I had done a search (see post 428) (search was done in reference to whether Ty's actions qualified as gambling) but never did find any evidence that Ty has run any sort of nonprofit corporation.
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Bad Guy Ty park/ ty lizards FL
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Sugarhedgie
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Ty
Update....
I am signing a settlement agreement today or tomorrow.
I am not allowed to discuss the terms of this settlement but the court records do show the judgement amount and shows the ruling on attorney fees just not the amount of them.
I want to thank everyone for your support through this very long and drawn out situation.
Michelle
Update....
I am signing a settlement agreement today or tomorrow.
I am not allowed to discuss the terms of this settlement but the court records do show the judgement amount and shows the ruling on attorney fees just not the amount of them.
I want to thank everyone for your support through this very long and drawn out situation.
Michelle
swimberly78
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Im glad it worked out for you. Hopefully he thinks in the future before he does something like this
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Michelle you are AWESOME!!!
I very much appreciate also the support given to Michelle. There are so many talented people here that did searches and contributed their help, and so many just plain good folk that gave support when she was raked over the coals by various minions and others. Fauna is a terrific community.
I very much appreciate also the support given to Michelle. There are so many talented people here that did searches and contributed their help, and so many just plain good folk that gave support when she was raked over the coals by various minions and others. Fauna is a terrific community.
Stender_JA
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You shouldn't settle for anything less than what has been granted already. He's put you through hell, you should return the favor.
I'm sure the settlement must have included the judgment plus various travel expenses and attorney fees, I would guess even a settlement would be at least 10 times the amount of Ty doing the right thing and just giving Michelle the tegu she won or the $3000 cash.
Michelle, could you please make an additional post here when you are actually paid? You need not divulge any terms, just let us know you were paid and justice was done.
Michelle, could you please make an additional post here when you are actually paid? You need not divulge any terms, just let us know you were paid and justice was done.
Stender_JA
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I'm pretty surpised he even communicated at all. No surpise it came on the last day of his contempt order.
Maybe even 15x, although for all she went through, the money will help but not erase what he did which I think we should all remember.
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Update....
I am signing a settlement agreement today or tomorrow.
I am not allowed to discuss the terms of this settlement but the court records do show the judgement amount and shows the ruling on attorney fees just not the amount of them.
I want to thank everyone for your support through this very long and drawn out situation.
Michelle
Michelle,
Congratulations!
Lynn Peterson
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JimM
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Hope everyone won't forget the the Ty Park supporters who laughed about it and were patting him on the back as he tried to blatantly cheat Michelle.
Look back early in the posting and you'll see who else to avoid in the future.
Way too many Ty Park wannabes in the herp community ...
Look back early in the posting and you'll see who else to avoid in the future.
Way too many Ty Park wannabes in the herp community ...
Pasodama
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Congrats Michelle!
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Michelle had the courage to stand up for herself, and I admire her. But as someone just posted there have been some hurtful posts and a bunch of kissing up to Ty earlier. Michelle has said to me that she is afraid that in the future people will not sell to her 
Michelle, most sellers, I think, are good wholesome ethical people. I think most can see that you did not go through all this until you had, several times, asked Ty for what was rightfully yours. I think you should have no worries about being accepted in this community and I am sure there are sellers who would be honored to sell to you in the future.
Michelle, most sellers, I think, are good wholesome ethical people. I think most can see that you did not go through all this until you had, several times, asked Ty for what was rightfully yours. I think you should have no worries about being accepted in this community and I am sure there are sellers who would be honored to sell to you in the future.
JimM
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That should be the last of her concerns . Anyone who wouldn't deal with her because they were Ty Parks supporters is doing her a big favor.
I just suggested for eveyone not to to forget who the Ty Parks cheer leaders were and avoid doing business with them.
Guy Castro
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Just posts their names on this thread,so I can add them to the A-HOLE list.
snakesareawesome
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Glad this is finally coming to a close. I'm sure Mr. Parks has a great lizard collection but he did the wrong thing here by not honoring his agreement with Michelle and giving her the lizard or the cash. Obviously, the judge saw it the same way the majority of us on here did. I hope the money will help make up for all the stress she's been through and I hope Mr. Parks will just do the right thing going forward and save himself a lot of money in the process.
I too am glad Michelle won. Ty lost money but, he accomplished exactly what he hoped too. He delayed and stalled right up to the very end. He pushed it as far as he could before a contempt of court charge (criminal) would be brought against him. We may never know terms of the settlement but, I bet it involves a payment plan where Ty pays a certain amount each month over a year or two. This further delays things. Ty did lose the money but in his mind he probably claims victory by making Michelle, someone he felt was ungrateful for winning a charity prize jump through hoops (over two years) to finally get paid. He was going to make her work and cause her as much aggravation as he could to collect what was hers. This is a sick way of thinking but, this IS his thought process. He has done similar things before!
caffeinecynic
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Michelle had the courage to stand up for herself, and I admire her. But as someone just posted there have been some hurtful posts and a bunch of kissing up to Ty earlier. Michelle has said to me that she is afraid that in the future people will not sell to her
Michelle, most sellers, I think, are good wholesome ethical people. I think most can see that you did not go through all this until you had, several times, asked Ty for what was rightfully yours. I think you should have no worries about being accepted in this community and I am sure there are sellers who would be honored to sell to you in the future.
I will address this as someone who did criticize some of Michelle’s behavior earlier on.
Let me preface by saying point blank, you deserved to win michelle, and I’m glad you did. Ty did you wrong.
I will say that I think you could have handled some of your conversations with him early on better. Not because you were wrong but because some of how you spoke came across as very brash and emotional.
That does not mean, however, that I think you are a bad person or a bad customer. I’m simply saying this to be as impartial as possible and to try and guide forward: I would try to breathe and have a little more tact before addressing a seller in the future.
Again: not that I think it would have changed anything with Ty, it wouldn’t have, he had his mind made up. Just as a word of advice going forward.
As for not selling to you - I wouldn’t worry about that. If anything, your willingness to fight for your convictions is admirable and I personally would have no problem selling to you if I produced something you wanted.
Michelle has said to me that she is afraid that in the future people will not sell to her
I SERIOUSLY doubt that this sort of thing will happen. At least not with anyone worth buying from. This, IMHO, has shown that Michelle is a knowledgeable buyer and knows what she wants, and wasn't willing to take anything less or different that was offered after the deal was struck. No one should be literally forced to accept something different from what the agreement was for in any transaction. Especially when the alternative offered by the seller is to receive nothing at all if you do not accept their ex post facto demands.
Personally, I found this incident to be quite fascinating as a lesson in what can potentially happen when someone throws around lawsuits without thinking it FULLY through and making certain they are standing on solid legal ground. This is as perfectly suited as an excellent example of "grabbing a tiger by the tail" that I could ever think of.
IMHO, of course.
JimM
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She wasn't addressing a 'seller' in a bad way. She was addressing a bum that was flat-out cheating her.
Parks accomplished almost everything he set out to do which was putting her through as much hell as possible before she finally quit pursuing what was honestly hers, costing her a lot of money, time and stress before he kept HER lizard, the $400.00 entry fee and the $3,000. promised if he couldn't provide the promised lizard.
He failed on the second part but he's still satisfied and laughing that he he put her through hell. That's the A**H*** he is.
There are plenty more of his type around - way too many.