NOT Japanese acanthastrea maxima

[Zeppelin]

At least, IMO. This looks like it is a lobo.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Acanth...5225268QQihZ002QQcategoryZ46308QQcmdZViewItem

 

[ricordianut]

yup its a lobo

 

[Zoanuts]

I would agree. I have a watermelon lobo and it looks just like that!

 

[organism]

man, I laughed and laughed at that one when I saw it, every lobophyllia that guy gets goes on ebay as an acan maxima, I think that's like his third one...

 

[Stixbaraca]

It's a steal for $699!!!

 

[Smarsh]

yeah, that is the guy I emailed once about false advertisement. It really ticked me off, but he didn't say anything. He is really taking advantage of people if they are not up on their corals.

His other famous one is People Purple Eaters, as he calls them.

Sandy

 

[ricordianut]

yeah this gut always says he paid a arm and a leg for things but he really needs to get to know his corals a bit better

 

[Stixbaraca]

I emailed him to tell him what he was selling was not what he was advertising, and this was his response!!!

"What do you know about corals??? I've been doing this for 18 years and I've seen more corals than the hair on your head. Almost all of my corals are high end."


Pretty funny if you ask me!

 

[organism]

18 years and he can't spell tubastrea...

 

[Stixbaraca]

I know right!

 

[Stixbaraca]

I bet this guy is selling coral that he is buying from somewhere else, and just advertising their corals. Then if he sells them on ebay...he buys them form the other place and ships them out!

 

[ricordianut]

i forgot his rc name but he got banned from rc for some of this as well

 

[Stixbaraca]

doesn't surprise me

 

[ricordianut]

me either i while back he was selling a micromussa on thier and the picture was very hard to see the true colors so i asked him if he could send me a better picture and his response was if u want buy it if not dont waste my time

 

[Smarsh]

oh that is nice, what a way to entice a buy.

Sandy

 

[twon8]

what is really funny is that A. maxima's range is limited to the persian gulf and arabian sea to the horn of africa, no where close to japan

there is no such thing as a japanese acan maxima; doesn't exist

 

[ricordianut]

that is true and its almost impossible to ge them from what i heard because those waters are protected and no cities are available for that area

 

[twon8]

that is true and its almost impossible to ge them from what i heard because those waters are protected and no cities are available for that area

exactly; if you are going to lie, at least check out the lie to see if it could be true

 

[bryan]

The one way we can affect these types of characters on Ebay is to report them for description keyword spamming....which is what he does on almost every auction. It's definitely against ebay policy and truly is something they take action against.

It all stems from the folks that sell the counterfeit clothing, purses, etc. You can't spam your description with real brand names, or with names of other hot selling items that are not what you are selling just to get the looks.

But beyond all that, this guys is a ***.

Peace! B

 

[Zeppelin]

I tried to politely e-mail him and let him know its not an acan. Got a couple rude comments about ME needing to do my research more. I think as many of us as possible need to 'politely' let him know about this auction, as well as do what Bryan suggested with ebay.