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Top Shelf Exotics (Inquiry)

Laura, considering that I have dealt with geckos at a greater price than $ 1,400. and sold them as well, I would have gone to Mack than Chris when purchasing a leopard gecko at that price. Their are quality breeders out their who have an excellent reputation, and thats all they do. I empathize with your loss, but I just find it rather unusall for you to be attracted to Chris for leopard geckos regardless of what he was offering them for! I know anyone thats worth knowing in the gecko world, so feel free to contact me if you are unsure about a purchase, and I will be more than happy to direct you to someone whom you can have confidence in.
 
Chris's Reptiles Buffalo New York.

I couldn't find any ads, searching for Chris's Reptiles. IMO Chris Johnson wouldn't be dumb enough to use a name so close to his. I think he would have used Johnson's Hets or CJ's Possibles. Something along that nature.
Seriuosly though, unless he was playing games with the Fauna crowd why would he use a name even remotely similar to his.
 
The adds are in the boa section..........

05/25/06 CB 05 Female Columbian Boa $125 Chris's Reptiles Buffalo, NY (ship within US)

05/25/06 CB 02 Female Guyana $225 Chris's Reptiles Buffalo, NY (ship within US)

05/25/06 05 Male Albino Boa $800 Chris's Reptiles Buffalo, NY (ship within US


Sorry I don't know how to do screen shot's but the adds are still there......
 
I should mention that is from the ads on kingsnake for Chris's Reptiles
 
Right - but it seems that for someone who is just selling their own snakes because of moving, this person seems to have shipping pretty well buttoned up, like they've done it a million times before - 10am next day Fedex (which, don't you have to be approved to ship reptiles fedex?)... Who knows, it could be a huge coincidence. TSE uses Fedex though...
 
liquidleaf said:
Whoops. I misread. The Chris's Reptiles ad says UPS or DHL.

Which would make sense if Chris owes FedEx money as well.....
 
Just wanted to post the latest Fraud Fund Total of $1875.61 A Big Thank You goes out to all the Donors, Bidders, Sponsors that made this possible, Y'all represent the best that this hobby has to offer, and I thank you.
 
I imagine that a few of you super-sleuths are on this already, but if not, I encourage you mightily for reasons to follow. What I would encourage you to be on is to exchange communications with "Chris's Reptiles" from a third party (or untraceable account) not recognized as a Fauna member on a mission. Then, however you do it, compare IP addresses with past TSE ones. Maybe suggest paying by USPS money order and get a mailing address. Forgive me, but a new business out of Buffalo by the name of "Chris's Reptiles" may sound like a poor job of disguising oneself, but it's also one heck of a coincidence, and it is certainly possible that Chris is that stupid/vain/desperate. I would try to get the info but I am also stupid. If it is him, it can be reported to KS and PayPal, etc., and "Oh Yes" ! The authorities !! The reasons to shut him down are at least three-fold:

1) Spite.

2) Deny him income from assets that you will be owed a piece of;

3) Prevent him from ripping off more folks.

Some of you guys are just too good with this cyber-sleuthing. Stay that way, and bust this guy. Thank you.
 
Well, I do not know if (Quote: "Chris's Reptiles") is our same Chris of TSE. But if it is, he may be trying to collect funds to cover some of his debts here, his expected court costs/lawyer, or needing to get his fix. The last would be a great excuse to run his scam under another name. Any of the reasons except refunding the ones he scammed, are great reasons to shut this down before he gets a chance to gain from it.

I was the one that called his bluff on the " so called death bed illness". And I would not doubt he has a real problem with more than just finding funds to live on. I trained thoroughbred race horses for a good while years ago, IMO it would fit into his demeanor here, spending other peoples money. I have seen straight people turn bad, as well as taking up habits that fit this same profile. Some people get money and just go wild.
I would not be surprised in the least if he gave in to the same way of life.

