Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady
It's tricky, as a buyer I'm going to be quite upset that I put that much time and effort into an animal that doesn't prove out. But if I then look on the BOI and see that in the intervening years (assuming I purchased the animal as a hatchling) you still have a sterling reputation (because I sure as heck would have checked to begin with), I'm a lot more likely to chalk it up to "just one of those things," and likely be satisfied with a credit of the original purchase price toward a new animal (because you were so nice about the whole thing I would buy from you again, and I would be telling my friends how nice you were about it as well). This is assuming at I as the person trying to breed the animal have very detailed records and photos etc. that satisfy you that I haven't just screwed up and there's nothing fishy going on.
If we're talking about a het purchased as an adult, espcially a "proven" one, I'd probably give it two seasons (assuming it was paired w. a visual, and am again speaking as the theoretical buyer). At that point I'd probably be wanting to return the animal, and because it was probably a rather expensive purchase I'd be looking for at least a partial credit toward something else.
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