I am probably being a bit silly, but I just can't kick the feeling and was wondering what everyone's thoughts were.

I contacted a seller from kingsnake.com about a boa that was listed. I asked him if he would be willing to hold the boa for me, willing to put down a deposit if he wanted, I only needed four days. The seller said no problem use this email for Paypal. I gave a 50% deposit, the seller said it was received everything was good.

During this time I noticed he posted the same add in kingsnake, with the snake snake pictured. I was slightly upset seeing as I put a deposit on the snake but thought maybe it was a backup plan in case I didn't come through. I wasn't thrilled with the idea but could understand.

Friday at 8:00 am I messaged him saying the rest was sent. The seller responded great will let you know about shipping.

Sunday I noticed the same add in kingsnake and I get a bit more agitated. I wonder if maybe I didn't see some "fine print" about it being a different snake than the one pictured so I ask the seller. I also hadn't heard anything about shipping so at 6:30 pm on Sunday night I emailed the seller. The seller responded a few hours later that I was in fact getting the snake in the picture and that he has others for sale, which is why he was still posting it. I thought okay whatever maybe I am just being overly sensitive, and I will see what I get come Tuesday.

Tuesday comes and the snake arrives. Looks great except deep in shed which is kinda disappointing since I wasn't aware during the transaction. I wanted to make sure 100% it was the one in the picture on the post. The snake has a "notch" in it's pattern (cosmetic only nothing damaging) which matched the one in the photo. I think it's the same snake and place it in QT.

Twenty-four days later (I received the snake right before Christmas, and was away for the holidays.) I noticed the snake has a few mites. Not a big deal, I treat for the mites and sent a quick email to the seller. The email just said that the snake was the only one in QT I have been very careful about feeding with separate tongs, containers, clothes etc... That the mites might not have been from the seller but just the heads up in case the seller was having issues or wanted to check their collection. The seller responses was thanks but mites happen and if you have enough reptiles they are impossible to get rid of. This isn't new I have heard this response before I just don't fully agree with it.

Anyway today thirty-one days later from this whole thing I am looking through kingsnake for a mate for the snake. I see this seller has posted the same ad numerous times over the month and the most recent one was posted yesterday. The ad is the exact same with my snake in the picture. The post reads "This is a gorgeous......"

Am I being overly sensitive about the issue? I understand that he produced the snake (as far as I know) and it is his picture. I just feel like it's weird in a way. Would you do business with this seller again if this was your experience? His reviews everywhere were positive and it is someone who has an established reputation. Like I said I just don't know what to think.