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Todd Gearhearts Tarantulas--Buyer Beware

SnakesUnlimited said:
One other thing I just thought of here is that the seller is a spider guy first and snake guy second. That means if there is a mite problem in his collection he will be hesitant to treat for it in fear of killing of his inverts. Just something to think about...

Jason

On a totally different note the spell check thing is new to me and much needed for my horrible spelling but.. BOI is not in there and recognized???? :shrug01: :D
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He is a spider guy, yes but he does broker a few herps.
I can only assume that he does not post here because he does not get the level of protection that he gets there in arachnoboards. Impartial....well no it is not
 
Thanks Jason clearing everything up. I actually saw his ad on kingsnake, not arachnoboards, so maybe it could be a different snake. The last ad posted on Arachnoboard was on Feb 6th. I purchased mine on 9th and it was shipped the 16th. So the timeline fits it, but I am not goign to say one way or another.

But as Jason said, I have never said that he should be listed as "Bad Guy" I listed him as Buyer Beware. And I already admitted that it wasnt that big of a deal, but just wanted to warn others of him. And appearantly it is a good thing that I did make this thread as others have also spoke up. This way others can be warned about Todd Gearheart.
 
Has anyone notified Todd of this thread via e-mail? I would suggest the starter of the thread doing so and we will see what he has to say on this subject as well.
 
Rob @ RK Reptiles said:
Has anyone notified Todd of this thread via e-mail? I would suggest the starter of the thread doing so and we will see what he has to say on this subject as well.
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I am SURE Todd is aware of this thread as we have had some posts from arachnoboards members in previous threads. I am also sure Todd probably will not post here as he has no protection and in my opinion is wrong to some degree here. He basically misrepresented the snake in question and has no REAL defence or backing.
 
Well John, Not in anyone's defense but we have all seen many times that both sides of the story can be totally different. I would like to hear his side of the story as well before making a complete judgement. I can't seem to find his contact information from back when I sold to him in the past to inform him directly of this thread but I will keep trying.
 
Brad Selig

I'm not going to dignify what Brad is trying to do here. I've been shipping lots of snakes recently and all my customers have been very happy. They are on kingsnake and this site. All my snakes are kept in the same room. I have had no mite problems and no of my other snakes have had them either.

Could Mr. Selig's snake housing area have mites? Did a A mite, not a bunch as Mr. Selig's makes it out to me been already in the tank at his facility? I don't know, but what I do know is this snake did not have mites, my other snakes did not, my other customers are happy as hell with theirs and I've been doing this too long to have this guy slander my good reptuation. I resent it very much and do not appreciate his attempt to do it at all.

He has a beautiful, eating, healthy, fat rare woma that supposely he found a mite on it AFTER I shipped the snake. He thinks his snake room is so perfect and all of his snakes are as well, but hey, mine is too and I ship too much stuff, for too long with too many happy customers to dignify what he is attempting to do here.

Dealers and breeders need to beware of this guy. As far as I'm concerned, the mite existed at Mr. Selig's snake room. This is a beautiful woma anybody would want. Ship him back Mr. Selig is the snake is so bad. I'll resell him to a customer on this site, refund you the shipping costs and somebody else will be very happy with that woma.

Nuff said.

Todd
 
John Apple, David Beard, 3% P & H fee

Some other things of note:

1) John Apple bought from a competitor of mine and believed that competitor of me concerning a sexed spider. He has a predispositioned attitude towards me ever since he choose to believe my competitor and he has shown himself capable of every opportunity to try to degrade my reputation. I'm sure he loves egging Brad Selig on here and is getting off of it.

2) David Beard has stated a lie about his accusation that I told him a was a "big time dealer and could do whatever I wanted". What the $@#*! David?! Your something else. He tried a smear campaign on me and he and John are loving egging Brad on here.

3) Paypal bull. Here is my email to Brad:

From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Message about: 1.0 Woma Python Aspidites ramsayi, CB'06, 2' juvenile
Date: February 9, 2007 4:13:31 PM EST
To: [email protected]

Brad,

See attached three pics from today.

