So what if you got a little karma ding? It's not the end of the world. There's simply no reason to go off on someone like this...even if they're just as crazy. It shows a nasty side of someone's character that I, personally, would not want to work with.

WOW this is such a joke its like their are people on fauna who dont even buy or sell they just drill people in the boi untill breaking point...

Apparently Shawn was "broken" long before any of this grilling began. :rolleyes: BUT...if someone hasn't done anything wrong, then they shouldn't break under the weight of honest questions.

And there he goes. I can't understand why some people just self destruct like this....

Dave...if what Amanda says is true, then it seems like Shawn self-destructed long before this thread even began. And from the moment of his first appearance in this matter, I've been shocked at his tone and his behavior. It's been a very sad thing to see...and I sincerely hope he works things out and gets any help he might need.
 
I learned a lot, though. I think people don't realize how much others learn about them, simply by watching how they conduct themselves in this sort of venue.

I agree, you can learn a lot about people by just observing them and how they handle things. When someone goes off the edge :mah: over a little confrontation as Shawn did it tends to remove the facade they have been putting on to cover their true identity.

Dave...if what Amanda says is true, then it seems like Shawn self-destructed long before this thread even began. And from the moment of his first appearance in this matter, I've been shocked at his tone and his behavior. It's been a very sad thing to see...and I sincerely hope he works things out and gets any help he might need.

One must first know they need help then one must want to be helped. Unfortunately I don't see Shawn fitting into either of the just mentioned scenarios.
 
I realize that the analysis isn't malicious; but let's put this to bed unless somebody has a pertinent comment on the transaction.
 
Thomas I clearly stated that mild temps would be needed to ship via 2-day service.

Well you live right here in MD with me. Amanda lives in Va. one state over. What have out temps been the last two weeks? in the 90's highs at and over 100. that has been for two weeks. whats the temps in the ups truck???
 
Holly Joker balls, Batman!!! Took me almost three days to read that gibberish! Wow! *uncross my eyes*

On a more serious note... I don't know what really happen, but I can see both parties eye to eye. Amanda should have recieved notice the first day Lucy was showing any signs of illness. I know when one of my lil ones even wobbles funny, I'm on the phone with the seller asking a bunch of annoying questions, but the seller knows the history 100%, I don't. When ahe was notified she was willing to even BUY a replacement baby!!! WOW! Awesome!! Then ole Tinny wigged the flip out and flushed that down the drain! Once again WOW!! Never seen the likes of that in all my days!

Although I can see where Tinman didn't want to admit to a crime (even tho he did admit to a committing said crime in the past, just not this time) his lil boy did. I may have missed it, with my eyes crossing on me and all, but did the son step up and admit it was him?

I have to thank the BOI for being here. Even tho this thread was pretty childish, immature, pathetic and mind boggling, I now know who to and who not to buy from.

AMANDA... Sorry you had to go thru this. It's unfortunate to have a "friend" stab you in the back. But Chicky... You win some, you lose some, and in this day and age... The lose somes will some times out rank the win somes. Take with a grain of salt and keep treading on!!!

TINMAN... I hope life is a lil easier for you and you learn to keep that temper in check. I know what it's like to have anger issues! Hell I was kicked out of my anger managment classes! Lol but I have learned to BREATHE!!! Look before you leap and I'll guarantee you'll have a softer landing.

I wish you both the best!!

But that's just my $.02. Sorry for any typos and if it didn't make sense, I'm tired lol but it all sound good in my head LMNAO. ;)


Betty Mae Scott
 
Thomas I clearly stated that mild temps would be needed to ship via 2-day service.

Understood,
But this is not a mild temp week when this animal was shipped. these were hot and high temps.
i have had a package that got shipped second day because of carrier delays and the animal was fine. So i didnt fully disagree with what you said. BUT Shawn is deliberately shipping 2nd day and so is Amanda. And i stand right here right now and say if it continues, i do expect to see these two or just Amanda on the b.o.i. again for a d.o.a. and i dont wanna see that!
 
I'm assuming (yeah yeah...I know what happens... :rolleyes: ) that Shawn is quoting a PM or something from Clarence? If so...I can pretty much safely say that Clarence would also make my list of "do not do business with". So what if you got a little karma ding? It's not the end of the world. There's simply no reason to go off on someone like this...even if they're just as crazy. It shows a nasty side of someone's character that I, personally, would not want to work with.

HHMOORE I know you said put this to bed unless somehas something pertaining to the transaction.... Im going to say this then leave it alone...

