Right, it's a well known fact that once you post documents you can't use them again
Of course it is! Once they're online, you can't EVER use them again. Much like pictures...
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I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?
So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.
But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.
Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.
I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.
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Of course it is! Once they're online, you can't EVER use them again. Much like pictures...
Black Adder
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Am I missing something?
Just because this Tuan sent you a picture of the tortoise does NOT mean he had to have it in his possesion at all, it could have been a photo the "doc" sent him when he was considering buying.
It is quite plausible Tuan has never owned the tort in question and was indeed just trying to flip it for a quick profit (poor tort!)
Either way it would mean the doc is lying as he either did sell it to Tuan or was trying to sell it to Tuan meaning it most certainly is not dead as he claimed.
worldismarble
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Read posts 25 and 34... this has already been answered multiple times.
No, it hasn't - at least, not beyond doubt. The broken English makes the statements in the screenshots more than a little ambiguous. Maybe not a popular opinion, but I think the choice to not come forward and help clear things up is saying some unflattering things about Kytuan. While he clearly lacks the inclination, I disagree with the idea that he doesn't have some responsibility to help expose the truth.
Maybe you shouldn't be so quick to discount posts that don't fit with your own interpretation of events, since the following one raises an extremely plausible scenario:
The last bold part is something you apparently didn't bother to consider. How much sense would it make to spend thousands on an animal before confirming its lineage? Admittedly anecdotal, but still worth considering.
I think too much of this thread is relying on unverified statements from people who have no apparent interest in being forthright. Considering the above - as well as the choice to remain in the shadows - I'm not sure I can see much reason to take Tuan's word any more seriously than anyone else's in this situation. The tortoise is most likely still alive, but who actually possesses it isn't clear at all.
Would be very helpful if Kytuan would give some input on this deal, he was viewing the thread earlier today.
Ici, I'm curious, when Kytuan was asking you about lineage information, why did you keep asking 'What was your offering price?' 'What's your offer?' (in post #34)?
I wouldn't deal with either of these guys. I believe Mr. Brunner is a lying thief. Mr. Li is rude and condescending to the members posting in his thread that are trying to help figure the story out. Nothing has been proven by either party in my opinion.
worldismarble
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At that point, I was completely certain that Dr. Robert "Bobby" Brunner had indeed forged the death certificate and the tortoise I sold him was still alive. The weight of my initial suspicions coming true was becoming a reality for me, and I sought to know the price Tuan paid Robert for the tortoise -- any bit of information that could shed light on his deal with Dr. Brunner could prove to be helpful.
I think what folks are overlooking is that regardless of whether the tortoise died, I am owed $1300 by Robert. However, what has been revealed in this thread is actually something far more sinister, and even illegal -- that Robert was willing to go to great lengths, even as far as forging a death certificate from Parrots of the World in an attempt to extricate himself from his debt to me.
It is completely flabbergasting to my mind why any individual in a highly competitive profession requiring 10+ years and many tens of thousands of dollars in education and training would be willing to tarnish his reputation in the public eye any way, let alone on a tortoise deal worth only $5k. I'm not sure if it's pathetic or just downright crazy. The layers of lies and deception Robert was willing to put himself through can only be described as a testament of his insanity.
I think you are kind of missing the point here. Posting a picture as a favor to you isn't something that is wrong, rude, or innapropriate of you to ask of him. Of course he has the right to say no, but the way you put it makes it sound like you may be making excuses to people who may think you are a liar as the most appropriate reason for you not getting it from him should be "I asked him and he said no/he cant/doesn't want to. The way you are phrasing it makes it seem as if you may be trying to avoid even trying to ask this guy is kind of the point people are trying to make you understand, even if the majority of us beleive that you are the victim here. Transparency is the only way to keep people from forming conspiracy theories.
I tend to agree. There are a lot of claims of "proof" on both sides but nothing conclusive has been posted. Using a wedding ring as collateral for a tort is just bizarre. If you're that short of cash, why would you put up your wedding ring? Don't buy the tort if you can't afford it. It's not like he's hocking it to buy groceries or pay the electric bill. Taking your daughter along when meeting a scary person? Also very strange. I don't think the doc realizes how odd these behaviors seem to others.
Ici, if you are an honest person and you really got scammed, then I'm sorry that happened. But saying that the vet documents are fake doesn't prove that they are. It's just your word against his. And continually posting "proof" from this third party person with no verification also doesn't cut it.
I think there is something sketchy going on, maybe you both caught up scamming each other, who knows? I'd wager the real story is probably even more convoluted than the strange story posted here.
I agree, if in fact this was a wedding ring. In another thread, Brunner offers some watches as part of a trade (and was turned down).
Of course, in most circumstances two adults can and should be able to strike any deal they want as far as exchanges and values, but I am interested in whether Brunner's trade items are
A) Actual items of value and what Brunner says they are, in which case it is to me bizarre to use one's wedding ring as collateral on a tortoise deal, or
B) A box of worthless baubles, each having a made up story in order to boost their value in a trade.
If Ici has the time, he could take the ring to one of the many many jewelry shops in NYC, offer to sell it, and get a written purchase offer which would serve to help determine its value.
I was wondering the about the ring too and meant to ask before how lci knew the ring is fake. The pics of it he posted are not close enough to see if there are any markings on the inside of the ring. I really hope lci takes Lucille'said advice and has a pawn shop or jeweler give him a written value of the ring.
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I had thought that very early on while reading this, I'm still reading but yea I remember him saying he had to go do surgery and Lucille I believe pointed out that a doctor in his practice WOULD NOT be preforming surgery.
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I think someone else pointed out about the practice, I caught him in a fib, he was here online, on Fauna after he said he was leaving to go do surgery:
worldismarble
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Speaking of fibs, Ici, have you got served yet or was that just another lie Brunner has perpetrated?
worldismarble
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I have text messages from Dr. Brunner going 2 months back claiming that he was going to take me to small claims court to sue me for not returning his fake ring. Even in this thread and in private messages, he has threatened to sue me. So far, nothing yet...!!
I have text messages from Dr. Brunner going 2 months back claiming that he was going to take me to small claims court to sue me for not returning his fake ring. Even in this thread and in private messages, he has threatened to sue me. So far, nothing yet...!!
If it is fake like you say he isn't going to get far, because you can't sue for the return of an item in New York small claims, only for $.
http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/pdfs/smallclaimshandbook.pdf
worldismarble
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I don't think the good doctor's intent was ever to sue me or to actually get anything from me other than what he has already taken. Dr. Robert Brunner's tactics are to intimidate, bully, and threaten in order to silence as he has demonstrated here as well as in the other BOI thread.