Order can be as follows:

1.0 Woma juv. $500
Shipping: $80 Delta Dash
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sub-total: $580
Packing & Handling fee (3% of invoice total): $17.40

Total payment: $597.40
Send paypal payment to email: [email protected]

Email me your full name, shipping address and phone #. Thanks.
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1) The woma sold for $500 NOT $750.
2) My P & H fee is legally in my rights. It covers my cost in shipping materials and supplies and my business time in preparing boxes, etc. It is advertised up front, Brad knew of it and he agreed to it.
3) Again, as several have noted here, we are talking about 1 or 2 mites. That's it. That's all.
4) IF I need to, I'll have some snake customers of mine post here to show my bus. dealings with me. No mites. Happy campers. NO problems.

John and David's intentions here are very transparent. Brad wants an apology. Sure, I'm sorry he found a mite. I just don't see the mite being on the snake in my possession. My other snakes don't have mites. My recently snake customer's didn't see mites. No mites! You figure it out.

That woma is beautiful and for $500, that's a competitive and fair price as well.

Todd
 
I have met Todd in person a couple of times, and I can vouch for the attitude that has been mentioned earlier in this thread. Sometimes attitude doesn't have anything to do with the transaction or quality of animals but it usually does effect the outcome if a problem situation arises!

Also there is two schools of thought in this thread about mites:

1. No big deal

2. Big deal

I believe both situations are true. For someone who is large scale, an old timer, or buys from various sources frequently-mites do go with the territory and they are relatively easy to treat while the animals are in quarantine.

But if you are a newbie, and do not have a quarantine room or protocol, and your new pet goes directly into a terrarium with lots of decorations, mulch, in a bedroom setting. Mites can quickly spread, and be very difficult to finally eradicate.

Ectoparasites (ticks, mites, etc)are natural and in nature they do not normally pose a threat to an animal. The environment limits how much they can build up on an animal. Shedding, grooming, free ranging throughout thier territory, sunlight, rain, all keep mites and ticks from becoming built up into the levels we commonly see in captive conditions/collections.

A mite on a healthy snake is not a major threat, it is more an annoyance. But the real devastation is when a mite comes in on an unhealthy snake, then migrates to another snake and spreads bloodborne pathogens.

So basically it comes down to if you are prepared or not, and what you are willing to do. By just saying I'm only buying CBB from "named" breeders is not enough. CBB animals can have all the diseases and problems that a WC animal has, if it is exposed to them. Just quarantine everything, get studied up on internal and external parasites, have a sanatation schedule in place, and be concious of cross contamination when you go to a pet store or show and you will nothing to worry about when buying a new animal.

I follow the same procedure for ch balls imported from Africa as I do for fifteen grand balls bought from the best names in the bp industry.

thanks
ben
 
1) John Apple bought from a competitor of mine and believed that competitor of me concerning a sexed spider. He has a predispositioned attitude towards me ever since he choose to believe my competitor and he has shown himself capable of every opportunity to try to degrade my reputation. I'm sure he loves egging Brad Selig on here and is getting off of it.


Funny you mention that Todd, When we discussed the situation you and I were involved in you were
1 very arrogant
2 very rude
3 and could do no wrong. That is why I believed Hoke and not you. You were very defensive and very arrogant and John was very apologetic.
The whole problem was that you accepted NO responsibility for what transpired and put ALL the blame on John Hoke...yeah you know him.
What John Did was totally compensate me for your mistaken sexed spider YOU sold to him and let me keep the male robustom....jog your memory a bit there.
Remember the discussion we had on arachnoboards...oh wait of course you don't because it was erased. I have NOT tried to bust your rep or ruin you , simply put not worth the time. :shrug01:
Lose the chip man
 
xenesthis13 said:
Could Mr. Selig's snake housing area have mites? Did a A mite, not a bunch as Mr. Selig's makes it out to me been already in the tank at his facility? I don't know, but what I do know is this snake did not have mites, my other snakes did not, my other customers are happy as hell with theirs and I've been doing this too long to have this guy slander my good reptuation. I resent it very much and do not appreciate his attempt to do it at all.
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Yes, that is a possibility seeing how all my other reptiles have mites. NOT. I got home and emailed you that I got the snake at 8:32pm on Feb 16th. I went out to eat with my friends that went with me to get the snake and when I returned I took another look at it and noticed the mite in its eye. Then I emailed you at 10:17pm on Feb 16th. Not saying that it isnt possible, but I am going to guess that it will take a little longer than an an hour and 45 mins for the mites to attach and become engorged on a cold snake.

