[Maebnus]

Dragon Master wrote:

well if you find another one in CA remember the offer still stands for at leat me to pick him up and make sure he is packaged correctly for you. If the drive is within reason

Thanks, DM. I’ll keep that in mind in case I get lucky one day. I appreciate it.

[Maebnus]

Congrats!

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Dracomancer wrote:

lol ::hugs::

::hugs:: back 😀 . And now that I’m gettin’ all kinds of friendly :shock:, I’m going to bed! See (sorta) y’all tomorrow!

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Goldragon2! wrote:

Oh Maebnus, I was sick when I saw your pictures! I wanted him too, but he went way beyond what I could add to my CC debt right now. I am sooooo broke! 🙁

I hope you get your money back soon. Good luck in finding another one! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}}

Blessings,

Goldragon2!

Thanks Goldragon. I can only hope to find another. With my luck, it’ll be around Christmas when every yahoo comes out of the woodwork with Windstones, and then the other yahoos that come out to buy Windstones will make it impossible for me
Hehe, guess I’ll have to start saving now… if I can… ENABLERS! 😛 😆

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Dracomancer wrote:

Maebnus3 wrote:

Dracomancer wrote:

lol ok..im gettign confused..my name is pip and someones SN here is pip sooo yeah expect me to be confuzzled once in awhile lol

Haha, sorry! I know what that’s like – my roller derby practices are HELL with girls real names and their derby names.
I don’t know very many ppl’s real names on here, so I won’t ever use ’em (‘cept the obvious, like Melody & Cheryl). You’re forever Draco to me!

lol! thats fine with me 😀

Good! Cuz there’s nuttin’ you can do about it 😛

[Maebnus]

Oooh, yeah… especially if maybe they could be slightly different than the other browns, kinda like that irridescent blue/purple you had on the old green. (But not as a special 10 on ebay of neat limited stuff; I can’t do many of those) I’m not asking for much, really 😆

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Dracomancer wrote:

lol ok..im gettign confused..my name is pip and someones SN here is pip sooo yeah expect me to be confuzzled once in awhile lol

Haha, sorry! I know what that’s like – my roller derby practices are HELL with girls real names and their derby names.
I don’t know very many ppl’s real names on here, so I won’t ever use ’em (‘cept the obvious, like Melody & Cheryl). You’re forever Draco to me!

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Jvargas0667 wrote:

I got a family of Brown dragons from the same seller, and I asked specifically about picking it up in person. The agent politely declined saying it would be well packed, and that the seller was a bit of a hermit. I got lucky with mine, but the really didn’t have to travel very far either. I’m sorry the emp didn’t make it. As for the post office, I’m still trying to collect from them from a batch destroyed in december. I don’t want to panic you, but be prepared for a bit of a wait.

I’m glad yours got to you okay. It would’ve been worse if none of them made it.
I dunno how the post office will respond. I don’t even know what I’m doing. I don’t expect anything but BS from them. But I’ll do what he asked in the email. I’ll tell them what happened and bring pics. Regardless of what they say, I’m gonna ship the thing back to this woman in CA, and give this guy the tracking #. Then we’ll see.

I’ll keep people posted. I hope he’s as honest as he seems nice. I really don’t handle this kind of stress well….

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Dragon Master wrote:

I’m so sorry to see this! I wish you the best of luck.
I wish at this point you had contacted one of us in CA to pick him up in perosn then we could have shipped him to you secured to make sure this did not happen. I’m in NO CA and Nirvana, Wolflodge100 and others are in SO CA I know I would have helped if I could and I’m sure they would be more then happy to help also. I already have my Greem Emperor so I would not be tempted to keep him!! I’m very sorry this happened

The thing is, I have no idea who it actually belonged to. It was shipped to me from Louisiana, but I’m returning it to California. NO clue what’s going on there.

