Well, I am not exactly going to walk around with $800 in cash. Oh well. I guess we really all do things differently. I was mostly just curious if you guys would buy a snake without taking a physical look at it. I guess I just wouldn't. I also know if any of my snakes at home was sick, I wouldn't bring that into a reptile store by asking to hold a snake. I understand that the employees of the store don't know that and is being cautious, but I know personally I wouldn't purchase a snake without getting a real good look at it. And besides the shipping cost, this is another reason I wont purchase snakes online. I can always find another Puma, and I know the breeder I usually deal with may have some some time this year. He said his black pastel yellow belly is breeding to his pastel spark right now so I think I may wait anyway. That is where my comfort zone is.