(I brought this post up here even though I posted it below)

Jared, that is way too cool. I hope that others may also get involved in any way. I'm sure with more on the table someone is willing to take the reward and do the right thing then get some snakes really cheap and not say anything. The ONLY way they can get away with this is.

1. Raise them up and breed them and BROKER the babies. This is where I have a problem with SOME brokers that won't verify their sources. I have a guy who bought a pair of Motleys from me that promised to pay me 10G. He only gave me 6G and promised to pay me 4G later. Well two and 1/2 years later I still have nothing. I sent him the snakes on his WORD that he would pay me later. He has since sold the Motleys for a big profit, and has produced Spiders, etc.... He just brokers them through 2 people on kingsnake so his name can be hidden. He still has yet to call me and make this wrong a right. He can justify it all he wants, but the Truth I would have NEVER sent him that Special male Motley would it not have been his word he would pay me the money later. What is a bigger shame is that people know about this but still deal with the guy because he gives them "GREAT" deals. I have had some bigger breeders stand up for me on this one though. THANKS V.P.I. and RDR who asked me about them then knowing the situation declined a trade. I've been too busy to go the legal route, but I just found out how to do leins on propery, and this will be my best chance I guess.

2. He will try to sell the animals, and the buyer may know they have a chance of being "HOT" but the Price is TOO good to pass up and just not say anything. This happened to Bob Clark as we know many people ended up with Albinos that were Bobs. They can justify the snake purchase because they didn't steal them, but what they don't realize is they enable the behavior. However, IF the reward becomes Large enough one of those potential buyers might decide to take the reward instead of the KILLER deal, and BANG Jeff gets his stuff back, and we crack down on this crap.

Too bad we live in a society that is like this. Nobody is perfect, but this is FLAT OUT WRONG. Like Alex said, this is a close nit society, and with the right people listening to what is really going on, all it will take is ONE move for this idiot and he goes to Jail, and Jeff gets his snakes. This REWARD is SERIOUS!!!! I PROMISE my offer, and I hope others do the same. Turning in this person is far more valiant then us offering this reward, so if you can't help with offering any type of reward, PLEASE HELP with keeping your eyes and ears open. Jared, I admire you. You didn't even do business with Jeff yet you are willing to offer something. THIS I admire. I feel I should at least do something because I know his HARD earned money bought those animals from me. I feel AWFUL. His male Spider had Sperm plugs, and his mojave was breeder size too. I would get e-mails every month or so from Jeff with his Spider and his Mojave on a scale. Each time the scale would show how much bigger they got. His male Spider was in the 600 gram range. I could just feel the excitment he had. For him to be deflated like this is just AWFUl. Not to mention he is also going through a Personal blow he and his wife (Especially his wife) have to overcome. They will hopefully get over this hurdle, but the Snake loss is a BIG hoop. Let's ALL HELP!!!!! Jeremy Stone

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