Sellers, take care Kristy1277

[Morphie]

Kristy1277, also known as Kris, bought many things from me recently. Nearly everything I sold her, she asked for some kind of discount. Five bucks here, free stuff there. She bought my nicest snakes for steep discounts, then asked for more. She asked if i had more free water bottles to give her when she bought my rat cages and I said 'no', because i thought I gave them all to her. She came over with her friend to buy more stuff and spotted some spares I'd recently found in the closet. She asked me if she could have them all for free, I said yes if she gave one to her friend who was buying a cage. She proceeded to fight with the friend who picked one that she liked, even though she had just gotten a whole bag for free.

Enter the conflict: one of my females was gravid. Turns out she took when she was put together with my fire, who is now deceased. According to Kris, she laid some slugs and a possibly good egg, which looks not-that-great. I was devastated at the loss of my fire, and asked her if she would please give me the maybe-good egg. I didn't expect her to, because I've observed how stingy and selfish she has been with me and with her friend, and of course she said "no".

I know she is well within her rights to decline me this courtesy. I asked politely, I explained that it was a sentimental issue, that my fire departed suddenly and, I thought, left nothing of himself behind when he went. I don't care if the snake in this egg is a normal male, it's still important to me, and I explained that. I offered to trade something if that would help convince her, but it didn't. She told me that I should have kept the snake and she is sorry. That's fine, but it lacks empathy, especially considering how many things I gave into her about, regarding discounts and free items.

Did she hold up her end of the bargain? Yes, and for that reason she is a good trader. What makes her trade practices questionable is the constant talk-downs, and now, a complete lack of empathy for my situation after I had shown her a lot of good-will. She's not sketchy, just stingy and very selfish. If you're a nice person, be aware that she may well take advantage of that, and offer nothing in return if you request it, regardless of how personally important it is that she offer you some empathy.