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Bad Guy Ty park/ ty lizards FL

I think Tye made it clear in his single post that he would be with family and friends for the holidays and would not even be looking at these posts.
I think we need to let this period go by before we further demonize him as to his disinterest and see if he responds once he is back.
 
Is that even a serious question at this point?
Not being antgonistic but it does seem as if the situation has been well mulled over and with Mr. Parks refusal to add any further information to this thread which may shed any different light on the situation I think nobody sees any different scenario right now, hence, NOBODY else is offering any counterpoint, not because of fear of ridicule but because there just does not appear to be one!

That is your opinion. and I can respect that, but I do not agree with you. I am getting insulted for every post, and receiving neg. rep. points from the king. Why would anyone want to subject themselves to that? huh?? I guess we will see how it plays out in court...
10/6, 11:26pm

Ty Park
You have till midnight Saturday 10/08/16 to send me your shipping information so I can ship you this albino tegu Monday. If I do not receive your shipping information by then, I'll auction this tegu for another conservation project. It's your choice.










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Dan, you got all of that out of that one very small paragraph?

That you know what it's like to be on the minority opinion and that we all agree what the outcome should be?

That Robert's post should be taken to heart not to bash each other but focus on the target.

I didn't attack you. I simple stated the suggestion that Casey was bought and paid for after three posters alluded to it was garbage. I asked you to look at how you were treated when your opinion went against the majority of posters. I believe your reaction and statements confirms that you were treated harshly at points, doesn't it?

You lashed out a two post tirade because I stated you should understand about having minority opinions and backlash and Casey isn't bought and paid for.
 
A joinder/impleader would be good to get all the parties together saving time and money.

I agree whole heartledy, I have a friend whose father went through a divorce, some paperwork was ignored, and he LOST his $400,000 home to an attorney who had a lien on it over $65,000 owed.
I do not see a road to accomplishing that,.. unfortunately:shrug01:
 
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Anyway, I see this as more grey, than "black and white"'
I believe Ty needs to honor his commitment to Michelle, and the court will most likely agree.
But, if Ty does do these things out of the kindness of his heart rather than trying to line his pockets, and if he honestly cares about the welfare of these lizards and is not trying to increase his bank account, then I can understand why he would be very offended when Michelle implied that the raffle was "scammy". He would be hurt, lose his patience, say "the hell with it, sue me...".[/QUOTE]

If someone donates a prize to a raffle, then refuses to award that prize and plays semantic games with the legitimate winner, it doesn't seem to me that he has any right to be offended when the winner objects and feels that she's being scammed.
 
with Mr. Parks refusal to add any further information to this thread

The next court date is in February and I'll let the judge decide what is right.

I think that silence on the part of Mr. Park is a wise choice, at least for now. They both have a pending court date still. There is a counter claim for what appears to be harassment and damages to Mr. Park's reputation via Michelle's online posting. Right or wrong, Michelle has just handed Mr. Park's attorney an additional 36+ pages worth of her sprinkled comments as evidence to use in their counterclaim.

Again, right or wrong, when this is done, it wouldn't surprise me to see both win their individual claims.
 

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I think that silence on the part of Mr. Park is a wise choice, at least for now. They both have a pending court date still. There is a counter claim for what appears to be harassment and damages to Mr. Park's reputation via Michelle's online posting. Right or wrong, Michelle has just handed Mr. Park's attorney an additional 36+ pages worth of her sprinkled comments as evidence to use in their counterclaim.

Again, right or wrong, when this is done, it wouldn't surprise me to see both win their individual claims.

A most excellent point!
As has been stated many times in the BOI, that an attorney would advise silence until court is heard.
This of course is usually mostly bluff and bravado from the numbers who "claim" they are going to court so we see their responses again and again.
In this instance these pair are truly in court with pending court dates so I take back my suggestion that Ty may be arrogant in NOT posting any further, he would simply be doing what any half way decent attorney would have advised him to do.
Sorry to not have considered that, guess a little too used to mostly being all blow and no go when it comes to claims of attorneys...lol.
 