I dont have a snake room. In fact I only have one other snake. I have an iguana downstairs and a blue tongue skink upstairs. My cornsnake and BTS are in my bedroom. The new woma is in the spare bedroom in a NEW 29g tank. I think that if I did have mites, which I know for a fact that I dont as I have had acquired my reptiles between this past Sept to Nov. I think that if they had mites, after 3 months of me having them and not ever been treated for mites, that I would have one huge ass infestation. I have proof that I purchased the mite stuff the day after I received the snake. Now if I have had a problem before, why would I not have stuff on hand and why would I have asked another forum for their help on getting rid of mites?

xenesthis13 said:
He has a beautiful, eating, healthy, fat rare woma that supposely he found a mite on it AFTER I shipped the snake. He thinks his snake room is so perfect and all of his snakes are as well, but hey, mine is too and I ship too much stuff, for too long with too many happy customers to dignify what he is attempting to do here.
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There we go again, I should just be happy that I have a beautiful, eating, rare, woma. I figured by now you could have come up with a different excuse to shut me up! And no shit that I found a mite AFTER you shipped it. How the hell am I supposed to find it before you shipped? I offered to send you the mite one of the mites, so dont even make it sound like I am making it up! I honestly dont care about your other "happy" customers. They probably did have great snakes that were mite free, however, this one that you sent me was NOT mite free nor was it is immaculate like you previously stated.

xenesthis13 said:
Dealers and breeders need to beware of this guy. As far as I'm concerned, the mite existed at Mr. Selig's snake room. This is a beautiful woma anybody would want. Ship him back Mr. Selig is the snake is so bad. I'll resell him to a customer on this site, refund you the shipping costs and somebody else will be very happy with that woma.
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Right, because I am trying to screw you how? By ruining your reputation? You are the only one to blame for your reputation going to crap! You do not have good customer service what so ever! Before I saw the mites, I was very interested in purchasing from you again, be it a female woma or another invert. You have screwed yourself of another large purchase, but I know you dont care. I know you are thinking that this is only one lost sale, but I hope by me informing others to be careful of the Almighty Todd, you have just screwed yourself of other potential customers.

Of course someone else will be happy with this woma, now that I have taken care of the mites it had!

Brad Selig
 
See ....man the arrogance of this guy...if you would say ..yes I could have made the mistake....would this have gone on.
And yes Todd, I have declined to trade with you on the pokies [remember ] I have simply not because of your attitude and what I have heard from others.
Good luck
 
HerpsinIN said:
There we go again, I should just be happy that I have a beautiful, eating, rare, woma. I figured by now you could have come up with a different excuse to shut me up! And no shit that I found a mite AFTER you shipped it.

Brad Selig
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Swearing on this forum can earn you a warning point. be careful of what you say. ^_- just thought i would let you know now.
 
My bad. I missed that one. But I did catch myself on this one!

Right, because I am trying to screw you how? By ruining your reputation? You are the only one to blame for your reputation going to crap!
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This thread is valid, mites are NOT acceptable!

Mites are not like moths, they can carry diseases. Mites are totally unacceptable, and if they are SO easy to get rid of, then get rid of them yourself BEFORE you ship the snake. All of you saying mites are ok, I think you are telling future customers, that they should expect, or at least not be surprised if you send them mites...poor business practices, poor husbundry.

Dave
 
David, nobody said mites were acceptable. What was said was that 2 mites were not worthy of a BOI thread. However, since the original post, much more has come out that helps add credibility to the original post.

Griz
 
Griz, yes I was mad about the mites, but more mad about the way he handled the situation. I have stated that I wasnt sure whether or not to state this on the BOI, but figured that it may save people the hassle by not dealing with him, or atleast be ready to be treated like crap from somebody you just sent over half a grand of money.

But by me stating this on the BOI, it has brought more people to post and also share stories about their experiences with Todd Gearheart.
 
Brad, my response was to David right above me. It was not directed at you.

Griz
 
Two sides to every story. No mites - period.

For David Reid, you say get rid off them before you ship. How about the fact that there were NO mites before I shipped, I have no mites and my recently customers saw no mites, but somebody like Brad can get up here on a public forum, make an accusation and it is unchallenged and everybody now thinks my snakes have mites. Put yourself in my position here, I have no mites in my collection, so I'm supposed to acknowledge something that doesn't exist and if I don't I'm damed if I do and damed if I don't.

Instead of these board threads being titled "buyer beware", I think they should be titled "customer complaint".

In the internet world of today, if something is posted publicly everybody thinks it's a fact. That is why there is so much misinformation on the net today.
 
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