Dan Scolaro (DTS Herps)

[Neal]

Negative

This is a late one, that I should of written past a year ago, but I was never big on doing feedback, but I realize that it needs to be done so that other people are aware of what they're getting themselves into when dealin with Dan.

The first snake I ever purchased from Dan was a Rufous Beaked Snake(way before the three I have now). It was labeled as captive hatched, which is what I wanted, because I always prefer over wild-caught. When I got the snake in I closely inspected it as I do all snakes I get, and I noticed that i had some bite marks/scars on it. There is no way a snake that is eating pinkies would have scars on it being captive hactched because a pinkie mouse can't bite. This was the first dealing that I had with him and while it was a negative experience, I still received a snake that I had wanted.

My second dealing with him was when I purchased a White-Lip Python from him as it was stated CB as well(which I knew was probably not true), but I wanted one. The snake was in rather poor health and had a serious RI and when I contacted him about this he basically blew me off and was very rude saying that the snake must of gotten sick while in my care(which was bull). I ended up getting it cleared up with a vet visit, but the fact of the matter is that he lies quite often and will not take responsibility when something is wrong. I should of learned my lesson the first time, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and got burned. I would never buy from him again.

[treeboa]

Where to start about Dan? According to him he's never had a bad transaction. All the people who have complained on the BOI about him were trying to scam him. He advertises local wildlife, then goes out and collects them one day and ships them the next, mites, ticks and all. He ships in boxes he gets for free from the grocery store with no styrofoam and just a few pieces of wadded up newspaper for insulation. If you watch his ads, he has some rare high end animals, especially venomous, that collectors should be dying for, but no experienced collector will buy from him because of his reputation. The animals stay up for sale for a very long time. Yet before he was permanently banned from fauna he always laughed off the BOI saying it would never affect his sales. The only people that deal with him are inexperienced people who don't know about the BOI and people who know and only care about his cheap prices.

[Neal]

Where to start about Dan? According to him he's never had a bad transaction. All the people who have complained on the BOI about him were trying to scam him. He advertises local wildlife, then goes out and collects them one day and ships them the next, mites, ticks and all. He ships in boxes he gets for free from the grocery store with no styrofoam and just a few pieces of wadded up newspaper for insulation. If you watch his ads, he has some rare high end animals, especially venomous, that collectors should be dying for, but no experienced collector will buy from him because of his reputation. The animals stay up for sale for a very long time. Yet before he was permanently banned from fauna he always laughed off the BOI saying it would never affect his sales. The only people that deal with him are inexperienced people who don't know about the BOI and people who know and only care about his cheap prices.

Yea, I got that after my second transaction. The only reason I did he first with him is because I waned a Rufous Beaked Snake, and I said a year, but I was thinking I was still in 2012, lol. It's been two years. I didn't really do much feedback researching before him, but because of him I always look at feedback now.

[treeboa]

I actually did a deal with him once just to see for myself what he was like. I didn't want to buy anything expensive, not because I wanted something "disposable" but because I didn't want to reward Dan with too much money. I bought a pair of Florida water snakes from him for $30. It took him 3 weeks to fill the order because he couldn't find a female on his collecting excursions. He collected her one day, sent them to me the next (in an uninsulated, flimsy box as I described before), and they were both covered in mites. Despite treatment they lasted about a month. Didn't get a chance to test his customer service after a complaint because I didn't complain to him, but accusations about him confirmed.

[DTS HERPS]

Neil: Not sure I recall any transaction with you or ever selling hatchling rufus beaked snakes, so please provide some evidence. And never had a single report of an animal received with an illness, so please provide proof such as an email of when you received the specimen with the illness and your communications to return it for verification. Tree boa, I do not recall selling anything to you so please provide a date. Something seems strange there with your anger statements? If you demised your snakes and blame me months later? What does that say about yourself? Who are you? What are these wait 3 week statements? Either get it or go to another vendor and I don't collect snakes and sell them. And none of your statements describe the great business I enjoy with my valued customers as seen on the thousands of feedback statements on my web page from highly reputable zoos, institutions and hobby folk (http://www.dtsherpsinc.com/Customer_Feedback.html). Everyone knows that BOI is where folks go to extort dealers so you are wrong about all of your guessing or perhaps show proof of the arrival of an unsatisfactory animal. If you want a styro box, I have them and use them all of the time so maybe you did not pay for one? Otherwise, shipments are with above average AM Shipping containers which never break. Dan