The box wasn’t damaged at all. From how he was positioned when I opened it, wings were up. The box is only 2 inches deeper than the emperor is wide from chest to rear of wings. It’s fairly clear to me that something heavy was plopped down on him, snapping the wings and neck, and all hell broke loose from there. With barely more than a handful of newspaper, nothing stopped the box from squishing 2 inches.

It is a shame I have to send him back, but I did ask if we could work it out for me to keep the pieces, and he said he must have it returned. If he holds true to what he said, he’ll refund the money himself as soon as I give him a tracking #. If not, I’ll figure out who else to make a claim through. I used a credit card via paypal. I’ve never had to file a dispute, and I hope I don’t have to start here.

I will let him know that the pieces may be desired by others. If he has any control, he may be willing to try. But if I’m sending it back to the dummy who packed it, we’re probably S.O.L.

And thanks, Pip, for the picture. Yours is very pretty. Lucky you to have him all this time! I don’t recall if I was aware of Windstones prior to the early 90s, but I was too young to afford ’em anyway.

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starbreeze wrote:

You poor thing!!! I feel so bad for you… 🙁

Heh. I am feeling a bit better now tho. I laughed when I wrote that last one. 😀

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starbreeze wrote:

This is awful!!!! I think I’ll go hug my green emperor… 🙁

*sniff* Take pictures for me? I keep seeing a broken one…

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littleironhorse wrote:

Maebnus, I’m so sad for you 🙁 That’s just horrible!

I hope that when you get him, little greenie can help you feel a little better…

He will make me feel SO much better! As cruddy as I feel about the emp, I’m still way excited to get a green fledgie! 😀

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Thanks for the support and suggestions, folks. I appreciate it, really.

I contacted the seller. We’re going through postal insurance, I guess. I’ve never done it before, so it’ll be a learning experience. Yay 😕

Apparently I bought from a broker, and not from the owner directly. That may be a good thing in this case (makes it harder to hate him). Ignoring the fact that he didn’t pack the dragon himself, or even saw how it was packed, and yet still promised it’d be packed well… the guy’s quite nice, and very willing to please. I’ve got to send him back (very unfortunate), but I’ll get a FULL refund, including return shipping. I want to scream, but *shrug* I guess at least my CC won’t scream as loudly. Here’s the letter he sent me:

Dear Maebnus3,

First I am extraordinarily disappointed in this matter. The owner herself packaged the dragon and I am sure you cannot believe she did not go to what she thought were extraordinary lengths to protect the shipment. Of course your money will be promptly refunded.

However, one of the requirements of our shipping and handling was the purchase of insurance. In order to put that claim in for the destruction of this piece we require that you return the complete package, with the broken pieces in place if at all possible. Failing that then please send your photos of the damage in an email to me. That would be greatly appreciated.

Until the matter is settled with the USPS then it will not be possible to dispose of the pieces as we will need them for the claim. Once again, I am extremely sorry and extend my deepest regrets. I know that you were looking forward to receiving this beautiful piece and it is a shame and a crime for it to have been destroyed… I am personally saddened at the destruction of what I have come to admire as a true work of art.

Please, take the items to the postal service, along with print outs of your pictures and please notify them that you received the item broken and that the label indicates the item is insured.

We are taking the issue to the postal service on our end based upon your notification. Once you have reported it and provided the USPS with your photos, please ship the items to:

[some lady in CA]

Once this has been done, please notify me of the tracking number of the shipment and I will credit your funds back to your paypal account, including any shipping costs associated with this purchase, including the return costs…

I can think of nothing else I can do to make this good for you and once again, I apologize for this loss…

I’m gonna print pics for the post office, a set to put in the box, and I’m emailing them to him too.

And keshete, don’t worry. I’m sure yours will be safe and sound :wink:. I’ve got 2 emperors already. Both obtained different ways, but they made it to Nebraska just fine either way.

[Maebnus]

I saw that too. I completely agree. Even from a distance, he looks too much like my baby. So either he’s rainbow, or he’s got one hell of a cold (pink nose).

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Happy birthday, one day late!

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