This morning, I saw a post from Julia. It sounds like the another Bartek Rhayu scam where he does not even send you the right items. He will resort to insults and hostile, bully tactics and giving you no choice but to take your losses.
Julia's post says:
"Okay I should have researched this earlier. I got scammed and bullied by him just recently.
I had ordered two mantises, a jumpingg spider, a B. Vagans and a surprise package. I received more mantises (he had announced this), but all the wrong kinds, a spider which is clearly was not a Vagans and that was it. I asked him about this and opened a Paypal refund request. After all, the most expensive items were missing, and the package included two empty containers instead of jumping spider.
In return he bullied me, treated me like an idiot, insulted me and managed to turn the Paypal case that way that I would have had to send the insects back. Meanwhile he wrote in his email that is it minus six degrees centigrade in Poland, thereby announcing the animals will be dead upon resending. I could have used express postage, but this would completely eat up the refunding. So technically, he forced me to keep or kill the animals.
This is a very nasty person. Do not buy from him, and do not even rely on Paypal customer protection, since he will use it against you."
If the Super Stars and "celebrities" of the mantis / invertebrate pet world (PEOPLE THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW) can get scammed by Bartek Rhayu, then I feel like the regular hobbyists who have absolutely no voice in the community will have no chance. The only thing everyone can could do is spread awareness about Bartek Rhayu, currently known as Exo Factory Insects.
It is now 2019. Bartek Rhayu, who's real name is Bartosz Piotrowski, who has gone with many different alias' including the current Exo Factory, has been happily scamming others out of their hard earned money and has left a trail going back roughly 10 years.
Those of you helping Bartek Rhayu scam others out of their money by giving him awesome shout outs on social media are a bunch of puppets. The bribes you'd accept also show you your self worth. You'd be willing to let your fellow hobbyists get screwed over repeatedly for a handful of bugs that drop in price a relatively short time later. Fortunately, some have seen how horrible a person Bartek Rhayu can be and have stopped this behavior.
In 2019, after about 10 years of scamming, it seems that Bartosz Piotrowski, alias Bartek Rhayu, current alias Exo Factory Insects, is in fact, brilliant at what he does, which is scamming hobbyists and finding puppets for a bargain deal.