Thanks for your responces. After several attempts, he finally said his last name was Smith. Being rather trusting (a flaw that is most difficult to overcome), I went ahead with the deal because I was sending my snakes to where he works. (I looked his work up online and called to verify he worked there - ergo trusting does not equal stupid - most of the time <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> ) Needless to say, I sat on eggshells and worried the whole time that I was getting scammed. why did I do it? A moment of insanity, I'm sure. :o) A day later his box to me arrived and I thought to myself, "I'm going to open this box and find a cheap nothing snake!" when I opened the box I found myself looking at a very beautiful Limburg albino female. I wasn't scammed at all. I have not fed her yet, I wanted to give her a few days to settle in, plus feeding day is Wednesday. If she eats, I will be very happy with this deal!
I've come to the conclusion that Nick Smith is just not a very talkative or social fellow through the email. I, myself, am very talkative (I'm sure you haven't noticed!<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>. I tell my customers everything under the sun they would want to know, answer any questions I can in as full depth as I can, and email them every month to few months just to check how things are going. So, I'm not used to stilted conversations or people who don't answer questions I ask.
Would I do business with him agian? Maybe. But, I will be extremely uncomfortable because I need to have that breeder-customer connection.