See, now most of my collection has come from purchasing online. To date, I've not had a bad experience doing so. I find that I'm more likely to find exactly what I'm looking for online vs. at a show. On occasion I'll find what "passes muster" for what I'm looking for at a show, but that's rare. Mostly has to do with how picky I am and knowing exactly what I'm looking for. For example - when I decided to add a lesser, I knew I wanted a black back lesser. Took me a year of patiently waiting, but I have him. Same thing with my cinnamon - I wanted a black back with high floating pattern and a lot of fading on the sides. Found him at a show from a friend of mine, but I purchased him later and had him shipped (didn't have the money when I found him and was lucky he was still available when I did).

I currently have a couple of purchases in the works that are both online, and my not seeing the animals in person and using pictures to decide the animals that I want.