I dont think he was implying you directly, slim, it was just a general statement about pet stores, which usually tend to be pooly staffed by under educated people, which can lead to mites and all sorts of other parasites/bugs ect.
Heck, have you guys ever really looked at the fish in most pet stores.
See how many ich spots you can find on a single fish, not to mention fin rot and mis housing them, and thats fish, nobody cares about fish (i do, im a fishkeeper for 2 years now, 6 tanks lol)
The snakes, mice, gerbils are no exception. Its really money to blame..