I have removed the name of the individual and company as I beleive is the rule of this forum.
On 5/7/03 I purchased a male adult albino boa from ***** ******* of ***********. I payed by Postal Money Order. When I recieved the boa I paid $80.49 shipping to pick it up from Delta. When I opened it I was alarmed at how skinny he was(I took a picture). I was actually LONGER than I expected but was skinny. ***** asked me to send an email right away to him stating how it was a great deal he gave me. He told me not to worry about the size and he bred every female he came in contact with. Stupid me actually belevied ***** when he told me he bred 7 females. It was nothing like the picture he sent me of him. I called ***** and told him of my concerne and he said do not worry at he was in "breeding Mode" so he had not eaten in awhile. ***** said he had bred SEVEN females. ***** told me himself he had refused the last two time he tried to feed him. I tried frozen, fresh killed and reluntantly live to try to get him to eat. He never did. I kept on calling ***** every few days and he kepy saying he was in "breeding mode" and he would soon eat. ***** told me to put him with a female and watch him go. Until this point he had been completly quarentined. I AM NOT A BREEDER and I was stupid enough to listen to ***** and put my CB columbian female that I bought in 1994 in with him. They were together for three days and he could care less. AGAIN I called ***** and told him I was not happy. He said not to worry as he would take care of me. After that he would not return any of my phone calls. I continued to send emails and leave phone messages with no answer. At one point the albino passed loose stool and I took it to the vet and found out the boa needed to be treated right away. I called **** and he ACTUALLY answered the phone. He said not to worry as he had a friend that worked for the Smithsonian that could treat the boa. He sent me an email stating he would refund my money( enclosed) but then later changed his mind. I beleive he lied just trying to get me to send it back to him. He told me to send it back and he would nurse it back to health. I called him every few weeks and he said the albino was doing great and it was twice the weight that it was before. I kept asking him to send it back or give me my money back but he kept coming up with some excuse. Finially in mid-December he said he was going to ship him back. At this point he had the boa in his posession for 5 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!! The whole time he kept telling me how great he was doing. The day he was to ship back to me he said the boa died and he would give me a FULL refund. For the past month he refuses to return ANY of my calls or emails. He has caller ID so he knows it is me calling. Enclosed is a picture I took of him the day I received him (I hope).
*****'s Email stating he would refund my money:
----- Original Message -----
From: *************
To: mikeyarish@earthlink.net
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: Albiono Boa
Hi Mike, as per my request during our conversation this morning, Just ship the albino boa back this monday for a refund. I feel that this is the best way to solve this .I don't feel that you are comfortable trying to Flag the snake.This is the best I can do for the both of us
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Thank you, *****
Is there anthing I can do? I live in California and he lives in Virginia. Thanks for any help.
MIke
