Unfortunately, that is part of the whole snake shipping game. This is one of those things that just happen from time to time that the sender/breeder is forced to "eat", and move on. All you can do is hope it doesn't happen very often.

If it were a book, or other inanimate object, there could be some recourse, but with live animals, it's impossible to prove it is undoubtedly the carrier's fault that it died, even though it certainly is in many cases, there are just to many possibilities with a live animal of any kind.

To prove it WAS indeed a certain parties fault, you would have to hire a good attorney, such as Johnny Cochran, and have a cute "catch phrase" concocted such as...."if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!", only applied in some ridiculous fashion to fit the particular dead snake situation. The sarcasm I used here is a little silly, but basically very true nonetheless.


~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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• For those that ship..... - xblackheart, Thu Sep 4 22:45:19 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - FunkyRes, Thu Sep 4 23:50:01 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - tspuckler, Fri Sep 5 07:21:23 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - RandyWhittington, Fri Sep 5 08:29:35 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - cochran, Fri Sep 5 11:37:05 2008
• Sweet Okeetee Jeff..........n/p - APLAXAR, Fri Sep 5 11:52:03 2008
• 1 more - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 12:11:08 2008
• hey tom - adamjeffery, Fri Sep 5 14:59:38 2008
• RE: hey tom - kingsnake1, Fri Sep 5 16:08:28 2008
• Fully agreed! - DMong, Fri Sep 5 16:42:25 2008
• RE: Fully agreed! - Godfrey, Fri Sep 5 16:57:48 2008
• My opinon - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 17:09:13 2008
• RE: hey tom - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 16:47:02 2008
• It is up to the shipper to... - kathylove, Fri Sep 5 17:27:15 2008
• I knew - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 18:30:49 2008
• If people value their reputation... - kathylove, Fri Sep 5 21:11:11 2008
• RE: If people value their reputation... - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 21:32:50 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - jyohe, Fri Sep 5 18:29:08 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - draybar, Fri Sep 5 19:07:12 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - STEVES_KIKI, Fri Sep 5 20:19:33 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - HerpZillA, Fri Sep 5 20:45:19 2008
• The lesser of two evils..... - Guttersnacks, Mon Sep 8 08:29:29 2008
• FedEx specifically states... - kathylove, Mon Sep 8 18:32:32 2008
• right right - guttersnacks, Tue Sep 9 08:09:13 2008
• RE: For those that ship..... - guyergenetics, Thu Sep 11 00:43:18 2008
• thanks....... - xblackheart, Fri Sep 12 00:18:23 2008