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First let me say that I have bought and sold thousands of corals and never had such a horrible experience with another reefer. I posted a neptune bounce disk with atleast 35 subadults and babies on the disk. @rock_lobster pm'd me asking for pics and had lots of questions which i was happy to provide at first and sent him 8 pics only for him to imply they weren't legit or "real deal" That is until I told him that I got the original frag of this type of mushroom directly from the original source that brought them in. I even sent him pics of what the mothers this disk has produced over the years. Finally after more questions, he decided not to purchase which was fine. but then a few days later he contacted me again and now wanted pics of the blue base on the shrooms. I told him via pm (i wish i could copy and paste pm's and texts to show wat a pia this guy was) that at this point i thought he was trolling me and i wouldn't do business with him but he insisted that he just wanted to verify the legitimacy of the mushrooms. I thought about it and even though my gut told me not to deal with him, i am piecing together a new system and would rather use cash from coral sales to buy new equipment over dipping into savings. So i obliged once again and sent him more pics of the coral out of water and answered another million questions (ok so maybe not 1 million but you get the idea)...so then he lowballs me from my original listed price (see original thread below) of $1750 obo and says how he can only do $1000...i said "heck no" or the only way i would accept that deal would be if he sent the money as friends and family ...we went back and forth and then he said he would cover shipping by sending me a label. so after all was said and done, i accepted his offer of 1k paid for services or product (not friends and fam) and shipping and I took the day off and my friend was nice enough to help me ship since i had never done it before myself. I have sold many corals over the years locally and even then i know corals sometimes shrink because of the stress so i let him know this in advance just in case he was expecting fluffy well established mushrooms that hadn't been disturbed in a very long time as the pictures suggested. he said he understood.
Now he gets the package on time and says they are "tiny" to which i respond that they are stressed from the travel time of california to Louisiana and once given some time they will recover and fluff up again. He says he will wait and then changes his mind less than an hour later and keeps saying i didn't send him the disk that i represented in pics. and even said it looked as though some were chopped off. I have never chopped off a mushroom and left the foot/base and had it survive and besides that i told him that's unethical and i would never do that. i even told him that i put it on my parents that i sent him the coral that i showed in the pictures and that i have never done that and wouldn't screw over a fellow reefer because i am a strong believe in karma and anyone that has done business with me in the past several years can vouch for the way i conduct business, whether buying or selling. I'm the easiest person when dealing with on either end.
Now he says he's gonna bring it here to R2R and "get everyone's opinion" which I am no dummy, i know that means try to ruin my reputation because he has zero patience in waiting more than just 2 hrs and 47 minutes for the mushrooms to settle in and fully open up. So since i have nothing to hide or fear, i figure i bring it here first..mostly to vent because i hate this new generation of "i want it now" and if it does't happen now , then i want my money back and who cares if the other person's reputation gets trounced through the mud. So there's my side and now bring on all the back and forth which i know wont be fun but i promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.
Rant over. Thanks to whoever took the time to read this.
Now he gets the package on time and says they are "tiny" to which i respond that they are stressed from the travel time of california to Louisiana and once given some time they will recover and fluff up again. He says he will wait and then changes his mind less than an hour later and keeps saying i didn't send him the disk that i represented in pics. and even said it looked as though some were chopped off. I have never chopped off a mushroom and left the foot/base and had it survive and besides that i told him that's unethical and i would never do that. i even told him that i put it on my parents that i sent him the coral that i showed in the pictures and that i have never done that and wouldn't screw over a fellow reefer because i am a strong believe in karma and anyone that has done business with me in the past several years can vouch for the way i conduct business, whether buying or selling. I'm the easiest person when dealing with on either end.
Now he says he's gonna bring it here to R2R and "get everyone's opinion" which I am no dummy, i know that means try to ruin my reputation because he has zero patience in waiting more than just 2 hrs and 47 minutes for the mushrooms to settle in and fully open up. So since i have nothing to hide or fear, i figure i bring it here first..mostly to vent because i hate this new generation of "i want it now" and if it does't happen now , then i want my money back and who cares if the other person's reputation gets trounced through the mud. So there's my side and now bring on all the back and forth which i know wont be fun but i promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.
Rant over. Thanks to whoever took the time to read this.