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Turtlesale.com- using stolen pictures

Oh, I forgot to mention that I will try to get those folks from the other forums who have had bad experiences with turtlesale.com to post here in BOI too. I just wanted to know if there was already a thread specifically about that topic here on BOI or if the should start a new one or just add to this one. Thanks!
 
Cat_72 said:
I understand that, and agree (did you read the other thread about them? I believe Tim Cole started it). It was a lame excuse from the editor, IMO....
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Don't ever expect any kind of respectable response from Reptiles magazine, I've had issues (no pun intended) with them for years, it's nothing more than a vehicle to sell advertising, they care nothing for their readership.
 
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Originally Posted by Cat_72
I understand that, and agree (did you read the other thread about them? I believe Tim Cole started it). It was a lame excuse from the editor, IMO....

Yes, I have read that thread and I think I commented on that one as well ... I agree that that was sort of a lame excuse from "Reptiles," either that or the columnist who writes that column hasn't seen their website. I know that other, reputable turtle breeders will sell the (naturally occurring) two-headed and siamese turtles that pop up now and then; maybe he assumed that was what Turtlesale was doing without doing any research on it. (Still, it does smack of "defense of advertisers," especially since Turtlesale takes out such large ads.)

I wonder if the reason we haven't heard more "bad guy" threads about them (with regards to sick/dying turtles, bad service, etc.) may be because their usual customers maybe aren't the kind of folks who read the BOI. I know they advertise on Google and in "Reptiles," but I've never seen an ad of theirs on KS and certainly not on here (except the auto-Google ads that Tim originally brought up).
 
More bad business.

They signed up here on this site and had been posting ads under the user name "seltrut"
Duane Swaniec
[email protected]
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...er.php?u=54992

They weren't content with posting their own ads they also had to spam others who were posting ads. They systematically went through the classifieds and posted on all competing advertisers ads. Bad form and unethical all around.
 
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