Well that's not the way I wanted to end it.....I wanted to clear my name, and after doing so, people still antagonized me, and tried to say I was shady and dishonest.....They keep trying to bring up old doubts I had but can't realize that once I spoke with the breeder who got the sterling from Adam Chesla, as a sterling, I had no more doubts.....Why would this man who has such a good reputation lie to me about the snake.......He wouldn't......He bought it from Adam Chesla as a sterling, I received it from his partner as a sterling, I traded it as a sterling.....Why....because the snake is a sterling.....There was no dishonesty or shady dealing on my part....I told Dave he was getting a sterling, and that's what he got....He also now has concrete proof that its a sterling.....I can certainly understand Dave not taking my words for it....I mean come on, this is our first interaction with each other, and he doesn't know me from a can of paint. But now that he has proof from someone he knows and trusts, that makes me happy