I do understand that everyone buys their first snake at some point however some research should go into that purchase. Enough research perhaps for them to know that BPs are not "poisonous". I still remember how surprised I was going from having a fair level of reptile knowledge to snakes. Very little stays the same in the crossover.

Yes I am obviously aware that I do not have to sell anything to this person. My question was, can anyone see a way to direct this person towards learning how to take care for a snake that has worked for them in the past?

Yes, as I said in the original post I overshot the actual size, I meant it to be a max rather than an average. And I think also trying to shy this person away from getting it.

Actually I really like CL for the reason that you get people who are getting into snakes/reptiles/exotics for the first time. By putting a normal up from time to time you get people who shy away from the $100 price tag on anything interesting at petstores or who don't know exactly what they are looking for, anything with scales will work. But they are interested and want to learn, or at least that is typical. I have never run into this brand of "I want snake!" Do you know anything about snakes? "I want snake!" customer.