I had already done 2 deals with Steve and both went fine but the 3rd and last deal went way down hill. The first deal was simple, he purchased a hatchling caramel pink red ear slider from me and went great. He then contacted me two weeks later and asked if I had another since he loves the first one so much, at that time I wanted to keep the ones I had left but after talking back and fouth we worked out a trade. This is the second deal, I traded him a nice caramel pink red ear slider female that was atleast double hatchling size and growing great and $100 cash for a group of 5 hypo red ear slider around 3.5" and everything went perfect again like the first time. He then contacted me a few weeks later and asked if I wanted to purchase some more hypo red ear sliders that was a 6" pair and a 3.5" female, I didn't want them super bad but he gave me a good deal so I took them. We couldn't ship for about 1 week and a half as I was out of town and in that time he needed to sell some more turtles so offered me a male albino red ear slider that was almost 6" and a female snow red ear slider around 3" and good prices so I took them. He then shipped the next Tuesday.
Wednesday morning they get here and I already knew something was off as the box was to small to have 3 turtles that were 6" and two turtles that were around 3" but I hoped. I then opened the box to find the biggest turtle was 4.25" to 4.5" and the rest were under 4". The 3.5" female hypo red ear sliderwas actually a 3.5" male hypo and the 3" female snow red ear slider but just a 2" normal albino red ear slider. So basically not a single turtle of the 5 turtles what right, the 6" hypo pair was actually 4" or a little bigger, the adult albino male who was suppse to be almost 6" was only 3.75" and 3.5" hypo female was a male and the snow was a baby albino so at this point in time very unhappy.
I sent him a text message since thats how we usually communicated and told him about everything and he said "what did I do wrong, you got the young adult hypos, the adult albino male and the snow female" and I said the snow is a normal albino female, the sub-adults to adults are not even close to the right size and the small hypo female was a male. He then said he must have been ripped off because the person sold him the small female as a snow so he though it was a snow. I told him I was not happy and didn't want any of the turtles at the prices I paid as they were to high and I only bough them as I wanted bigger turtles for breeding. He then says keep the $70 you owe me and call it even. Well thats not even an option, Each turtle I purchased was worth atleast $50 less tand the snow was worth less then half as it was an albino. I said make it even and just let me return the albino and the snow(thats really an albino) and he said can't do it. I then said refund me $200 and we call it even and his reponse was "I not longer want to do business with you or talk to you anymore"
So overall I got turtles I didn't want and that are way overpriced because of there small size. He still have some turtles listed that are suppose to be the same size I was suppose to get(which was around 6") online so I am sure someone else will get screwed by him.
Wednesday morning they get here and I already knew something was off as the box was to small to have 3 turtles that were 6" and two turtles that were around 3" but I hoped. I then opened the box to find the biggest turtle was 4.25" to 4.5" and the rest were under 4". The 3.5" female hypo red ear sliderwas actually a 3.5" male hypo and the 3" female snow red ear slider but just a 2" normal albino red ear slider. So basically not a single turtle of the 5 turtles what right, the 6" hypo pair was actually 4" or a little bigger, the adult albino male who was suppse to be almost 6" was only 3.75" and 3.5" hypo female was a male and the snow was a baby albino so at this point in time very unhappy.
I sent him a text message since thats how we usually communicated and told him about everything and he said "what did I do wrong, you got the young adult hypos, the adult albino male and the snow female" and I said the snow is a normal albino female, the sub-adults to adults are not even close to the right size and the small hypo female was a male. He then said he must have been ripped off because the person sold him the small female as a snow so he though it was a snow. I told him I was not happy and didn't want any of the turtles at the prices I paid as they were to high and I only bough them as I wanted bigger turtles for breeding. He then says keep the $70 you owe me and call it even. Well thats not even an option, Each turtle I purchased was worth atleast $50 less tand the snow was worth less then half as it was an albino. I said make it even and just let me return the albino and the snow(thats really an albino) and he said can't do it. I then said refund me $200 and we call it even and his reponse was "I not longer want to do business with you or talk to you anymore"
So overall I got turtles I didn't want and that are way overpriced because of there small size. He still have some turtles listed that are suppose to be the same size I was suppose to get(which was around 6") online so I am sure someone else will get screwed by him.
