German hobbyist robbed of 25.000 euro worth of zebra's

Post by **John** » Sun May 24, 2009 1:04 pm

http://www.forum.l46.de/viewtopic.php?t=4199&highlight=

A german hobbyist is robbed of 25.000 euro worth of zebra's.
Among the fish were 70-80 breeders, 30-40 subadults and a whole lot of youngsters and fry.
This hobbyist lost all his effort of 15 years with those fishes in one night.
All other plecs were not taken and just thrown on the floor to die.

mistern2005 · Post by **mistern2005** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:46 pm

does anyone know who this is?

jerry58 · Post by **jerry58** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:55 pm

Hi John
What a waste of time,effort, fish and investment it must be for them, do you know if the fish was insured,at that level £21,000 must have been?.

I can't find the thread on the site when I use your short cut and I'm using google translate maybe its me.

Thanks Jerry

Post by **John** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:15 pm

Sorry, did not realize you have to be a member to view this topic on the german L46 forum.

Here is a piece from a german newssite:

http://translate.google.com/translate?& ... e%2fTicker

The translation is not the best but you will get the idea.

Jo's Zebs · Post by **Jo's Zebs** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:29 pm

That is bloody awful what a shame for the keeper I dont think I could come back from that, 2 x big dogs needed
I think these fish will be offered for sale soon keep your eye for them and inform the owner.

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:08 am

I am sure its totally a coincidence, but there is a 0/0 seller from Berlin on Aquabid who posted 4 zebra auctions for smaller size fish in quantities of 10 to 40 fish each. 3 were posted May 11 to expire May 25 and one May 14 ending May 29.

Post by **John** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:56 am

Jo's Zebs wrote:I think these fish will be offered for sale soon keep your eye for them and inform the owner.

All german hobbyists are informed through the german forums and the owner put up a 3000 euro reward

TwoTankAmin wrote:I am sure its totally a coincidence, but there is a 0/0 seller from Berlin on Aquabid who posted 4 zebra auctions for smaller size fish in quantities of 10 to 40 fish each. 3 were posted May 11 to expire May 25 and one May 14 ending May 29.

Fish were stolen later then auctions were started

kingie11 · Post by **kingie11** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:46 pm

http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/p ... 131216.php

lot of large fish for sale

Jo's Zebs · Post by **Jo's Zebs** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:27 pm

Now that looks like guy from that area who has been doing a scam for the last year or so, his auctions got removed from ebay a few months back and AC banned him early this year its the same wording and pictures different username, who would buy anything £105 with no DOA cover madness??

alsbeth · Post by **alsbeth** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:54 pm

Hi, i emailed the chap on aquarists classified and asked for some more details and a contact number.He declined,saying they were web based only.
Pretty sure its a scam.Buyers beware !
Al

kingie11 · Post by **kingie11** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:14 am

why is it that scammers dont just keep the fish for the great satisfaction of keeping alone not for ££££££

Post by **Barbie** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:54 am

This is such an awful story. I'm so sorry for his loss. If anyone can figure a way to get them to him, I know I'd donate a fry to help him restock and I can think of two or three other breeders here in the US that would probably kick in. I just don't have any idea if shipment is possible in any way that's feasible for their safety.

Barbie