Lowest prices you've seen for these morphs?

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Originally Posted by marct

Whats the lowest you've seen a BMW... Thats what I think of when I hear people ask these questions... I can easly look in the classifieds and find a BMW or Lexus for way under retail... but what am I sacrificing... The paint will be chipped.. rims scratched... tint falling off... the same goes for morphs... not all morphs are the same... everyone and their grandmother is now trying to breed.. thus... there are various levels of quality out there...

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Used ball python for sale, under 10,000 miles, out of warranty.

I agree with you on that ... but that is not always the case...

You get what you pay for in most cases. Sure, you can get a kinked Caramel for cheaper than a flawless Caramel, but why? If your only consideration when purchasing a snake FOR BREEDING PURPOSES, is price, you are going to be in for a rude awakening down the line. Anytime I see someone looking for the cheapest snake, I do not even respond to their WANTED ads.

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Originally Posted by EmberBall

You get what you pay for in most cases. Sure, you can get a kinked Caramel for cheaper than a flawless Caramel, but why? If your only consideration when purchasing a snake FOR BREEDING PURPOSES, is price, you are going to be in for a rude awakening down the line. Anytime I see someone looking for the cheapest snake, I do not even respond to their WANTED ads.

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Thats my point... thanks

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Originally Posted by marct

I agree with you on that ... but that is not always the case...

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And I agree with you on that.

Unless I know the person selling the animals and know they produce nice quality animals, I won't buy them (morphs).

IE: I saw 09 pied's on kingsnake for $1k, a little leery I looked and they were being sold by Jason Feagans whom I know and trust. And they're even the super low whites that I like. :D Might have to buy one. :D

I am getting this 900g albino for $500

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ino-female.jpg

Its a perfectly good looking albino at a really good price. So price doesn't always equal quality (don't mind the bit of shed stuck to her, I researched the breeder on fauna, he is a stand up guy, had at least 10 people praising his name). Sometimes you just find a sweet deal because a breeder needs to clear space.

Low white pieds for some reason are at $800, i've seen two for that price. The started 09 albino i got was $300. All these were at the steel city reptile expo. Spiders were 150 for males/females. I got my Proven butter (kinda like a lesser) for 450. Both him and the albino were bought from the Boa Barn

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Originally Posted by marct

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Everytime I get ready for my new purchase, I dont ask "whats the lowest price"... I ask... whats the best quality I can afford... regardless of what people are selling their pastels, lessers, etc for, i will pay double to get the best morph out there... thats just my opinion...

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Originally Posted by marct

the same goes for morphs... not all morphs are the same... everyone and their grandmother is now trying to breed..

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Yes, but unlike those trying to breed BMWs by tossing a couple in a rubbermaid tub, everyone and their grandmother can pretty much breed successfully with a couple snakes they acquired directly from larger breeders. Just because a pied was produced from NERD stock in a spare bedroom doesn't, in and of itself, make it any lower quality of an animal than one produced by NERD directly.

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Originally Posted by LGL

I dislike threads like this......

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I couldn't agree more.