that was 100% Het Pied, if that is what you are going for. Possible Hets are not really a good way to go unless you have some Het or Possible Het females already grown, and the male PH is a high dollar animal. For instance, if you could get a GHI or Banana PH Pied for a steal, then yes, by all means. $80 shipped is cheap for any Ball, but remember, an auction is usually done because they could not sell the snake in an ad.