Yeah usually pet stores will take the little baby hammies, but make sure it's a clean pet store, look over their rodent section and make sure you don't see tons upon tons of hammies already, otherwise they may end up as snake food or else they may be forced to live in the same cage and begin to fight one another until they are sold

Also, it's good if the pet store dosen't sell snakes, just to be on the safe side.

And golden hamsters are one of the hamsters that will start fighting not too long after they are completely weaned, so tell your friend that if she/he wants one, to make sure she/he only takes one unless they have a seperate cage for the other.

If I was near you I'd take one Hammies are SO cute I rescued a female golden hamster and had her for a couple of years. She was going to be put to sleep because she escaped and became semi wild, but she tamed up in just 2 days. She ended up being a little sweet heart.

Good luck and have fun