Chris, I would suspect you are still keeping up with this thread. If so, Don't think I am taking up for you, I am not!! You made your choices, and you must pay for your mistakes/choices. If this is you, then I will repeat an old saying. Robbing Peter to pay Paul. If this is your intensions, then you are dead wrong. If it is to get other needs fixed, you are still dead wrong. I would say your actions are inexcusable. You deserve your just rewards from all of these people that paid you in good faith. May you get everything you deserve when they win this case.

Bob, Cathy, and all of the others that were taken in by Chris. I want to also say that my family and I are more than happy to give to this cause. I hope the funds collected from us will help in this fight against these wrong doings. I have been scammed a few times, and I can relate with each of you. My family will stand behind all of you that got caught in his trap.
If we can help further, feel free to ask.
 
Junkyard said:
This Chris' e-mail is [email protected] and the reason for sale is because of moving.

About [email protected]:
To protect your security, PayPal offers information on the status of this member.
Seller Reputation: (5) Verified Buyers
Account Status: Verified
Account Type: US Premier
Account Creation Date: Jul. 14, 2001
PayPal Member For: 4 years 10 months 11 days
 
If it is some completely different Chris out of Buffalo, NY, then what a very unfortunate coincidence for him! Guys, please be careful when checking out your suspicions that you dont damage an innocent bystanders rep and business if this isnt the same Chris.

Laura Power
 
leaftail said:
If it is some completely different Chris out of Buffalo, NY, then what a very unfortunate coincidence for him! Guys, please be careful when checking out your suspicions that you dont damage an innocent bystanders rep and business if this isnt the same Chris.

Laura Power

I agree! This person appears to be not related and has accounts in good standing with paypal and ebay.
 
I believe that data indicates a very infrequently used account, possibly one that was "dormant" for a long time, with only 5 verifications in 5 years? We all agree about not wanting to harm an innocent, and no harm has been done, nor will any be done in trying to find out. My "conclusion" from the PayPal info would be quite different from yours, in that it lends support to this being Chris, possibly from his pre-TSE days, and would explain the use of a similar-sounding name.
 
The easiest thing to do would be to contact their security people and have them check into whether or not this is a CHRISCLONE. This would at least put paypal on notice about whether in fact it is Chris trying to use a sleeper account without hurting an innocent account with the unfortunate name and area being the same. What a coincidence! Your right JIM
 
I also hope it's just a coincidence and Chris's Reptiles is another person who just happens to need to sell some animals.

But here is the IP information I got in response to an inquiry (my email x'd out)... This person connects via AOL, it appears. Mods? Do any of these IPs match TSE's?

Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Authentication-Results: mta373.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=aol.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 64.12.137.2 (EHLO imo-m21.mx.aol.com) (64.12.137.2) by mta373.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 15:41:36 -0700
Received: from [email protected] by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id r.456.19ad272 (15901) for <[email protected]>; Thu, 25 May 2006 18:41:22 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from FWM-D35 (fwm-d35.webmail.aol.com [205.188.162.11]) by air-id09.mx.aol.com (v109.13) with ESMTP id MAILINID94-3e1d447632922da; Thu, 25 May 2006 18:41:22 -0400
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:41:22 -0400
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
From: [email protected] Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
References: <[email protected]>
Received: from 67.21.134.254 by FWM-D35.sysops.aol.com (205.188.162.11) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Thu, 25 May 2006 18:41:22 -0400
X-AOL-IP: 205.188.162.11
 
I think the best thing to do would be to contact this person and let him know that we need information to corroborate that this is not the same Chris that is being investigated for Fraud by the NYS Police. I am sure he would be delighted to respond if it is not the Chris we are looking for.
 
Here is what I could find

Nihon Goshin Aikido Academy
Director: Raymond Andrew
33 Kenton Road (Mailing Address)
2811 Elmwood Avenue (Physical Address)
Kenmore, NY 14217
Phone: (716) 876-8536
 
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