If he's not willing to pay the fees, then he's too shady to do business with. I'd start looking for another one of the same animal. Surely there is another out there from a breeder who is not quite so shady.
The only thing is I've been looking pretty hard for one of these girls because I want to work with the spotnose gene, and I couldn't find another one het for pied anywhere.
:-/
1.0 LB Hypo het. Trans Bearded Dragon-Dega
0.1 Normal Ball Python-Semira
1.0 Pied Ball Python-Sabien
En route: 0.1 Spotnose 100% het. Pied