I got Yuki from Calcatta Bengals. (
http://www.calcatta.com/)
I had wanted a bengal for YEARS... my boyfriend and I almost gone one a few times. There was a breeder in Greenville, SC that we had visited that had some absolutely gorgeous cats, but to be honest we couldn't really afford one. We had enough money at one point to buy one we liked, but decided to be responsible and wait. My boyfriend was still in college at this point anyway.
A little later down the road, we almost got another bengal... someone only wanted the cost of what it would take to have the kitty shipped to us. He was a pretty lil' guy - but he had a problem with one of his eyes (it was squinty and mucky) that we were told they were treating him for, and that he'd be sent when he had a clean bill of health.
A few weeks passed, and his eye was still like that. I had a cat with some eye problems that had recently passed on a few months before, so I really didn't want to deal with another cat having the same type of problem... plus who knows, it could have been something worse, so we decided to pass. I still feel bad about that, and got a rather scathing reply about it (even bashed on a forum over it, if I remember correctly!) - but we did what we thought was best, especially since we still had another cat we didn't want to get sick. I ended up rescuing two shelter kitties instead of getting the sick bengal kitty.
More time passed... my boyfriend and I had moved from South Carolina to Los Angeles since he got a great job offer at a film studio, and I got an equally nice job there shortly thereafter. We finally had a decent income, and only two other cats - so we decided to FINALLY get a bengal!
I like the brown spotted bengals myself, but my boyfriend likes the silver spotted ones. I decided that I'd see if any silver ones were available, and sure enough, I found out that Calcatta had two lovely little boys available as pets. I didn't care that they were only pet quality... I noticed that the one I liked the most had a little tarnish on his coat, but I thought "hey, kind of a mix of a silver and a brown, haha!", lol... so we chose him.
I couldn't be happier! He is my naughty little man, and I absolutely adore him. He drives my two girls crazy, but they seem to get along pretty well for the most part. I can't believe he'll be two years old in February!!!