When buying a het at an expo, how do you know your not getting ripped off?

[Peter Williams]

How are you supposed to know your truely buying a het, and not just some non-feeding normal?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

How are you supposed to know your truely buying a het, and not just some non-feeding normal?

Just like when buying online you need to do your homework and buy from a REPUTABLE breeder.

Often shows will have a list of vendors so you can if you have the list look the vendor up on the BOI.

[mlededee]

yup--buy from a reputable breeder and get paperwork with photos to go with the snake.

[wolfy-hound]

Short answer. You don't.
You can protect yourself by buying from reputable people, make sure you get I.D. paperwork from them too.
Keep the paperwork and receipt.

[rabernet]

Like said above, research the vendors ahead of time. I would not buy a het from a show from someone I was not familiar with through my research.