Breeders Holding Snakes?

[Pengil]

First of all, I absolutely appreciate everyone's honest, thoughtful insights! I'm still learning about forging good relationships with breeders, and everyone was extremely helpful.

Unfortunately, someone had placed a deposit on aforementioned snake an actual day before I inquired about her (the day after I posted this thread). However, Amy Vesper (who is awesome, btw), said that a lot of people will make a deposit on a snake, then just vanish off the face of the Earth. She was kind enough to send me a picture of what the snake looks like now, as opposed to the outdated baby picture on MM, so I at least got to see how that combination of genes aged. For several weeks we were in a holding pattern, but the snake has since been taken off the website, so I presume she has sold. It's a bummer, but perhaps these things happen for a reason, and I have another similar-ish one at the top of my list.

I'm sure this will not be the only time something like this comes up, and I just wanted to give everyone who took the time to answer and explain an update, as well a express my thanks.