Please Help Me!

[Nate]

eek. stinky situation. Is it possible find out who he purchased this animal from and who told him it was a fire? I agree, the BOI is another great resource to post these kinds of situations up. Keep us posted.

[Patrick Long]

I would honestly call the local police once you get to his house and get things resolved.

Getting your 1300 back is way worth a night in jail!!!!

[Spaniard]

In addition to everything above you can file a dispute with you're credit card company. Sounds like you got scammed though; anyone respectable would not sell an animal as a genetic trait just because they were "told" it was something.

Shady business, knowing who you're buying from next time is your best defense. The BOI is a great tool; its a shame most people don't use it until after they've been burned.

[marmie]

In addition to everything above you can file a dispute with you're credit card company. Sounds like you got scammed though; anyone respectable would not sell an animal as a genetic trait just because they were "told" it was something.

Shady business, knowing who you're buying from next time is your best defense. The BOI is a great tool; its a shame most people don't use it until after they've been burned.

You beat me to it. I strongly suggest you dispute it with your credit card company.

[wolfy-hound]

If he posted a pic of the animal for sale, and sent you a different animal, then it's fraud. Tell him so, show him a pic of the animal you recieved with the pic he had in the ad, and point out definite differences. Tell him it is fraud, and you want this situation resolved IMMEDIATELY.
Try to sound professional but firm, without calling a bunch of names and not threatening the guy.
If you threaten to go beat him up, that's call for HIM to legimately call the cops on YOU.
If he refuses to make it right, go to the BOI, and post it in full.

[West Coast Jungle]

Unfortunately I have seen this happen many times.
It is so important to do your homework and research someone before you do a transaction.

When a deal is too good to be true, it usually is. That was a very low price for a proven fire.
I knew someone who paid for a ball morph(great price!) and got a corn!

Going to the BOI is good to alert others but the reality is you should have started there in the first place and it could have saved you some grief.

I am not blaming you so please dont take it that way, I am just saying that you learned the hard way.

I also got a misrepresented animal when I first started buying morphs, mine was a sex mistake. I learned too deal with people with positive reputations and do the same and you will be better off.

Sorry this happened to you, but unfortunately there are alot of these kinda people out there.

Hope you can resolve this in a positive manner.

[JeffFlanagan]

As many are saying, if you paid with a credit card, just report the fraud to your CC company and they'll remove the charge.

[jonf]

As many are saying, if you paid with a credit card, just report the fraud to your CC company and they'll remove the charge.

AND you'll have a nice normal female to boot...........

But in all seriousness, good luck with everything.

[dsirkle]

Looks like a deliberate scam to me. There was recently a scam thread on the BOI where somebody saw an albino bp advertised on hoobly.com at a too good to be true price. The seller insisted on a money order which the buyer sent and received nothing in return. I remember that the seller was near Lancaster Pa. Hopefully you used a credit card. If you did, place this sale in dispute with the credit card issuer. If you used a check or money order you are probably out of luck. hoobly.com sounds like a place to avoid. Good luck to you.

[hondo1967]

I would call the cc company if you paid by cc, if not i would go to him personaly no matter how far and pretty much make him give me my money back for the snake.