"Time burglars". Somebody at a show called the window shoppers "time burglars". I loved it.

I'm trying to remember what I put on my ads which sharply curtailed the window shoppers. "Serious inquiries only" didn't seem to have much effect. I was considering "Serious inquires only comma jerkfaces", but I figured that wasn't professional...

...oh yeah. "NO TRADES."

Once I stated NO TRADES, the number of inquiries from obvious time burglars dropped sharply.

(I also have a secret rule about legibility of text messages. The first year I sold hatchlings, I really did try to respond to everyone. Absolutely everyone. Now if someone texts or e-mails and I can't make heads or tails of the message, I just quietly ignore them. This is a sale. A business transaction. Some little animal's life is at stake. Bust out a keyboard and a spell checker, for heaven's sake.)