RE: Buying & Selling From List Members

[Ted Backman <tedb@valvesoftware.com>]

As shocking as it may be, I've had a similar experience with a major
"professional" breeder, I ordered some A. bitaeniata from him, (and a zebra
pleco), the whole shipment showed up dead, (he forgot to add head packs).
He claimed to have a live arrival guarantee, and swore up and down that he
would send me replacements, well, that was last november, and now he doesn't
reply to my inquiries.  He even once gave me flight info, but he somehow
forgot to send them, forgot to call me and left me hanging at the airport
with no replacements.

Later I demanded a refund, with no success.

Anyone have suggestions as to what i should do?



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Evans [mailto:mikee@rconnect.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:56 AM
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
Subject: Re: Buying & Selling From List Members


I hate to say this but this has been a problem for centries and will
always be a problem.
A couple of years ago I was able to get my hands on the Mayland/Bork
dwarf book and offered it 
for sale to the Apisto group and others, I did the same thing, sent some
of them out expecting
a check to be sent after they received them. Needless to say a few
people have failed to pay
for them. My time will come to get the money or the day will come when
we meet face to face
and a good embarrasment will occur. It seems we all have to learn this
lesson the hard way.
Mike Evans


Tim Ellis wrote:
> 
> I know this will ruffle some feathers, but maybe it will save someone
> else some grief. There was a post to this group over a year ago called
> "Desperately Seeking Hongsloi".
> This was aimed at me and I responded by sending fish out before
> receiving funds. Big Mistake. After a year of hounding I received this
> response.
> 
> <your check is in the mail, now would you kindly piss off... and btw
> <your A.
> <"hongsloi" were hybrids that were properly culled...thanks
> <
> <                             Steven J. Waldron
> <
> <                            http://WWW.ANURA.ORG
> <               "Natural History, Captive Husbandry, Conservation and
> <                          Biophilia of Tropical Frogs"
> 
> 1.Be Very Careful With Who You Deal With
> 2.Get The Money First
> 3.Get The Money First
> 
> For anyone that this offends, my apologies.
> 
> Tim Ellis


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