Buyers beware!

[wolfy-hound]

I have two concerns.
The OP stated that he had multiple thermometer sensors and the hot side was 90, and the cold side was 82. With TWO lamps and a UTH, on a TEN gallon tank. How do you even get two lamps on top of a 10 gallon tank? It sounds suspiciously to me like someone read the sticky and then repeated it. I'd challenge anyone to put two lamps on a 10G tank, with a UTH, and get no temp in the tank higher than 90F.

The second concern I have is that Broaddude came and implied that HE knew what killed the baby snake and it had been fixed and now the OP has a new snake, yet the OP stated that he didn't know, and doesn't know why Broaddude stated that. So.. why did Broaddude imply they knew? What was the point?

My best hopeful guess, after reading the OP's "explanation" was that he read the sticky, and tried to set up the tank acording to it. Once the tank was set up, he could put the baby in, then left for a short while(30 min? Longer perhaps?) And then the tank continued to heat up, because it had way more heat source than any 10G tank should ever have, and killed the baby.

IF that is the schenario, then it's a terrible mistake, but I don't understand the weird evasions, and don't understand why Broaddude would think it should all be considered just fine, without a apology from the OP for accusing the seller. The OP did not come asking for information, he came accusing a seller of scamming him, and selling him a sick snake. There is a HUGE differance.

What if he had bought the baby from one of the well-respected breeders here? Would it still be just fine?

In the herp business, all you really have is your good name. An attempt to destroy that, when they were in the wrong is MORE important to me than someone making a newbie mistake, tragic though the consequances ended up being. I don't want to browbeat the OP, but everyone should know not to throw accusations around and then think that it's all fine, just because they got a new snake to replace one they killed.