Anthony's Tropical Fish..... BEWARE
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I think anytime a seller accepts money for an item, he at that point has entered into a binding contract. I don't care if the fish ends up costing Anthony 1 million dollars. If the "contract" is agreed upon prior to arrival at $400 each or so then it should be sold at that price. I feel a person's integrity is very important. As a seller myself, I have thrown away thousands of dollars because once I give a person my word, he can take it to the bank.
Now, here are some details from Anthony. He has emailed me a few times and has actually apologized for the whole situation. He said he feels really bad about this whole thing and basically wants to fix whatever can be fixed.
There appears to be some kind of deal between Anthony and his cousin, the guy who shipped these NGT's from the Phillipines, that looks like a conignment deal. Anthony has not corroborated this but it seems that there is no way in hell Anthony can let me have the fishes for less than $900 a piece no matter what, and it boils down to his cousin. Maybe his cousin sent Anthony the fishes and asked a lot more for them or something but I do not have any proof of this. I am just guessing based on the fact that there is no budging on the price or availability of the NGT's.
Anthony offered me a 15 inch Wide Bar Datnoid for FREE to compensate me for my grief and troubles. This is a fish that can easily sell for $700 but Anthony is offering it for FREE. I only have to pay shipping for it. This is, in my opinion, a very good offer and an extremely generous way on Anthony's part to heal some wounds. This is the person I have been used to dealing with in the past and I guess that person is resurfacing now.
I declined the offer for the free Datnoid because I simply don't feel right accepting an expensive fish like that when he can make money off it by selling it to someone else. I paid for 2 NGT's and that is all I wanted, nothing more and nothing less.
It is very clear that I will not be able to get my fishes but I did get an echeck for the whole $1305.00 owed to me. This e-check has not cleared yet and paypal said it is scheduled to clear on Feb. 3, 2006 so I will post on that too when the date comes around.
I ended up getting nothing out of my wait and money invested but at least I appear to be getting my whole amount back. I lost 2 fishes, a lot of time and a person that I considered once a friend.
It is my opinion that Anthony learned something the hard way because of this thread and I believe it will help him improve his business practices and his customer skills. To all of you that read this, sent me PM's, had bad experiences with Anthony, etc. I encourage you to drop him an email and talk things over with him. I know he will be able to fix the wrongs and better the goods.
I think that because of this bad scenario Anthony will be making a lot of customers happy from now on and keeping them that way.
Ivan
There appears to be some kind of deal between Anthony and his cousin, the guy who shipped these NGT's from the Phillipines, that looks like a conignment deal. Anthony has not corroborated this but it seems that there is no way in hell Anthony can let me have the fishes for less than $900 a piece no matter what, and it boils down to his cousin. Maybe his cousin sent Anthony the fishes and asked a lot more for them or something but I do not have any proof of this. I am just guessing based on the fact that there is no budging on the price or availability of the NGT's.
Anthony offered me a 15 inch Wide Bar Datnoid for FREE to compensate me for my grief and troubles. This is a fish that can easily sell for $700 but Anthony is offering it for FREE. I only have to pay shipping for it. This is, in my opinion, a very good offer and an extremely generous way on Anthony's part to heal some wounds. This is the person I have been used to dealing with in the past and I guess that person is resurfacing now.
I declined the offer for the free Datnoid because I simply don't feel right accepting an expensive fish like that when he can make money off it by selling it to someone else. I paid for 2 NGT's and that is all I wanted, nothing more and nothing less.
It is very clear that I will not be able to get my fishes but I did get an echeck for the whole $1305.00 owed to me. This e-check has not cleared yet and paypal said it is scheduled to clear on Feb. 3, 2006 so I will post on that too when the date comes around.
I ended up getting nothing out of my wait and money invested but at least I appear to be getting my whole amount back. I lost 2 fishes, a lot of time and a person that I considered once a friend.
It is my opinion that Anthony learned something the hard way because of this thread and I believe it will help him improve his business practices and his customer skills. To all of you that read this, sent me PM's, had bad experiences with Anthony, etc. I encourage you to drop him an email and talk things over with him. I know he will be able to fix the wrongs and better the goods.
I think that because of this bad scenario Anthony will be making a lot of customers happy from now on and keeping them that way.
Ivan
Sorry about getting stuck in a rather unfortunate situation Ivan. I guess its a learning process for you. I just hope that everything works well with you and Anthony. From what im reading, it looks like the whole thing is at least headed to the right direction. Keep us updated bro.
Yes, glad to hear things are working out between the both of you. Lets hope we all learn something from this.
i am glad things worked out for all parties in the end.
Personally i think Anthony has been a great person to deal with. He has provided quality fishes at good prices. once i got to his house too late to pick up a fish since a reseller purchases all the goods ones right before i got there. he actually made a call to that guy and ask to sell me one at the same price he got them for and the guy agreed. that is just awesome and not many people will go out of his way to do something for his customers.
But all in all, i give alot of respect to Ivan also in the way he has handled himself in this situation, if someone has over 1g of my money with providing me with something i have paid for, i probably would have went crazy. You handled this respectfully and maturly. thumbs up for ya
hopefully this is a learning experience for all and we all can move on and enjoy this great hobby and MFK.
Personally i think Anthony has been a great person to deal with. He has provided quality fishes at good prices. once i got to his house too late to pick up a fish since a reseller purchases all the goods ones right before i got there. he actually made a call to that guy and ask to sell me one at the same price he got them for and the guy agreed. that is just awesome and not many people will go out of his way to do something for his customers.
But all in all, i give alot of respect to Ivan also in the way he has handled himself in this situation, if someone has over 1g of my money with providing me with something i have paid for, i probably would have went crazy. You handled this respectfully and maturly. thumbs up for ya
hopefully this is a learning experience for all and we all can move on and enjoy this great hobby and MFK.
There was a situation a while back with Anthony and a stingray shipment into California. He called around and told people that two different sellers (who I will not name) ratted him out to fish and wildlife, and they destroyed the rays in front of him at the airport. Truth was he couldn't just admit that the shipment never came in.
That is great news, Ivan! 
Always good to hear something POSITIVE+, than negative coming out of situations like this... especially when it involves two parties w/ lengthy 'business' relationship, such as yours and Anthony's.
Sad to say, but NOT ALL situations like this, do NOT always get worked out or resolved?... and some endup getting pretty 'messy' sometimes, unfortunately?!!
But it seems that everything is going along well and heading down the the right path... glad to hear the both of you are working this whole thing out in good spirits and terms. Everything will be resolved shortly, I'm sure!
Always good to hear something POSITIVE+, than negative coming out of situations like this... especially when it involves two parties w/ lengthy 'business' relationship, such as yours and Anthony's. Sad to say, but NOT ALL situations like this, do NOT always get worked out or resolved?... and some endup getting pretty 'messy' sometimes, unfortunately?!!
But it seems that everything is going along well and heading down the the right path... glad to hear the both of you are working this whole thing out in good spirits and terms. Everything will be resolved shortly, I'm sure! - Status