Judy,
Your seeing what I wrote to Shawn... Yes... Im not going to lie about that... It wasnt for the bad Karma I was upset.... I was upset becuase I "said something that I never said" your seeing my response to Shawn... What Shawn didn't show you was the Pm's he sent me before I replied to him. I could be like Shawn and post what he said But the wording isn't for the BOI. (Via Curseing and "promises") as He put it. I can complety understand by what Shawn posted would make me not want to do business with me So I can see where your comming from... But please belive me when I say all of us may have a nasty side of are character and Yes it includes you Judy.
I said what I said behind the scences becuase I knew it wasnt appriate for the BOI no nowhere else on the forum. Do I apologize for that I apologize that everyone else got to read it But that wasnt done By me. Do I wish for Judy to change her mind about me Not really I just wanted to clear up some things. I do find it upseting that Judy feels that way as if she knew the actual type of person I am Im positive that she wouldnt feel that way. But its her choice. Judy I am sorry for the post (what Shawn qouted from are pm's) but please dont let what I said behind the walls to Shawn make that choice for you.
 
Sorry for the mess!

I'm here one last time to clear a few thing up.

I did NOT want this and I avoided the BOI for days but he would not stop with the harassment, "I" was not being childish and immature, nor was I going off on people, cussing them, or calling anyone names.

As you can see I did try to reason with him, I did calmly try to explain. I did apologize!

I answered his questions and even thanked him a 2nd time when it was not needed at all. Why would I thank him for going off on my friends and cussing people I do not know.

Did anyone see him answering any questions or even try to explain his actions? He was caught up in many lies!

The simple truth is, the bearded dragon in question died 10 days after it was in his care. If you will take a look at the "bad guy thread" on ME you might find out just why they are dieing.
He had changed his story many times with the final outcome that it was sick, frail, and smaller on day one when he got it, yet he went around bragging and showing her pics off to everyone saying how great she was, how beautiful, perfect, and healthy she was and even his own pics showed that.

Yes I do and did admit I shipped USPS as it is my only choice at this time, and I have no reason to lie.
USPS Express is overnight and cost about $40 however since I do live way out in the mountains the carrier can not get the package to the airport in time at the end of the day as it is a long drive (or this is how the post master explained it to me) which means even when I pay for overnight it still takes 2 days. Not fair I know.
I have been told to "move" or give up the hobby I might just have to do that.

So it has nothing to do with being cheap or lazy ect..

Also it was in the 80's when I sent those dragons out..

We have never had a DOA...

I do plan to sell off over 100 reptiles and when I do I hope people will understand and work with me when I tell them it might be 2 weeks before all the reptiles get shipped out at once, because we have to take a day off work and make the 3 hour trip to ship them. That's the only way I know to do it..
If people don't understand and get upset that their reptile don't get ship right after payment well then I guess I'll be right back here on the BOI for being a scammer lol..

I am truly sorry for those of you who had to be drug through this, the ones who got bad karma for no reason and, got cussed at.. It got ugly and out of control.

I gave up when I seen there was no calming him down and no reasoning with him..

If you all see me as a bad person I have no choice but to accept that, but I was not going to sit around and watch him lie on me, call me names, spread lies about my reptiles, and give me a bad name, and keep harassing me for no reason. I did not deserve it..



DUSTIN:
Well, I hate to say it but I guess I was wrong about Shawn. I'm definitely glad he showed his true nature before I got a chance to do business with him.

As for Amanda, and what she did wrong. As mentioned I disagree with her shipping practices, and believe she should charge her customers for the price of overnight shipping no matter what whether you run the risk of losing a customer or not.


I do charge them for overnight it is Express and is supposed to be one day but for me, being here it turns into 2 days..

Again thank you to the ones who did take the time to read through this mess and see what really happened here and a big thanks to my other customers who stepped in to say they did get healthy reptiles from me that are still alive and fine. Thanks to the many people I have heard from in the last few days saying it is nonsense and that they would buy from me anytime and do plan to in the future.
I do appreciate it..

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!
Amanda
 
I'm here one last time to clear a few thing up.

I did NOT want this and I avoided the BOI for days but he would not stop with the harassment, "I" was not being childish and immature, nor was I going off on people, cussing them, or calling anyone names.

As you can see I did try to reason with him, I did calmly try to explain. I did apologize!

I answered his questions and even thanked him a 2nd time when it was not needed at all. Why would I thank him for going off on my friends and cussing people I do not know.

Did anyone see him answering any questions or even try to explain his actions? He was caught up in many lies!

The simple truth is, the bearded dragon in question died 10 days after it was in his care. If you will take a look at the "bad guy thread" on ME you might find out just why they are dieing.
He had changed his story many times with the final outcome that it was sick, frail, and smaller on day one when he got it, yet he went around bragging and showing her pics off to everyone saying how great she was, how beautiful, perfect, and healthy she was and even his own pics showed that.

Yes I do and did admit I shipped USPS as it is my only choice at this time, and I have no reason to lie.
USPS Express is overnight and cost about $40 however since I do live way out in the mountains the carrier can not get the package to the airport in time at the end of the day as it is a long drive (or this is how the post master explained it to me) which means even when I pay for overnight it still takes 2 days. Not fair I know.
I have been told to "move" or give up the hobby I might just have to do that.

