Perhaps by speaking out this will not happen to any one else. I sit here in PE and this "person" is in Durban. And this makes things a bit more difficult for me to resolve. I hate to air “dirty Landry” but what else can I do? He has no right to get away with this type of thing and if he would take one of my calls perhaps we could have sorted things out without this type of thing.
My side of the story: A few months ago I made the decision to sell my snakes I lack the time and place to care for them properly so I contacted a few people who said they would be interested in the bigger snakes. I sent out a mail and to my surprise this Person phoned and booked most of them. My concern at the time was not the money ,more that they went to a good place. This was in October some time. Anyway after a few delays he said for me to send some of them. I told him could pay them off and he agreed to pay half on the 7th (the day I sent them) and the other half on the 10th of Jan. On the 8th he phoned to say sorry he did not get out to the bank and would be going later that day He was VERY HAPPY with the snakes that he received. By the 10th no money was in my account and I phoned “Things are hectic will do a deposit asasp” I am told. He then phoned me the Sunday to say that he had asked a friend to transfer half of the money to me. By the end of Monday, no money. I phoned again , he swears the money will be in with in the following few days as the person he asked to pay me has made off with his money or something. !!!!!
By Sunday his phone was off, no answer at the other no’s either. So on Monday I sent him a email stating I want my snakes back, he has no right to sell them (he has advertised some of them) or my money. No reply, by yesterday his phone is on but he will not answer my calls He sent a message that he would ring me back later as he was in a meeting. So being the complete idiot that I am I left it. Still no phone call and he now kills the call when I phone from my cell and does not answer when I ring him from the work no.
I was under the impression that most people were honest, foolish of me I know!. I have no idea where my snakes are and if he can treat a person like this how well is he caring for them?
NEVER believe anyone and when it comes to money I suppose none of us has anyone we can trust. If he thinks for one minute I will stop hounding him he is very mistaken. I am now at boiling point. Why must I, who went out of my way to accommodate him, not to offer the snakes anywhere else etc, have to phone and beg to get an answer form this person? He even told me his mother died and asked if I could return the money he deposited for one of the snakes. I believed him and did so straight away, this was in early December. The same mother paid the money for the transport to me on the 7th Jan but did not have any more money on her for the rest! The stories I have been told are quite amassing and too many to mention. I can not believe that I was so stupid but I did send them in good faith now I am VERY sorry that I did.
He has some of my favourite snakes and making the decision to sell them was in no way easy. People like him give all snake owners, breeders etc a VERY Bad name. I wonder how he sleeps at night? What more can I say? I was an idiot!