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Ugliest Pastel You Will Ever See

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And my lousy pics actually make it look nicer than in person.

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Here is some info on it.

It was supposed to be a Graziani female pastel.
It looks to me like a colorful normal or a really, really butt ugly pastel but my vote is on it being a colorful normal.

I got refunded most of the price so it only cost me in the end the amount of a nice female (take that as the price of a very nice female) but I had plans for her with one of my 05 males.
 
thats a bad sale then! you can clearly tell the differance between any pastel and a normal, colorful or not... well she might make for a alright breeder if bred with a nice pastel or something
 
SPJ said:
really butt ugly pastel
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Is there such a thing as a butt ugly pastel?

I bought three $20 CH females back in April. I picked out the brightest colored ones. They have been pounding rats and are pretty big now.

I took one to a show last month to sell. Another person had a REAL pastel for sale. People kept commenting on how "cheap" I had my pretty ball when this other guy had his so "expensive" and mine was almost as pretty as his.

Of course these people didn't know the difference in a pretty colored normal and a pastel. Mine was ALMOST as bright as that pastel, but there is a definite difference. Until you see a real pastel, you really don't have anything to go by. I didn't sell my snake and I'm gonna keep her and the other two too. I picked up a het. albino male and I'm gonna be entering into the BP morph breeding soon.

I took pictures of her but, of course, they don't show her true color.
 
Of course these people didn't know the difference in a pretty colored normal and a pastel.
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Neither did the person who sold me this one. :hot:
 
Is there such a thing as a butt ugly pastel?
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We hatched out a girl this season that forgot she was a pastel. He colors were a lot more dull than any other pastel we ever hatched and she doesn't have that "jungle" pattern either.

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As far as your girl Steve, I'm thinking normal all the way. Very attractive anyway though.
 
I dont think there could actually be a butt ugly ball...color doesnt matter to me, but yeah pastels are cool and all. =D
 
Well this is just weird.

There is no pattern on the shed.

What the heck did he send me the BP that can't amke up it's mind what it wants to be?
 
As far as your girl Steve, I'm thinking normal all the way. Very attractive anyway though.
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Well this takes the cake. She is a he.
 
OMFG, lol.....

I shouldn't laugh, I know....I'm sorry. :(

But it's just SO silly. I'd like to be a fly on the wall when you talk to the person who sold her.....uh, I mean HIM to you. Some people just really, well....."take the cake" as you said.
 
OMFG, lol.....

I shouldn't laugh, I know....I'm sorry.
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Nothing went right with this deal.

I just sent a very "stern" email followed up with a phone call.

I am probably screwed since I waited to probe it. I was more concerned with it not being a pastel than thinking about sexing it.

I have decided to sell him and get back some of what the new price was to the seller when I complained it wasn't a pastel. With the sale and another partial refund due to it being a male now, I should break even and just put this deal behind.

At least he is being cooperative regarding the mix up (well so far).
 
The little $#*%#@$ just hissed and coiled back when I slid the tub out.

The only thing going for him is he is pretty and has no pattern on his shed.

And now he has the nerve to hiss at me. I knew I should've stuck with lizards.
 
I'm glad you didn't take my post the wrong way, Steve.....I was hoping (after I posted it and re-read it, of course) that you wouldn't think I was laughing at YOU.

I was just laughing at how ridiculous it is that some people are SO totally clueless about what they are selling.

Have you tried just telling the seller to take the snake back and refund your money? I guess I don't know just how long you've had him, but I would at least try to get the seller to take him back. I guess the way I look at it, maybe you could have seen from a picture of the snake before you bought it that it wasn't a true pastel, but you couldn't tell that it was a male, obviously. JMO.
 
I did see a pic. Supposedly there was a mix up by an employee and I got a brightly colored sibling by mistake. The person that they think got the pastel was supposed to be shipped to me will not return emails or phone calls to them.

I originally wanted to send it back but was told they don't take animals back past 72 hours (it took 72 hours to get a response regarding the first mess up) and they only give credit. Well, I'm not really interested in credit after this.
 
Hm.....sounds like an out-and-out ripoff to me. Jerks.

Care to tell us who you got him from??
 
I have been quiet about this because he has been cooperative but I am just about ready to go to the BOI if I don't get satisfaction. The store is a "pit" if you ask me.
 
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