I do not see a road to accomplishing that,.. unfortunately:shrug01:
It is not difficult, and some courts do not even charge additional filing fees. Joining parties is encouraged because it unclogs dockets, since the issue is taken care of all at one time.
I suspect that the lawyers for Ty and the IRCF are reading this thread even if they are not responding, they may have already planned this.
 
I think that silence on the part of Mr. Park is a wise choice, at least for now. They both have a pending court date still. There is a counter claim for what appears to be harassment and damages to Mr. Park's reputation via Michelle's online posting. Right or wrong, Michelle has just handed Mr. Park's attorney an additional 36+ pages worth of her sprinkled comments as evidence to use in their counterclaim.

Again, right or wrong, when this is done, it wouldn't surprise me to see both win their individual claims.

Exactly. Anyone with decent legal counsel is advised to zip it once this process begins.
 
I agree.




Going forward, what to do? Is there someone who can approach Ty, and in a non accusatory way, outline the issue and courteously request that he reconsider and either give Michelle one of the lizards he saved or $3,000?

Casey, would you please consider doing this?

Lucille,

In order to do this do we have to be a part of Ty's "fakebook posse". Do we have to be apart of his reptile god cult? These are the responses that I received to my early posts. I had a good laugh. I've posted under 100 times in 7 years and have had a Facebook account for a couple of months that I rarely use. I don't follow anyone. I simply respect Ty Park's (and the IRCF) contribution to a hobby that I enjoy. Period. Why respond to these BOI threads just to be abused?

Let the court handle it. That's what I'd do at this point.
 
Going forward, what to do? Is there someone who can approach Ty, and in a non accusatory way, outline the issue and courteously request that he reconsider and either give Michelle one of the lizards he saved or $3,000?

Casey, would you please consider doing this?
Sorry, I just saw this.
I do not think there is anything I can do, Ty does not know me from Adam, and I do not think Michelle would want me to interfere anyway.
 
Ty, I know you stated you weren't going to respond again but you will probably read this thread at some point.

It doesn't hurt to consider other points of view and I hope you would consider a point or two.

If everything you stated in your response was true and even if Michelle was ten times worst than what you described most people would still believe you should honor the terms of the raffle. I also believe that you should.

She could have been the most difficult person to deal with, greedy as you called her and overall unpleasant. It really wouldn't change what the outcome should be.

It shouldn't matter if people agreed with you or didn't on how the contact went with getting the tegu sent out.

Reconsidering a position isn't always easy but I think you should consider settling this case and sending a tegu of the value promised or a agreed upon replacement even after all this has transpired.

I don't believe anyone who may have supported your position of not sending it (On Facebook or wherever) could find fault with you for honoring the raffle prize even after all of this fallout. Probably quit the opposite.

Along the same outlined above and taking everything you stated at face value, Let's look it at this way. You thought you were donating your animals to a good cause. Giving them away and not receiving a monetary payout.

Michelle purchased raffle tickets and thought she was doing her due diligence making sure she received what she promised. You may have taken it as badgering when she believed she was fairly questioning.

I hope you would walk this back and come to the conclusion you still should send her what was promised.
 
Ty, I know you stated you weren't going to respond again but you will probably read this thread at some point.

It doesn't hurt to consider other points of view and I hope you would consider a point or two.

If everything you stated in your response was true and even if Michelle was ten times worst than what you described most people would still believe you should honor the terms of the raffle. I also believe that you should.

She could have been the most difficult person to deal with, greedy as you called her and overall unpleasant. It really wouldn't change what the outcome should be.

It shouldn't matter if people agreed with you or didn't on how the contact went with getting the tegu sent out.

Reconsidering a position isn't always easy but I think you should consider settling this case and sending a tegu of the value promised or a agreed upon replacement even after all this has transpired.

