BEWARE zoanthid lovers

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7598846#post7598846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yoshiod9
wow, leave town for a week and things go nuts here! lol. if you haven't notified the locals, i know that he used michiganreefers.com to buy stuff (he supposedly picked up some true alien eyes for something like $4 per polyp).

i'm glad that you caught him, copps.

Do you know his screen name at michreefers?
 
i can't recall-- sorry, creetin. he contacted me about selling some of my alien eyes and proceeded to tell me that he could get them for 4 bucks per polyp or something but that he would much rather buy from me-- in california. lol. i told him that 4 bucks is a steal and that he should get on it and asked him where he bought the zoas from and he stated from mr.com. i do recall him having a sale thread up there at the same time he started his first sale thread over at n-r.com.

i'll see if i can find his sn on mr.com.
 
Ryan is...

Tangey on Reef Central

reefer14 on zoosrus

angelman23 on nano-reef

zooman55 on michiganreefers

He's been on other boards too so if you have info this would be good...

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7595215#post7595215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
The transaction was $275. The PPE frag that was supposedly dead had 2 polyps not just one. Add the Fedex fees on my part for the replacement and it's over $100, not adding in my travel time to the airport Fedex and preparation of the shipment, when I'm a computer systems engineer paid by the hour.

Again he's not blacklisted over $35, or even $100 dollars... it's his repeated dishonesty and premeditated scamming nature, on top of many other sour transactions dispite just entering the hobby apparently months ago...

Anyway, thanks again for the support guys...

Copps

FYI this was the full package I sent... sad to see so many nice zoos go to someone like this... the safecrackers were marked up like 300% of the price I sold at and paid for his whole package. Again this was just the slimey part to do this within a week... the DOA claim and lieing was what really set me off... I put alot of work into these frags and sell well below market value. It's okay if you resell, but don't claim hard work you put into frags when it wasn't your hard work...



Anyway... you local guys there let us know if there are any updates...

Copps
 
Wow, Copps, those are some of the best zoos I have EVER seen!! Puts my sad little green eyed guys to shame! I hope they only go to nice people from now on :o(

Laurie
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7602259#post7602259 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
Ryan is...

Tangey on Reef Central

reefer14 on zoosrus

angelman23 on nano-reef

zooman55 on michiganreefers

Add to the list reefer13 on Reef Frontiers, where he tried to sell the same polyps in this thread...

Here's a quote from our buddy in that thread regarding the PPE frag he said was DOA that I had sent him less than a week before he posted it for sale... "I wanted a long time to get my hands on them and they finally grew out into a decent colony. Heres a picture of a two polyp frag I made.":rolleyes:

Thanks for the support Laurie. Those who have ordered from me know... and I often call about how the frags arrived and end up talking on the phone for a while... recently with a lobsterman (hey Charlie!) in Maine! I spoke with Marty in Alaska, who I sent a full box of sps too including the original Superman last year before all of these wild colonies came in. He was well in with the small reef community up there and believed it was the first superman in Alaska! Charlie, are those the first original safecrackers in Maine? Probably not, but things like this are cool, and it's great to hear from satisfied people as these wonderful corals get spread around the US to people who appreciate them!
 
Funny thing is I just noticed he was on Michigan Reefers again today. So this person is very aware that people know what kind of person he is . So I am guessing he will change his user name very soon on the boards
 
copps

Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can order some zoos from you when my tank is a little more established. It seems like you have a very wide selection and good quality zoos.
 
Wow! I feel like an investigative reporter! Add more to the list! He's tangey also at saltwaterfish! He used the same name twice!

Tangey on Reef Central

reefer14 on zoosrus

angelman23 on nano-reef

zooman55 on michiganreefers

reefer13 on Reeffrontiers

tangey on saltwaterfish
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7602990#post7602990 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mcrazyhorse
Funny thing is I just noticed he was on Michigan Reefers again today. So this person is very aware that people know what kind of person he is . So I am guessing he will change his user name very soon on the boards

Being a premium member here at RC you're able to see when your PMs are read. I PMed him moments after noticing this and he checked it within an hour or so (this was last Thursday)... of course no response since and he hasn't posted on any board either.

Hopefully the boards could track him though his IP. The simplest thing is to do a quick search on a username and check reputations and feedback...
 
no problem, creetin-- i almost made the mistake but something about the stand off-ish way he acted in pms made me not want to deal with him.
 
he is also Tangey on the coral forum.I don't think you can go to a site without finding him there trying to sell something.
 
Hopefully the boards could track him though his IP. The simplest thing is to do a quick search on a username and check reputations and feedback... [/B][/QUOTE]

Is there a feedback system on RC that I can check before buying from people? I would only want to buy from people who further the hobby, not scam it.... It defeats the purpose of feeling happy when you watch them grow to know they came from a slimeball who was being ugly to people I like.

Laurie
 
not are 14yr olds are like that, but thoes that are arethe reason that the old ladies with too many cats call us "Hoodlins" :D
but seriously what this guy did may be illegal and he deserves to be punished, but maby im just beating on a dead horse. :D
 
glad i never had any dealings with this kid I would of had to send some of my michigan relatives over there to make it right lol Its amazing as many great people in this hobby as I have met you always run into a couple tryng to take advantage of people
 
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