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    Is she scamming people?

    What's up with this woman? It's the one I got Ivan from. She told me multiple times after I bought him that he is just a normal ball python even though I thought that be might be something more. Regretfully I traded him back to her for an Xbox 360 controller, mainly because I needed the room for my 350g+ pastel poss het albino that's coming in the next few days, as soon as I get my paypal account verified. Now that she has him back she tried to convince me that he's a yellowbelly, which I don't buy at all because 100% of people who answered on here said he's just a reduced pattern normal. Also she said she missed him, but she's already got him on craigslist, trying to sell him as a het orange ghost along with a few others. She does not have paperwork on any of her so called het balls. Also the reason he would only eat mice is because that's all she's ever fed him and I wouldn't be surprised if all of her snakes will only eat mice. Also he was really skinny when I got him two months ago and she said the previous owner underfed him and kept him on a heat rock. The new pic looks recent so i'm thinking she lied and it was her and she's still keeping him on a heat rock even after admitting that they are very bad. So what's up with her? Is she scamming people or what? Here's a link to her ad. http://knoxville.craigslist.org/pet/2722126610.html
    Last edited by evan385; 11-27-2011 at 12:35 AM.

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    Obvious lies are just that: obvious. If you've got serious doubts about her business dealings, your gut instinct is generally right. Especially if you already verified that at least one of her animals wasn't what she said it was.
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    What I don't understand is that you say he was skinny when you got him, but gave it back to her?

    It's obvious she's scamming people. Maybe you should make it known on your local Craigslist. That's what I would do.
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    Yeah, sounds fishy to me. Sucks that you traded him back. I am very weary about snakes on craigslist. You can't trust anyone on there.

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    Wait... she sold Ivan to you as a normal but you were convinced her was more, so you sent him back because you're getting a new one, and NOW that she traded for him back, she says he's a YB to you, but she has him for sale as a het OG?

    All the "selling same snake as a het that she told you was a normal" sounds like a scammer. But as far as you thinking it was more when you were told it was normal, that's you. Once she gets it back, she can be convinced it's anything at all, it's her snake. But when she's putting animals up for sale she needs to be honest in the genetics.

    Sounds like she's shuffling several animals in selling and reselling them. Hopefully she's not scamming people with fake hets.
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    Re: Is she scamming people?

    Quote Originally Posted by heathers*bps View Post
    What I don't understand is that you say he was skinny when you got him, but gave it back to her?

    It's obvious she's scamming people. Maybe you should make it known on your local Craigslist. That's what I would do.
    I have, I keep reposting my reply ad but it gets deleted. And at the time I traded him back to her I believed that she rescued him from some idiot.

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    Re: Is she scamming people?

    Quote Originally Posted by decensored View Post
    Yeah, sounds fishy to me. Sucks that you traded him back. I am very weary about snakes on craigslist. You can't trust anyone on there.
    Yes it does, at the time I didn't know he would flip him again just like that and believed that she rescued him from some idiot. I wish I would have kept him, I could have made room

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    A scammer? On Craigslist? Unbelieveable...
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    Just wash your hands of the whole situation. At the most, post an ad or craigslist to expose her but other than that, I'd lose touch with her. There's plenty of reputable breeders out there to get quality snakes from. If dinkers are what you are looking for then good luck, but if you want to be sure about genetics and want to guarantee you get what you pay for, stick to people with reputations you know and trust. especially with hets... (not that u were buying a het) u have to be extremely careful... just my 2 cents..
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    I hope you keep the pastel for longer than a month. not trying to offend you or come off as antagonistic, but if you're concerned about flippers, perhaps you should refrain from the back-and-forth trades.

    edit: either way, yes whomever you purchased the snake from appears to be a scammer from even the most cursory inspection. I'd cut losses and lose her email address. best of luck.
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