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RE: Help! I've been set up!!!
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by LeviathanNI on January 12, 2009
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Well if it is lesson learned, then it is worth it at the end.. good luck, and I know the law is different over there, but the law is the law, and when I was there living I always found the best approach was to work with those on the coal face.
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by jsrocket on May 15, 2009
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Mr. Draper, I'm glad you got off lightly as a fellow herper.
That said, what in the hell were you thinking? Your claim of not understanding the (legal lack of) difference between a canebrake and a timber could be written off to naivety.
But, the guy tells you he is going to ship venomous via USPS, and your response is, "I'll have to think about it."??? A normal response would be, "What are you, nuts?"
Jeez, dude, you're very lucky you didn't get spanked harder.
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by 4winds on July 22, 2009
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I have dealt with Dustin. I saw an advertisement on the forum and contacted him about pygmy rattlesnakes. He was looking for one, and I was as well. We talked and I ended up attempting to buy house spiders from him. My company uses large quantities for insecticide studies. So, I sent Dustin $40, half of the money up front for the spiders. He never delivered on the spiders. He definitely didn't give me my money back. I sure wish I'd have seen this article beforehand. His screen name at the time was "georgiaboy". He was in Arcadia Florida at the time of our dealings. He also had stated that he intended to move to Georgia. He obviously has numerous aliases on this website. I'd caution anyone against doing business with him. It may have only been $40 but it is the principle that bothers me.
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by 4winds on January 19, 2010
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Well here it is about 6 months later. Dustin still didn't provide restitution. I've finally thrown in the towel. He's changed his screen name several times. He is in Conyers, GA now. I'd advise anyone who has thought of dealing with him to stay away. He was recently incarcerated (by his own omission). A shady character all around. Won't be too long before he gets locked up again.
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by Diane on March 22, 2011
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You could easily have just refused the package and asked the post office to ship it back. You could have explained what happened as well. Knowing these things only come through experience though, so I feel bad for you. I dont think someone who makes a mistake due to inexperience or bad judgement should be branded as a criminal.
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by marmar on July 17, 2011
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lesson well learned dont give anyone your address or any other personal information dont deal with venomous reptiles untill you have your permit, but it is illegal for any law enforcement to just come right on in with out a warrent.
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by ksweet8249 on October 26, 2011
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I have a friend who went through something similar. A DNR "friend" of his bet him $500 that he couldn't be the first person to breed Eastern Massasaugas (since he was the first for banded rock and mottled rock rattlers). He got him the snakes, my friend got them cooled down, warmed up, and while the females were gravid, he was raided and at the same time, a friend of his got raided for the same thing, except with western fox snakes. My friend paid a large fine and got 5 years. Best of luck to you!
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by BobbieLea on February 22, 2016
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The Lacey Act currently only covers 4 species of snake none of which are venomous, including Burmese, North and south African pythons and yellow anacondas. They are illegal to import as well as, illegal to transport over state lines which make it at that point a federal offense, and a felony. Meaning if you have one as a pet, and you move out of state, you cant take your pet without risking a stint in federal prison, as well as being crucified by environmental/ conservation groups, and the so called normal people, and the 6 o'clock news. Hopefully this helps, and I hope the legal issues clear up, but you should have thought to give the postal service a heads up about the possibility of hot snakes being transported by them. There was a huge liability that either the snakes could have been injured, killed, or a worker handling the package could have had the same thing happen to them, and by not warning them, and putting them on alert, it would be just as much on your conscience as theirs. Ethics is a responsibility of everyone, not just snake people, and it isn't a matter of them against us, or anything like that, it should be we all try to keep each other safe as humans, just as we want for our snakes.
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