Quote Originally Posted by akaangela View Post
You took a gamble. The gamble was could you get a picky eater to eat and live. $180 is not very much for a female pin, but they warned you that it was a picky eater. You could have passed and spent more to get a good feeding animal but you didn't. How much would you have spent (LAST year) for a female pin? Not mind you how much they go for today.

Granted it really sucks to loose any animal, but issues come up sometimes when you breed. As a breeder that has had a picky eater I will tell you that when, if I sold an animal like that I would MAKE sure that the buyer knew that there was NO garentee on her. It sounds like that is what they did. "You know this animal doesn't like to eat" and a price of almost half of what I have seen pin females go for was loud and clear.

IF they are willing to work with you, then good for them, but they shouldn't be expected to "give" you anything. Especially since it lasted 2 months. There is NO mar on their reputation (IMHO). In fact I think they are being very generous.
In concept, I agree with everything you are saying - however:

The buyer is a teenager. There is no way in h*ll I would sell a non-feeding animal to a teenager. No knock on Tiffany, but even keepers with a lot more experience under their belts have issues getting non-feeding young balls to eat.

What good is a 48 hour warranty on an animal that can take months to starve itself to death? That animal was apparently a problem eater and they sold it on the cheap to a kid.

I'm loathe to sell animals to kids period. If one comes along that appears to have a pretty level head, I'll gladly make an exception on some species - but I would make damn sure that the snake had no known issues.

However, I would not sell an animal - especially a baby with known eating issues- to a minor. No way, no how.