No, I still would not give one away to a stranger. I see those "free to good home" ads and they just rub me the wrong way personally. It is up to anyone's discretion on who and how they give/sell animals and I am not judging or disliking anyone for their doing so. It is just not something I would do personally for someone I did not know.
I greatly appreciated being gifted with Luna, and everytime I open her tub, I smile. She is one of those snakes that I would never sell unless maybe I was on poverty's door and had to get rid of them all. And with my way of thinking, I would feel morally obligated to gift her to someone, as I could not sell what I did not really buy; I would feel wrong doing that. Maybe, just maybe if it were someone I fully and completely trusted and respected, I might gift them with a snake. I am actually contemplating the thought now.. but if it were a case of "they can't afford it, so I will give it to them.." No. If they could not afford the snake's price, how would they fare if the snake had to be vetted, or their equipment broke, etc? I am just too leary after seeing my friend operate a dog rescue and having bunches of smarmy people sneering at her for wanting a modest fee because "they were not made of money" or "it is just a mutt." The fees covered the immunizations and feeding of the dogs she rescued.. no one, unless they have no budget limits, can do that stuff alone!
So in closing: I guess I am changing my tune a bit. If it were someone I was completely confident in, I would consider gifting. I would not advertise off to people I do not either know personally or feel confident in.. if there were someone on say, this forum, who regularly posted pics of their healthy snakes and great setups, I would ponder gifting. There was actually a person a few months back who had a loss in their life, who I offered a hatchling to.. But I hate "free to good home" ads! And the animal sacrifice issue is not just me being overdramatic. I have heard of so many cases of that crap..
I guess another bit of the fee thing, comes from my other friend who rescues horses. She would never let a horse go for free, because people could just turn around and auction it off at the meat buyers' the next day. Her mission was to rescue horses from that fate, and keep them until she could find a real home for them.