im guessing she can name at least ONE
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Inquiry Nick Hall -- sn8kecowboy84 -- Any info?
- Thread starter Pink Lady Exotics
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im guessing she can name at least ONE
LOL i should have read through the whole post as ive already pretty much posted the same thing just over a year ago... now i guess she can name TWO 
Diane74
New member
ok, well here goes.
I known Nick Hall for about 6 months through facebook. He had several animals up for sale as well as supplies. I had an agreement to buy a very large chameleon cage for $100 with the understanding that I would pay him once we got our tax return. We filed our taxes and were shocked to find we were getting back considerably less than expected so I texted Nick to tell him I was not going to be able to make the purchase, that we were going to try to keep our deals for the snakes first and see what I can do from there. He said ok. Then the next day I contacted him and told him I worked out some things and juggled some things around that if he still wanted I would follow through with cash. He offered to trade the cage for a Guyana I had put up for sale the very same day. I agreed. The next day the chameleon cage was put up fo sale on a Facebook reptile group along with comments about me backing out. I commented on there and threatened to post all of the messages from him I had saved on my phone including the 4 messages he sent about another matter and suddenly the post was removed with no explaination. Then 2 days later his friend, Marc Carathers reposted it for Nick and the cage was sold.
I was more than willing to work out whatever I needed to follow through because I realize the inconvenience of holding something. I contacted him and made these arrangements with in a 24 hour period and even offered to pay him extra for gas money if he decided to travel my way. Unfortunately all i have are texts and some facebook messages since these 2 deal strictly on Facebook Reptile classifieds where they are Admins and can remove posts as they wish. I still have all the texts though
I known Nick Hall for about 6 months through facebook. He had several animals up for sale as well as supplies. I had an agreement to buy a very large chameleon cage for $100 with the understanding that I would pay him once we got our tax return. We filed our taxes and were shocked to find we were getting back considerably less than expected so I texted Nick to tell him I was not going to be able to make the purchase, that we were going to try to keep our deals for the snakes first and see what I can do from there. He said ok. Then the next day I contacted him and told him I worked out some things and juggled some things around that if he still wanted I would follow through with cash. He offered to trade the cage for a Guyana I had put up for sale the very same day. I agreed. The next day the chameleon cage was put up fo sale on a Facebook reptile group along with comments about me backing out. I commented on there and threatened to post all of the messages from him I had saved on my phone including the 4 messages he sent about another matter and suddenly the post was removed with no explaination. Then 2 days later his friend, Marc Carathers reposted it for Nick and the cage was sold.
I was more than willing to work out whatever I needed to follow through because I realize the inconvenience of holding something. I contacted him and made these arrangements with in a 24 hour period and even offered to pay him extra for gas money if he decided to travel my way. Unfortunately all i have are texts and some facebook messages since these 2 deal strictly on Facebook Reptile classifieds where they are Admins and can remove posts as they wish. I still have all the texts though