RE: Buying & Selling From List Members

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Who was this person, I would like to add them to my don't buy list.

Kathy


On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Ted Backman wrote:

> 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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