They may well be terrible snake sellers. I have no idea. I don't see what selling guns has to do with selling snakes though.
Alluding to things that may or may not be true just because you got your panties in a knot doesn't sit well with me.
The sellers had not received payment. They changed the price. Big deal.
Until your cash is in my hands, check cleared or paypal in my account, any snake you may be buying is still mine to do with as I please. Holding it WHILE that payment clears, that's fine and dandy and I've done it before.
Until that arrangement is made and payment is ACTUALLY processing, no one has any say in anything but the owner of the snake for sale.
To think otherwise is either naive or something less wholesome.
How do we know that you, the buyer, weren't the biggest pain in the ass they've ever dealt with?
We don't. But I could certainly say you are that if that's true, who knows how you really take care of your snakes and may well be one of those people who keep loaded guns in their house.
See?