Quote Originally Posted by T_Sauer View Post
That's on them .... I would politely tell them to "go fly a kite" they dropped the "ball" so to speak. Technically if you signed the paper they provided you and you now have possession of the snake, and the paper work calls it a different species ..... I would think that it is almost as if it never happened because the paperwork is talking about whatever species they put on the paper and the snake in question in a ball python .... therefore .. possession is 9/10 of the law

Exactly. I was thinking about this too, and while I'm no lawyer, I wouldn't be surprised if a judge were to throw the whole thing out, saying there is actually No agreement. (In which case you wouldn't be held to anything.) This even assumes that they would bother with any legal proceedings on what, a $100, maybe $200 purchase? As unhinged as the staff may be, the organization's own lawyers would tell them it was a waste of time.

Bottom line is, they accepted your money, and handed you a snake.
Done deal.