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madfx

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Im done here...Ill return so I can laugh at the verdict that the judge hands down.

 

Matt

^^^ Let's please respect our own word ^^^

Spare us from more of your nonsense. Thanks.

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patback

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Isn't this like, the 20th thread in the past month talking about lawsuits? This hobby is too tied up with litigation, I might have to leave it. Close this thread already?

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mrg02d

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^^^ Let's please respect our own word ^^^

Spare us from more of your nonsense. Thanks.

 

Go dose something....

 

It's funny how people decide to insult someone when they mention the notion of leaving, only to act surprised when they come back and respond to an insult.

 

Try harder next time, madfx. You won't get a scooby snack like that!

 

Matt

 

Aka,

TBS

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madfx

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There was no insult directed at you. Someone said you were making ridiculous statements. You side so strongly with the seller, why? What indisputable proof has he produced on this whole situation? I see nothing, which makes such strong defense on his behalf appear pretty ridiculous.

 

Go dose something....

 

It's funny how people decide to insult someone when they mention the notion of leaving, only to act surprised when they come back and respond to an insult.

 

Try harder next time, madfx. You won't get a scooby snack like that!

 

Matt

 

Aka,

TBS

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mrg02d

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There was no insult directed at you. Someone said you were making ridiculous statements. You side so strongly with the seller, why? What indisputable proof has he produced on this whole situation? I see nothing, which makes such strong defense on his behalf appear pretty ridiculous.

 

That's cuz I am the seller. That's how I know what happened. Also, I hate what Salem did to the alleged witches.

 

Matt

Aka

TBS

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Captain Hook

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I was defrauded by oceancube1 for $2500. The guy sold me a breeding pair and never shipped them for about 2 weeks. He was coming up with different stories each time. Finally he shipped it today, except he shipped the male only. In the box there were two fish bags. One with water and one without water. Water was spilled all over the box and one bag was fully open. The open bag was staged, in order to make it look as if the fish came out of the bag, but there was no other fish in the box. Thanks god I recorded the entire process and I have a witness with me.

 

Here is the entire story plus pictures:

 

I bought a Wyoming Whites breeding pair from oceancube. Paid using Paypal (mass payment) for $2500. Plus I paid $90 extra for shipping, because the seller claimed it's going to be a big box, so I told him I'll pay extra for the safety of animals.

 

The seller delayed the shipping giving me different stories each day. Every story seemed like a little lie, but since I paid already I had no choice, but to wait for the fish. He shipped them out yesterday and provided me with a tracking number: 800041588780 (FEDEX).

 

I checked the tracking number and it was showing: Overnight by 3PM. I was not happy as we talked about getting the fish to me by 10AM (I paid extra). When I wrote to him about the shipping time he did not reply. This morning I came home from school and I see a box with fish on my kitchen counter top. I was shocked as it’s supposed to be here by 3PM. The first thing I see is a box that is "over" taped. Tape is all over the box, and I see the box is dripping. I got scared and opened up the box, while my wife is recording everything with pictures.

 

When I opened up the outside box the white inside box is "over" taped again. Seems strange, but I do not see a problem yet. I open up the white box and I see water everywhere. Water and paper ripped up and spread all over the box. I pull one bag and the fish is there, I search for the second bag and it's there, but it's empty. The bag was open. Right away we start to search for the fish, but I already have a feeling what has happened here. We go through every paper, foam, and board in the box, but nothing. No fish, no smell of a dead fish. Nothing. We went through everything one more time on the floor, but again nothing.

 

That's when I realized the seller stage fraud. He purposely put an empty bag with tons of water around it to make it look as if the fish came out and something happened. The reason for the over taped boxes was not to spill the water that was floating in there at the Fedex location. (Strangely enough the seller tried to ship the fish few days before and he told me he got caught by Fedex, because the guys at the Fedex location could hear water in the box. I have a feeling he was trying to pull the same trick before, but the box was wet and water was dripping at the Fedex location.)

 

I called the seller (Rudy Vasquez) right away and he would not communicate. He told me to be a man and he does not care if I sue the him. His replies were illogical, and he did not seem surprised at all. When I confronted him over the email he replied: "put what you want about me but I will defend myself,".

