I will only do holds for past customers. There are way to many people that say I get paid on Friday can you hold it till then, only to never be heard from again. Now just because that snake is marked as hold does not mean it is sold or that there was even a deposit put down. MM lets the seller click a check box to put something on hold. You can let the seller know that you are still interested and willing to buy. You can also ask the seller if they have a clutch mate of the one you were interested in that is available. Not even 25% of my inventory makes its way up on MM.