I don't believe anyone who may have supported your position of not sending it (On Facebook or wherever) could find fault with you for honoring the raffle prize even after all of this fallout. Probably quit the opposite.

Along the same outlined above and taking everything you stated at face value, Let's look it at this way. You thought you were donating your animals to a good cause. Giving them away and not receiving a monetary payout.

Michelle purchased raffle tickets and thought she was doing her due diligence making sure she received what she promised. You may have taken it as badgering when she believed she was fairly questioning.

I hope you would walk this back and come to the conclusion you still should send her what was promised.

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Awesome post!
 
I believe the BOI is diminished when people with differing opinions don't post out of fear of being attacked for their posts. So while it's perfectly ok, IMHO, to rebut those posts, point out alternative conclusions, or just flat out disagree, it's against everyone's best interests to try and shut people up when they don't agree with them.

For example, I disagree with Casey's conclusions regarding Ty, but I respect his right to post his opinions and thoughts on this matter. As long as a person is posting respectfully and not things like, "you're a lying #$$#$" (as someone did earlier in the thread) then I don't think they should be personally attacked with insinuations that they are taking bribes to post in Ty's favor (not to single you out, Casey, but you are a good example of someone posting a dissenting opinion without resorting to insults).
 
I believe the BOI is diminished when people with differing opinions don't post out of fear of being attacked for their posts. So while it's perfectly ok, IMHO, to rebut those posts, point out alternative conclusions, or just flat out disagree, it's against everyone's best interests to try and shut people up when they don't agree with them.
I agree 100% it does not make any sense to me. What really surprised me was when a person that I know, have dealt with before etc, makes the assertion that Ty is paying me. David Beard should know better than that. Just a really low blow by someone I once considered a friend. The rest of it does not really bother me personally, but I do not think it serves any purpose on the BOI. The BOI will function perfectly well if everyone has an equal chance to voice their opinion, but like I have said, who would want to subject themselves to the needless abuse by a choice few members who feel like their opinion should not be questioned. Maybe they are very insecure, I do not know, but I am sure me saying that will offend someone:)
 
Casey, at no point in time have we ever been "friends".....I haven't even spoke to you directly in close to a decade. We did business a couple times but that's about it. I just am trying to rationalize your stance in the face of such evidence and I have learned to never underestimate the lengths that people with money will go to in order to protect their image.
 
I agree 100% it does not make any sense to me. What really surprised me was when a person that I know, have dealt with before etc, makes the assertion that Ty is paying me. David Beard should know better than that. Just a really low blow by someone I once considered a friend. The rest of it does not really bother me personally, but I do not think it serves any purpose on the BOI. The BOI will function perfectly well if everyone has an equal chance to voice their opinion, but like I have said, who would want to subject themselves to the needless abuse by a choice few members who feel like their opinion should not be questioned. Maybe they are very insecure, I do not know, but I am sure me saying that will offend someone:)

From my perspective ...
I don't agree, with you, in that Ty is being drug through the mud, per se, (esp. without cause) and certainly do not agree that he should be admired (though he may have done some good things) but at least you recognize that he has made a mistake.
As far as I am concerned, I don't care how you, personally, feel about Ty (as long as there is no attempt for that opinion to be forced, upon me, to be mine ;) ). All that matters (for me) is that you recognize he has erred, in this case, and should rectify it.

As for the "Ty paying you" comment, it appears bothersome to you but, I do not believe that you are being paid for any support of Ty.:rolleyes: Am sure there are others who have the same belief as I do.

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Casey, at no point in time have we ever been "friends"...
You are right, I was thinking of someone else. I do not remember you I guess.
All that matters (for me) is that you recognize he has erred, in this case, and should rectify it.
I'm not really sure why that matters, but I have already said it several times.

David, you seem to be a sniper of sorts, you pop in, take a shot at someone, usually something quite witty, then you are gone for a while
 
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