 

The other fish (male) is doing fine. We will start a criminal investigation, because we were able to record there is no fish in the box when opening. I did not have a good feeling about this transaction and I speculated fraud, due to numerous lies over PM (Private Notifications) on the forum. The confirmation number mentioned above 800041588780 (FEDEX) turns out was not mine. It was for somebody in RAYNHAM, MA. Chances are the person has the other female, but that is pure speculation. I wish the person from RAYNHAM is from this forum and he/she will PM, or email me at: schabiazabi@gmail.com

 

I contacted the seller in order to refund me the money, or ship me the female. He did not reply to that, and it does not seem as if he ever will make good on the transaction. Therefore I already obtained a police report for the accident, and I have an attorney from San Antonio helping me file a case in Texas as I am in New Jersey.

 

If you have any information regarding this please help me as fraud is a serious crime. It will cost me some to run the investigation, but I will make sure the sellers pays for every penny of it.

 

Sellers Information:

Rudy (Rudolfo) Vasquez

2957 Ashfield Drive

San Antonio, TX 78245

phone: 210.439.0667

Oceancube

Oceancube1

Clownfishdirect

rudyjrv@yahoo.com

 

P. S. I am completely devastated as the pair I thought I was going to have is not here. Not to mention I setup a separate tank for the breeding pair for about $750.

 

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I am hearing the fish I bought is not even a WW. It is a Platinum Percula. I'm also hearing someone was defrauded by the guy on the MOFIB forum. Please let me know if you're reading this.

 

Attached are the pictures of the opening process plus pictures of the fish. Can anyone from these pictures confirm this is not a WW?

 

Good luck with that dude, not sure how a court of law is going to handle an online 'use at own risk' transaction. I suggest you do like he said.... man up, cut your losses and move on. You got screwed, it sucks, people get F****D right left and centre every day for a whole lot more and dont go to court over it. Go to his house and kick the S**T out of him and call it even. Leave the red tape out of it...lawyer is going to cost you more than the stupid fish and probably what your tank is worth lol......duhhhhhh

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Formula462

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:blush: it was on purpose its all a big inside joke that everyone but you guys get. And its too complicated to explain but its really funny i bet you guys wish u knew what the joke was. Im actually really smart like genious. Steven hawking came to my birthday. I do math sometimes for fun and my dog barks moris code. Thats my story and im sticking to it.

 

I had the feeling you were joking. I dunno about all that last part though. Suppose I could give you the benefit of the doubt.

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10g Reef

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Did you ever figure out if this was truly a Wyoming White? You have to look at the eyes to be sure. Wyoming Whites are Ocellaris clowns, while platinums are perculas. The irises of perculas will be bright orange, making their eyes seem smaller. Ocellaris clowns irises are a darker, sort of cloudy brown color so their eyes seem larger.

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schabiazabi

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^ Yes, I was able to confirm it. That was a WW.

 

I have never seen a WW before, and people were PMing me saying it is a Platinum. That's why the confusion. This weekend I bought a pair of Platinums, and now it's super easy to distinguish between the two fish.

 

Having said that, my other WW that I purchased after is a little different when it comes to the orange color. It's simply more orange. I'm hoping this new WW is not a direct sibling, so it will be easier to breed them. They are already in love.

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mrg02d

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After reading much of this, I don't think I'd be comfortable dealing with mrgO2d

LOL, why not?Because I dont hold the buyer's hand for the mistake he made?

 

Matt

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JamesHL88

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Seems like people have been getting scammed a lot on here lately, has any mods or admin looked into this?

I hope not. Its not the mod or admins job or place in a online forum to get involved in financial transactions between individuals. Its the buyers responsability to take precautions and the sellers responsability to honor the arrangement. And in this thread its all speculation on both sides as to what happened. So what would an admin do? Ban one? Ban the other? Ban them both? They could both be the scammer or there could he no scammer at all. My brother used to drive fedex and ive rode with him before so i have seen what happens. Its a wonder any fish make it to us through them.

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