Over the years I have mis-sexed some small boas. It happens and it's embarrassing! A couple of times buyers have ended up with something other than was expected, usually due to an animal being swapped between groups or some other mixup but at least once I just goofed. It has also happened several times that animals I purchased (including some rare ones from VERY qualified sources) were mis-sexed!
The usual remedy is to get the buyer another animal of similar or better quality, but yes, it will likely be another baby. The second option is to refund the deal.. but that gets sticky real quick.. How do you refund someone's disappointment in their project? .. or replace animals that have become friends? In your case at least you have the additional factor of planning on getting your Snows on the market while they are still near the peak of their saleability...
Look at it also from the seller's side.. yes, he goofed but if he takes your animal's back he also takes back whatever has happened to them while you've had them... he inherits how you kept them, fed them.. any injury or disease . And whether or not he keeps them or re-sells them all that is now his (or her) responsibility.
I can't say what the seller SHOULD do but you have already mentioned you believe that this was an honest mistake.. so unless you somehow come to KNOW you were purposely abused on the deal keep it on a friendly level, communicate and work it out. You can maybe get the thing that you want right now from demanding, threatening and slamming people but 10 or more years from now the friends and colleagues you still have will mean a lot more than those boas ever did. And who was right or who was wrong will be forgotten!
That's my advice.
Gus
