I want to hear your stories of things happening to you such as almost getting a snake/reptile but someone else purchased it or they wouldn't let you purchase it and things like that.

A while back I was at a pet shop and they were selling this really beautiful Variable Kingsnake that I wanted but they said it would be available the next week on Tuesday, so I went on Tuesday the very next week and they said someone had already purchased it the day before. It was a total bummer because that snake was very beautiful; it was a very bright orange color which was just stunning.