[ROACH]

Neil: Not sure I recall any transaction with you or ever selling hatchling rufus beaked snakes, so please provide some evidence. And never had a single report of an animal received with an illness, so please provide proof such as an email of when you received the specimen with the illness and your communications to return it for verification. Tree boa, I do not recall selling anything to you so please provide a date. Something seems strange there with your anger statements? If you demised your snakes and blame me months later? What does that say about yourself? Who are you? What are these wait 3 week statements? Either get it or go to another vendor and I don't collect snakes and sell them. And none of your statements describe the great business I enjoy with my valued customers as seen on the thousands of feedback statements on my web page from highly reputable zoos, institutions and hobby folk (http://www.dtsherpsinc.com/Customer_Feedback.html). Everyone knows that BOI is where folks go to extort dealers so you are wrong about all of your guessing or perhaps show proof of the arrival of an unsatisfactory animal. If you want a styro box, I have them and use them all of the time so maybe you did not pay for one? Otherwise, shipments are with above average AM Shipping containers which never break. Dan

Looks like a well done bragging page. I dont know him nor have I done business with him, but someone THAT dang good has got to be a A+ seller for sure!

[Mike41793]

Do you have any proof? (Neil/treeboa)

[wilomn]

Neil: Not sure I recall any transaction with you or ever selling hatchling rufus beaked snakes, so please provide some evidence. And never had a single report of an animal received with an illness, so please provide proof such as an email of when you received the specimen with the illness and your communications to return it for verification. Tree boa, I do not recall selling anything to you so please provide a date. Something seems strange there with your anger statements? If you demised your snakes and blame me months later? What does that say about yourself? Who are you? What are these wait 3 week statements? Either get it or go to another vendor and I don't collect snakes and sell them. And none of your statements describe the great business I enjoy with my valued customers as seen on the thousands of feedback statements on my web page from highly reputable zoos, institutions and hobby folk (http://www.dtsherpsinc.com/Customer_Feedback.html). Everyone knows that BOI is where folks go to extort dealers so you are wrong about all of your guessing or perhaps show proof of the arrival of an unsatisfactory animal. If you want a styro box, I have them and use them all of the time so maybe you did not pay for one? Otherwise, shipments are with above average AM Shipping containers which never break. Dan

dan, you are lying like a sack of crap and a walking scumbag. You are everything that is wrong with this business. Your ethics are absent, your morals suck, you are the neil gubitz of our time. Were you to drop dead right now I don't think anyone would miss you for one single second. As a human you are an absolute failure.

If anyone ever needs an example of how to do things the wrong way every time, YOU are the poster child.

I'm not sure you even know what the truth IS.

[JLC]

I have a feeling this thread is going to get ugly. Let's watch the language and don't resort to name-calling. There's a difference between describing someone's actions and calling them names. Let's keep the arguments (however colorful) focused on facts and actions.

[DTS HERPS]

Wilomn, I do not believe I know you or sold anything to you and your email reads as if you are disturbed or drunk? Do you have any verifiable proof such as an email notifying of any issue? Any proof of incorrect ethics or are you pretending to listen to someone who failed to extort and rob me? Our federal government awarded me 5 medals for my ethics, so why are you so quick to pretend to discount them when you perhaps never bought from me or know me and can read thousands of true feedback statements from highly reputable dealers/institutions on my companies web page? What is your motive here as you sound like you need medical attention? What is the motive for you and these two guys to come out of the blue and claim to have issues years ago on animals and no proof of notification and no proof if I tried to remedy something caused at me end? And I don't know neil gibizt either that you mention above. Why are you wondering about if anyone would miss me as that sounds something like two heart-broke folks might say to each other? How old are you may I ask? Dan