Clearing Something Up

I was contacted by Ralph Davis last night asking is I was quoting $1800 on a Male Champagne, here's the e-mail he recieved:

reptilesteve187@yahoo.com

If you will match BHBs price of 1800.00 for male lav you got a deal. I can
paypal you tonight.

Thanks
Steve


The this morning BT from Reptile Radio sent me an e-mail with this:

reptilesteve187@yahoo.com

BT,

Hello I was hoping you could help me out. I'm in the market for an early 2010 champ male. Brian at BHB said he'd do me a male at 1850 shipped but I was hoping I could get one more in the 1500 price range. Is this something you could do? If so I have no problem sending you a deposit (500.00) tonight!

Steve
315-765-9019


Interesting that they are from the same guy trying to kill the market using my name. If anyone knows this guy please make sure that he stops hurting our market. I also recieved three other e-mails from concerned breeders, they did not include who was asking for the price match but I would imagine it was the same guy. I can assure everyone I am not quoting low prices. I need to make as much money as anyone in this hobby. I would also never hurt other breeders. This is the kind of stuff that drives me crazy. Just needed to stop this before it got going any further. Thanks, Brian(BHB)

Ugh, that's terrible. Glad you guys had good communication and were able to smooth it out!

Brian,

I did a quick Yahoo search and they don't show anyone with that user name.. Here's the thing call the phone number and talk with the guy..

He's playing the old game of if I can use your name to get someone else to lower their price.. which tell's me they are either new and don't know everyone talks to each other or he's some one that's out for you and simply wanting to stir the pot..

My vote call the phone number..

Thanks for putting this out there for people to see. There are other threads about this guy on other forums. Seems he is caught in the act of trying to single handedly crash a market. What a looser!

What a crappy thing to do. Thanks for exposing this guy.

Justin

tried calling the number a few times. I have a feeling that it might not be his?? I left a few messages and not that nice of ones at that.lol By the way I messed up and it was a Lavender male that he asked Ralph about. If you read the e-mail you would have probably figure that out:) We need to stand together and not let people like this mess the market up! Thanks, Brian(BHB)

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Originally Posted by BHB

tried calling the number a few times. I have a feeling that it might not be his?? I left a few messages and not that nice of ones at that.lol By the way I messed up and it was a Lavender male that he asked Ralph about. If you read the e-mail you would have probably figure that out:) We need to stand together and not let people like this mess the market up! Thanks, Brian(BHB)

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This guy is just trying the oldest trick in the book. BG usually just tells people like him to go and buy it from the other guy if he's giving you that price. What we need to do is make sure people are not dumb and desperate enough to fall for this trick.

We missed yah in Hamburg Brian. Be glad you didn't go though. BG heard you were sick and he's been sick all week since the show:tears::tears:. BG would be blaming you for his discomfort....and we all know what happens when BG gets uncomfortable.:D:D

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

This guy is just trying the oldest trick in the book. BG usually just tells people like him to go and buy it from the other guy if he's giving you that price. What we need to do is make sure people are not dumb and desperate enough to fall for this trick.

We missed yah in Hamburg Brian. Be glad you didn't go though. BG heard you were sick and he's been sick all week since the show:tears::tears:. BG would be blaming you for his discomfort....and we all know what happens when BG gets uncomfortable.:D:D

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omg this times 1000x!

if "SOMEONEELSE" has such a great price, go by from "SOMEONELESE!" I remember BT and Larry mentioning this on one of the RR episodes. I can't believe people do this. And whats more, i can't believe people fall for it.

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

omg this times 1000x!

if "SOMEONEELSE" has such a great price, go by from "SOMEONELESE!" I remember BT and Larry mentioning this on one of the RR episodes. I can't believe people do this. And whats more, i can't believe people fall for it.

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The more desperate(and dumb) you are, the more likely you are to fall for it. BG loves it when someone tries it on him, then when he says "no way" they still buy from him anyway.:D BG knows someone in South Florida(remain nameless) that was the King of this leeetle trick. It never worked on BG though.

It is done in other business also. Have any of you told a car dealer that the dealer down the street is giving you a price that they're not really giving???? Be honest now.

I will beat BHB's price and let em go for $1200!! ;)

Has this happened before with any other breeder? If this is the first time it's happened I'm surprised it took this long to occur.