Does this sound like "stolen" balls to you?

[WarriorPrincess90]

I understand that everyone here is passionate about snakes but i feel like some people are jumpin the gun here. How is this any different from people finding morphs that were dropped off in animal shelters or at petco? It could very well be that maybe the lanlord found out about the snakes and didnt allow them in the first place, causing them to have to dump the snakes. I just cant see someone having the time to steal the snakes and the rack and t-stat. I think theres more to the story but i dont think its bad as everyone here is assuming. Call me optimistic maybe....

If that were the case, why approach a pet store worker and solicit their business instead of posting about it on Craigslist? It's the lack of a trail as much as it is the price that makes it seem sketchy. He could have easily moved those animals in the space of a week at a higher price via Craigslist or some similar listing, yet he chose in person and tried to pawn them off as quickly as possible? Also, if they belonged to the guy, he would have been savvy as to their relative worth and would have likely wanted to make more money off of them. As much as we would like to believe it was just a sweet deal, the likelihood given the situation seems low.

I know if it happened to me though that I would want someone to report it so that I might get the chance to have my animals returned to me. The legality is not so much in question at this point as the ethics are. As mentioned previously, I'd be looking around for lost/stolen ads just to be sure. If someone is missing their animals, they would probably exhaust every possible route in their search for them.