Advice, anyone?

Good thing you stayed away from him. I smell a rat(no pun intended) :lol:

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Originally Posted by Smynx

Sounds like a total nutcase to me. And an uneducated one at that. People who use their religion as a shield kind of scare me, but that's another thread/topic/forum entirely.

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Word!

Oh, Marla...I would post this on the BOI so that nobody else gets burned by this guy.

Also, call his bluff on this whole thing.....tell him that you can have someone come out and check the snake out for you and request his address. That should either get him to shut up or admit hes being dishonest.

You know what this reminds me of....is those telemarketing scams where they call people (usually retired and vulnerable people) and tell them they have won a GREAT free vacation worth thousands of dollars...and all they have to do is send in a few hundred dollars to cover the taxes on all the stuff they just won. And if the person dares to question or refuse, the telemarketer gets ANGRY at them! I've actually had it happen to me once...I couldn't decide if I were more offended or more amused.

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Originally Posted by JLC

You know what this reminds me of....is those telemarketing scams where they call people (usually retired and vulnerable people) and tell them they have won a GREAT free vacation worth thousands of dollars...and all they have to do is send in a few hundred dollars to cover the taxes on all the stuff they just won. And if the person dares to question or refuse, the telemarketer gets ANGRY at them! I've actually had it happen to me once...I couldn't decide if I were more offended or more amused.

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LOL...I was thinking the same thing! :D

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Originally Posted by DavidBeard

Oh, Marla...I would post this on the BOI so that nobody else gets burned by this guy.

Also, call his bluff on this whole thing.....tell him that you can have someone come out and check the snake out for you and request his address. That should either get him to shut up or admit hes being dishonest.

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Dave, that's why I had asked you first if you would be willing to check out the snake for me. If you had said, "She's not axanthic, but she seems healthy enough and she's about as big as he says," then I'd have felt good about going ahead with it.

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

ALL YOUR SNAKE ARE BELONG TO US!!!!

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LOL :lol:

(humming now, ... "are belong to us us us us...")

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Originally Posted by Marla

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Originally Posted by DavidBeard

Oh, Marla...I would post this on the BOI so that nobody else gets burned by this guy.

Also, call his bluff on this whole thing.....tell him that you can have someone come out and check the snake out for you and request his address. That should either get him to shut up or admit hes being dishonest.

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Dave, that's why I had asked you first if you would be willing to check out the snake for me. If you had said, "She's not axanthic, but she seems healthy enough and she's about as big as he says," then I'd have felt good about going ahead with it.

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I would've gladly gone and done it too, if he was a bit closer, lol. ;)

And I appreciate that. If you're ever considering a snake in the Atlanta area, you know I've got your back. :) I'd rather have any newbie's word from here backing this guy up than no one at all, but I'd feel best about it if it were one of the experienced herpers like you.

Why thank you kindly, ma'am! :D