I know this is a bit late of a reply, but I'd like to post my experience with Michael Steiner. He had recently been selling a Pewter Ball and out of curiosity I asked what he was asking for him. Though I wasn't able to afford the Pewter, a couple days later he offered me a gorgeous '08 female Pastel that I just couldn't pass up. I had just spent all of my money at the Pomona show and was completely broke, but Michael was willing to give me a couple months to pay off the girl at my leisure. I'd forgotten that I had put in quite a few extra hours at work the previous week and ended up getting enough money to pay off the Pastel that weekend. After speaking on the phone we made arrangements to meet up. I also ventured a little bit further to ask if he would be open to having me over to see the rest of his collection and he was totally open to that as well. The night we got together, he gave me a tour of his racks, and put up with the fact that I couldn't remember which snake was which sex
. He was also kind enough to show me his Ball Python books and lend me his VPI dvd. A couple days later he also sent me a little video he had of him feeding my girl as proof that she had a good feeding response. I would personally do business with Mr. Steiner in the future without second thoughts.