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The snake's doing great, eating live hopper mice now. Almost doubled in weight since receiving in mid-July...Now 65 grams, a little smaller than my smallest hatchling this season. Since it's "not a runt", I guess I've always hatched out giants! MasterCard seems to be giving in to Paypal's policy that since the merchandise was not returned, there is no buyer protection. I sent them a letter quoting their promises to act on my behalf in disputes with a merchant and indicated that policy is very enabling to those intent on fraud. All someone has to do is send out fraudulently represented product, failing to disclose significant flaws, then refuse to accept return and there is no recourse from Paypal or MasterCard. Paypal won't talk to me since I've initiated the dispute through MasterCard. That's just their excuse-of-the-day though, because they either ignored or made false promises prior to my filing with MasterCard. Once again, Paypal never indicated their lack of support is due to this being an animal-related purchase. Their policy requires you to prove you returned the merchandise. If the seller won't accept return, apparently you're screwed. They claim they will pursue cases of fraud if a letter of inauthenticity from a qualified expert is provided to them, but they seemed to ignore that promise when they found out it was not an E-bay purchase. This chapter is still playing out, but at this point it's not looking too promising. I'm glad though, that I've been able to keep the snake long enough help it achieve good health. I can relax a bit about the possibility that my collection has been exposed to IBD. If there are any significant developments, I'll post updates. Thanks.
Paul
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