FYI. I am curently in the process filling a claim against "Kigs" with Paypal and my credit card co. I ordered from him because he seemed to have good feedback. On 8/13/07 I paypaled him $257 for 13 of his listed 40 polyps. He charged a 2.9% paypal fee which I have since learned is against paypal rules.
8/25/07- Kigs says he will ship next Monday
8/26/07-doesn't ship says there was a death in the family
8/29/07-claims he will add in a "few freebies" due to delay
9/5/07- he returns from family matters. I send an additional $103 for 4 additional polyps.
9/6/07- says he will ship out on monday-doesn't ship
9/11/07- says he arrived too late to ship out next day guarenteed. Says he will ship next day.
9/12/07-package doesn't arrive
9/13/07- says he got in a car wreck. Agrees to add 4 polyps as a bonus for the delay. Needs a couple days for polyps to heal.
9/19/07- package arrives. Only 14 baggies w/ 1 polyp in each arrive. I should have recieved approx 20 w/ freebies. I asked for a cold pack due to TX heat. He sent them w/ a heat pack. 8 of the 14 polyps were detached from the plug (after a month of being fragged). Several of the polyps were stuck in the plastic not containing water. His packaging was extremely poor. The bags were placed in a carboard box with peanuts. No foam cooler for insulation. I requested that the frags be labled and none were. Photopgraphs were sent of his detached polyps still in the bag as well as the total of 14 bags. Only 6 polyps survived after a few days. I expressed concern about the health of what remained due to the extreme stress they endured. He corresponds saying that another order was sent out on that day. We discussed the possibility that the orders were switched. He stated that the other person seemed overjoyed by his generosity in the order. At the time he seemed very open to the possibility he switched the orders. He later retracted on this. I have no idea if he switched them all I know is my order was incopmlete. I was unable to recognize one of the polyps as anything I ordered. After another person publicly criticizes him for another transaction he agrees to work with me on the problem. He states that many of his polyps were not doing well and have a fungus. Just the other day he lists several polyps that are not available for replacement. Today I see that he is selling some of those very polyps on RC that he could not replace for me. I contacted him today and he stated that the coral being sold here is not his. He is selling these for another person who does not yet have enough posts. I notified Kigs today that I have filled a complaint against him. Buyer be extremely careful. I have photographs as well as all PMs and e-mails between the two of us to support my claims. I understand Kigs has given money in support of this site and some have had positive experiences with him. My experience has been terrible.
8/25/07- Kigs says he will ship next Monday
8/26/07-doesn't ship says there was a death in the family
8/29/07-claims he will add in a "few freebies" due to delay
9/5/07- he returns from family matters. I send an additional $103 for 4 additional polyps.
9/6/07- says he will ship out on monday-doesn't ship
9/11/07- says he arrived too late to ship out next day guarenteed. Says he will ship next day.
9/12/07-package doesn't arrive
9/13/07- says he got in a car wreck. Agrees to add 4 polyps as a bonus for the delay. Needs a couple days for polyps to heal.
9/19/07- package arrives. Only 14 baggies w/ 1 polyp in each arrive. I should have recieved approx 20 w/ freebies. I asked for a cold pack due to TX heat. He sent them w/ a heat pack. 8 of the 14 polyps were detached from the plug (after a month of being fragged). Several of the polyps were stuck in the plastic not containing water. His packaging was extremely poor. The bags were placed in a carboard box with peanuts. No foam cooler for insulation. I requested that the frags be labled and none were. Photopgraphs were sent of his detached polyps still in the bag as well as the total of 14 bags. Only 6 polyps survived after a few days. I expressed concern about the health of what remained due to the extreme stress they endured. He corresponds saying that another order was sent out on that day. We discussed the possibility that the orders were switched. He stated that the other person seemed overjoyed by his generosity in the order. At the time he seemed very open to the possibility he switched the orders. He later retracted on this. I have no idea if he switched them all I know is my order was incopmlete. I was unable to recognize one of the polyps as anything I ordered. After another person publicly criticizes him for another transaction he agrees to work with me on the problem. He states that many of his polyps were not doing well and have a fungus. Just the other day he lists several polyps that are not available for replacement. Today I see that he is selling some of those very polyps on RC that he could not replace for me. I contacted him today and he stated that the coral being sold here is not his. He is selling these for another person who does not yet have enough posts. I notified Kigs today that I have filled a complaint against him. Buyer be extremely careful. I have photographs as well as all PMs and e-mails between the two of us to support my claims. I understand Kigs has given money in support of this site and some have had positive experiences with him. My experience has been terrible.
