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so i was on CL in the pet section in a neighboring city and found an ad for 100% het pie female that he wanted to trade for an xbox 360 so i took an chance and sent an email, and told him i had one which i did not but i was able to get one to make along story short i got an 100 %het pie weighing 330 grams for 200 now it did not have paper work i know it is a big chance but hey i could atleast breed her to something else if she doesnt prove out

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

so i was on CL in the pet section in a neighboring city and found an ad for 100% het pie female that he wanted to trade for an xbox 360 so i took an chance and sent an email, and told him i had one which i did not but i was able to get one to make along story short i got an 100 %het pie weighing 330 grams for 200 now it did not have paper work i know it is a big chance but hey i could atleast breed her to something else if she doesnt prove out

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If it did not come with papers for genetics consider yourself JACKED ;).You traded a xbox for a $20 snake :weirdface.Are you even sure its a female?

Wow! :) I hope it's actually het...

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

i got an 100 %het pie weighing 330 grams for 200 now it did not have paper work i know it is a big chance but hey i could atleast breed her to something else if she doesnt prove out

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Yes you could however for that price you could have had 4 nice normal females not 1.

I guess now all you can do is wait and see.

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

so i was on CL in the pet section in a neighboring city and found an ad for 100% het pie female that he wanted to trade for an xbox 360 so i took an chance and sent an email, and told him i had one which i did not but i was able to get one to make along story short i got an 100 %het pie weighing 330 grams for 200 now it did not have paper work i know it is a big chance but hey i could atleast breed her to something else if she doesnt prove out

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Huh?

Like the others I hope you got what you think you got. Did you actually get genetic paperwork with the snake and have you confirmed with the breeder that this is in fact the 100% het for pied female as sold to this guy?

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

now it did not have paper work i know it is a big chance but hey i could atleast breed her to something else if she doesnt prove out

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This should have been a red flag that its just a normal ball python.

I hope you got what you think you got :) Here is to her giving you some beauties!

Did the guy have any other BP's or seem to know anything about breeding? Would seem odd that he would only have one BP, and it would happen to be het for Pied. Sometimes you just have to read people and make sure they're walking like a duck.

I hate to join the Doomsday chorus... but... :rolleyes:

I answered a CL ad regarding a het caramel female and a het albino female.

I questioned him pretty harshly about it, and he did fill me in...

He got the het caramel from a guy that invented the spider ball python. After a few more emails pushing for the name of this breeder I was informed that they had come together, but I had misunderstood... the het caramel (he claimed) was from BHB. He had this one snake imported into CAN when it was 80g.

80g is the weight of a newborn BP, and the CITES paperwork takes a bit longer than two weeks... and no, not saying this snake came from BHB as I know it did not.

He could not remember the name of the guy that invented the Spider Python, but he did think it may also be het for pastel...

Longer story less short... a few months later I sold a snake to someone that informed he had just bought a het caramel off of CL... I did not have the heart to break it to him.

But he assured me this was a het caramel, but he had misplaced the paperwork...

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

I hate to join the Doomsday chorus... but... :rolleyes:

I answered a CL ad regarding a het caramel female and a het albino female.

I questioned him pretty harshly about it, and he did fill me in...

He got the het caramel from a guy that invented the spider ball python. After a few more emails pushing for the name of this breeder I was informed that they had come together, but I had misunderstood... the het caramel (he claimed) was from BHB. He had this one snake imported into CAN when it was 80g.

80g is the weight of a newborn BP, and the CITES paperwork takes a bit longer than two weeks... and no, not saying this snake came from BHB as I know it did not.

He could not remember the name of the guy that invented the Spider Python, but he did think it may also be het for pastel...

Longer story less short... a few months later I sold a snake to someone that informed he had just bought a het caramel off of CL... I did not have the heart to break it to him.

But he assured me this was a het caramel, but he had misplaced the paperwork...

Bruce

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I'm confused.. did you falsely sell the snake as het. caramel?

I am sorry for your loss.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I'm confused.. did you falsely sell the snake as het. caramel?

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Nope... I was offered a false het with no paperwork, I pushed for answers, the guy gave me a bunch of info that did not add up.

I sold another guy a pastel male, and he informed me that he had just purchased a het caramel female... so the guy that I sold a snake to, was scammed by this other guy.

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

Nope... I was offered a false het with no paperwork, I pushed for answers, the guy gave me a bunch of info that did not add up.

I sold another guy a pastel male, and he informed me that he had just purchased a het caramel female... so the guy that I sold a snake to, was scammed by this other guy.

Bruce

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Aw, that's terribly sad.
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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Aw, that's terribly sad.
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Worst part the ad still pops up on occasion..

i know it dont mean a lot but does the snake even have the "markers"

Female hets, especially of that size, are selling for $500 and up. He could have easily sold her (were she legit) and bought himself 2 brand new gaming consoles if they go for $200.

I too am hoping for that one in a million chance that you didn't get taken.

Sure he could be telling the truth, and spent $500 for a 100% het pied snake with no papers.... and now he is almost immediately going to turn around and sell it for the price of a used xbox 360 (that can be had for $150 easily)

Sounds to me tho like he is a BS artist. I would have no issue with trying to BS him right back.

Tell him you took him to a ball python scientist named "mike cavanaugh" who with a simple blood test was able to genetically determine that it is NOT het for pied. Tell him you want a full refund or you are calling the police by 4:00pm today.

You may not get anything out of it, but at least you will sleep better tonight knowing that you likely scared the crap out of him.

but thats just me.....

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

Sure he could be telling the truth, and spent $500 for a 100% het pied snake with no papers.... and now he is almost immediately going to turn around and sell it for the price of a used xbox 360 (that can be had for $150 easily)

Sounds to me tho like he is a BS artist. I would have no issue with trying to BS him right back.

Tell him you took him to a ball python scientist named "mike cavanaugh" who with a simple blood test was able to genetically determine that it is NOT het for pied. Tell him you want a full refund or you are calling the police by 4:00pm today.

You may not get anything out of it, but at least you will sleep better tonight knowing that you likely scared the crap out of him.

but thats just me.....

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LMAO :rofl:.I would do this also :8:

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

Sure he could be telling the truth, and spent $500 for a 100% het pied snake with no papers.... and now he is almost immediately going to turn around and sell it for the price of a used xbox 360 (that can be had for $150 easily)

Sounds to me tho like he is a BS artist. I would have no issue with trying to BS him right back.

Tell him you took him to a ball python scientist named "mike cavanaugh" who with a simple blood test was able to genetically determine that it is NOT het for pied. Tell him you want a full refund or you are calling the police by 4:00pm today.

You may not get anything out of it, but at least you will sleep better tonight knowing that you likely scared the crap out of him.

but thats just me.....

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:
right on!!