Gribben's emails to me:
10/17/06, she contacted me first based on a post of mine:
I have a female 100% het albino female who is 1200 grams and could breed this
year. let me know if you are interested
10/18/06, answering the questions I asked about the snake:
Temperment is good. She could be really sweet, but I don't handle her, shes not really a pet here. No issues with taking her out for cleaning or anything, shes not aggressive. She eats live and ft, mice only (so far). Would like $400 shipping included and she would go out from Portland OR. Pictures are attached.
10/20/06, answering more questions I had:
No she has not been bred, but should be ready to go this year, as she is just barely minimum breeding weight. No microchip, but can provide a signed guarantee of genetics and parentage, as well as feeding, gender, etc. I prefer paypal. Let me know if $400 shipped is acceptable and I will send you an invoice for the purchase via Paypal. Thanks for your business
10/21/06, I asked to discuss the purchase over the telephone, but she ignored it. discussing her paypal account (new one?):
I made mine! Let me know when yours is ready to go. Mine is
aegribben@gmail.com you can either send the amt or I can send you an invoice.
10/22/06, I asked for the invoice she said she would send ahead of time and mentioned I would pay with Visa:
Generally it only takes 3 or 4 days for the amt to be deposited, then your account is verified. Though now that you upgraded already thats no problem, just fyi, with your upgraded account and using a credit card, paypal will automatically snag like 2 or 3 percent of what you send to me. I usually, in this insistance, ask that buyer honor the surcharge. If this will be a problem let me know. I send the invoice with the snake (in the box) on all shipments. It has all my information, snakes information, and all feeding, weight and shed records I have on the snake. No idea how *long* she is, thats really tricky to determine in an animal that doesnt hold still, but I can see about taking her into a vet and getting a more accurate (tomorrow) recent weight on her. Let me know! Shes a lovely animal, you will be very happy with her. I will let you know when I have the payment and have processed it, and I should be able to ship her the next day.
10/23/06, day of payment, $412.00
Got it! Going to have a nice chat with paypal today, as its not letting me add either a credit card or a bank account to get the funds OFF that paypal acct. I need to have them in my bank account for shipping costs, is the thing. GRRR. Will keep you updated. If need be I will refund the money and we can try a different way of payment. Sorry this is being a pain!
10/24/06, discussing shipping:
Was going to email you just now! Yes I got it figured out and can ship her out any day. Probably friday or monday, as I work all day tomorrow and thursday. I will ship her overnight, so whatever afternoon I ship her, the next day is when you would get her. I will also send you the tracking number. Are you home during the day? If not, let me know what day works best for you, or I could ship her to your work if you know individual employees can receive packages. I use UPS, and unfortunately no shipper can give you a time window of delivery. Let me know what address works best for you, or a particular day that works best for you. Let me know if you have any other questions about the process!
10/25/06, asked to be shipped monday. Last email I received. No contact since:
Sounds good. I will send her out monday. And yes its fine for her to be in a box that long. I have had the shipper miss me and I had to go to the facility the next day and the snake was fine. I will check the weather in both our areas and put heat or cold packs in with her to account for temp. The way they are packed, they do not get jostled or lose air. Will email you Monday PM with the tracking number. Have fun on your weekend out!
These are the emails she sent me. Hope it helps.