So it has nothing to do with being cheap or lazy ect..

Also it was in the 80's when I sent those dragons out..

We have never had a DOA...

I do plan to sell off over 100 reptiles and when I do I hope people will understand and work with me when I tell them it might be 2 weeks before all the reptiles get shipped out at once, because we have to take a day off work and make the 3 hour trip to ship them. That's the only way I know to do it..
If people don't understand and get upset that their reptile don't get ship right after payment well then I guess I'll be right back here on the BOI for being a scammer lol..

I am truly sorry for those of you who had to be drug through this, the ones who got bad karma for no reason and, got cussed at.. It got ugly and out of control.

I gave up when I seen there was no calming him down and no reasoning with him..

If you all see me as a bad person I have no choice but to accept that, but I was not going to sit around and watch him lie on me, call me names, spread lies about my reptiles, and give me a bad name, and keep harassing me for no reason. I did not deserve it..



DUSTIN:
Well, I hate to say it but I guess I was wrong about Shawn. I'm definitely glad he showed his true nature before I got a chance to do business with him.

As for Amanda, and what she did wrong. As mentioned I disagree with her shipping practices, and believe she should charge her customers for the price of overnight shipping no matter what whether you run the risk of losing a customer or not.


I do charge them for overnight it is Express and is supposed to be one day but for me, being here it turns into 2 days..

Again thank you to the ones who did take the time to read through this mess and see what really happened here and a big thanks to my other customers who stepped in to say they did get healthy reptiles from me that are still alive and fine. Thanks to the many people I have heard from in the last few days saying it is nonsense and that they would buy from me anytime and do plan to in the future.
I do appreciate it..

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!
Amanda


Thats all well and good but at the end of the day if you can not get an animal shipped and delivered overnight you have no business shipping. You can dig into your profits and pay to have ups or fedex come to your home for pickup and they will not only pickup but also get the animal delivered ontime. The only excuse you have for not being able to offer appropriate shipping options is a pure lack of trying.

Good Luck and I hope you get your business practices fixed
 
Fed-ex nor UPS will come to my HOUSE!!!!

We live in the MOUNTAINS and only 4X4 high trucks can get to us.

When they have a package for me they drop it off at a nearby store and we have to go get it...

It's not fun either way..

I guess I can call and see if they have that kind of pickup and will meet us at a store or somewhere at a certain time of the day when we are free but I doubt they will even consider that hold up and time out of their busy delivery day!

And to top it off a nearby store is NOT a drop off for UPS..

SO as I said I may have to move or just not deal reptiles.
 
HHMOORE I know you said put this to bed unless somehas something pertaining to the transaction.... Im going to say this then leave it alone...

Judy,
Your seeing what I wrote to Shawn... Yes... Im not going to lie about that... It wasnt for the bad Karma I was upset.... I was upset becuase I "said something that I never said" your seeing my response to Shawn... What Shawn didn't show you was the Pm's he sent me before I replied to him. I could be like Shawn and post what he said But the wording isn't for the BOI. (Via Curseing and "promises") as He put it. I can complety understand by what Shawn posted would make me not want to do business with me So I can see where your comming from... But please belive me when I say all of us may have a nasty side of are character and Yes it includes you Judy.
I said what I said behind the scences becuase I knew it wasnt appriate for the BOI no nowhere else on the forum. Do I apologize for that I apologize that everyone else got to read it But that wasnt done By me. Do I wish for Judy to change her mind about me Not really I just wanted to clear up some things. I do find it upseting that Judy feels that way as if she knew the actual type of person I am Im positive that she wouldnt feel that way. But its her choice. Judy I am sorry for the post (what Shawn qouted from are pm's) but please dont let what I said behind the walls to Shawn make that choice for you.

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Amanda,
Using USPS for various lizards was once fairly commonplace. I believe it was a change in policy by the USPS that changed that, even though it was well intended.
I don't have time to try to dig up the official explanation (it had to do with special handling concerns), but here is a statement from USPS.com:

Mailing Live Animals
Customers shipping live animals must ensure all packaging requirements are met. Live animal shipments may be presented at any Post Office; however, the service standard may be affected depending on the availability of transportation from the drop-off site.
Customers sending Express Mail shipments containing live animals should expect a 2-3 day transport of their shipment. Shipping early in the week is suggested, and holiday weeks may have limited acceptance days and times. Express Mail postage will not be refunded unless the delivery or attempted delivery is more than three days after the day of mailing.
http://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extraservices/specialhandlingservice.htm

Yes, your location may be a factor....but the above statement is a big part of the reason that people think poorly of shipping Express Mail (though I suspect that many of them weren't doing this when it happened, and were just told it was a poor option)
 
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