Quote Originally Posted by kc261
1) - Is it reasonably safe to assume that anybody selling at one of these reptile shows would be safe to buy from? Or are some of the vendors just as bad as many pet stores?
Unfortunately no. Some of the vender's can be as bad as the stores yes.

2) - We live more than an hour away from the show. How do we safely transport our new baby home?
A pillow case should be fine for that period of time.
3) - How much do normal hatchlings go for at these shows? Will there be a price difference between males and females? Or does everyone just bring their fancy stuff and we might not even see any normals?
depends males run 20.00-50.00 females can run 20.00-150.00
4) - Anything else I've forgotten to ask that we should know about or look out for?

Thanks!
Make sure the vendor insists you use a hand sanitizer prior to handling any of his/her animals.

Any vendor that offer paper work even with normals should be a go.