Talk:Shiny Pokémon/@comment-4724558-20120119034422/@comment-4700359-20120119142528

Sam might not necessarily trade the Shellder to you. He does this every so often, he puts a new Pokémon up for trade, and allows people to offer on it, then a week later, accepts one of the offers and announces it on his blog. You never know, maybe it'll be my offer he accepts!