Someone has already mentioned Outback but I would like to expound on that for a moment.
Outback most often offers animals that have been farm-hatched from eggs that either came from wild-collected females that were captured, allowed to lay, and then released or eggs dug straight from a burrow (most often the prior). Because these animals were born in captivity - and in many cases sent over before they have even had their first shed - they are not really subject to all the parasite issues and such.
Occasionally Outback will also offer adult WC animals (like when they get their Volta animals in), these you do need to be ready to deal with a true 'out of the wild' situation. 99% of the time Outback has already done at least a treatment for ectoparasites (ticks, mites, etc.) though I, and they, will advocate that you repeat the process in a couple weeks. You will most likely need to deal with endoparasites with the help of a vet.
Someone mentioned getting only an unopened bag because it gives you the chance of scoring a huge new morph... I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is simply never going to happen. The bagged babies have already been through a screening process on the farms in Africa and anything flagrant has already been picked out. You might score something minor like something in the YB complex or a Cinny or something else really subtle but even then the odds are against you, the farm guys know how to spot a morph and they are not going to let anything good slip through. In all likelihood the only thing you will get in the bags is normals. Some may be aberrant looking but they will still be normals.
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