Albino price?

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Originally Posted by rabernet

That's why I plan to keep my collection size manageable - if an animal doesn't sell, I'll hang onto them until they do. And as they grow in size, so will their asking price. :)

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DING DING, Quality not quantity

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Albino's are far from pricey these days. $300 (which pains me to see) to about $400 these days. IMHO, they never should have dropped below $1000.

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Sorry, i have to ask. Why in the world would you want them to still cost 1k?!
Personaly i think the cheeper the better, so everyone can enjoy all the beautiful herps instead of only the people who have lots of money to waste. I love herps but i dont have thousands of dollars to spend on a single snake, and im sure theres alot of people that are in the same position. Id love to own a pied but i cant and wont be able to afford it for a long while. It would be nice if herps were more reasonably priced so everyone can enjoy keeping these amazing animals instead of just those with lots of cash. Thats just my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by CallmeUmaster

Sorry, i have to ask. Why in the world would you want them to still cost 1k?!
Personaly i think the cheeper the better, so everyone can enjoy all the beautiful herps instead of only the people who have lots of money to waste. I love herps but i dont have thousands of dollars to spend on a single snake, and im sure theres alot of people that are in the same position. Id love to own a pied but i cant and wont be able to afford it for a long while. It would be nice if herps were more reasonably priced so everyone can enjoy keeping these amazing animals instead of just those with lots of cash. Thats just my 2 cents.

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See not to be rude but thats the sounds of market crashing. Youd rather buy cheaper to say you have an albino and not care about the quality and or market you might one day join and see our points.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

That's why I plan to keep my collection size manageable - if an animal doesn't sell, I'll hang onto them until they do. And as they grow in size, so will their asking price. :)

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I second that as that is what I do as well

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

See not to be rude but thats the sounds of market crashing. Youd rather buy cheaper to say you have an albino and not care about the quality and or market you might one day join and see our points.

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Im not trying to say that quality isnt important. Im not trying to say everything should be dirt cheep either. But for the average person especialy in these times prices are very steep and unrealistic in my opinion. I unfortunately have not started breeding yet but i do one day hope to, mabe then ill see your point. You have to admit that it is kind of selfish to keep the most beautiful of herps only for those with loads of money or people who make a living off of it.
Once again just my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

See not to be rude but thats the sounds of market crashing. Youd rather buy cheaper to say you have an albino and not care about the quality and or market you might one day join and see our points.

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+1. I agree with afew point he made but we def don't need this hobby to go to pots, like several other herps have.

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Originally Posted by CallmeUmaster

Im not trying to say that quality isnt important. Im not trying to say everything should be dirt cheep either. But for the average person especialy in these times prices are very steep and unrealistic in my opinion. I unfortunately have not started breeding yet but i do one day hope to, mabe then ill see your point. You have to admit that it is kind of selfish to keep the most beautiful of herps only for those with loads of money or people who make a living off of it.
Once again just my 2 cents.

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Thats life and get used to it. Nothing is free, id love to own a 250k car but just cause one can dont mean we all should due to the economy. Cant afford it dont buy it, someone else will.

Theres plenty of species and colors to enjoy the industry. Pricing is made due to how much time and work goes into making these awesome morphs.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

That's why I plan to keep my collection size manageable - if an animal doesn't sell, I'll hang onto them until they do. And as they grow in size, so will their asking price. :)

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You know, this is some of the best advice we can give people. My first round in the hobby (wasn't balls, it was other stuff) my collection exploded way too quickly. People forget that this isn't like collecting baseball cards. Every new animal means more time and more money to upkeep. Not to mention, you have to be able to either sell all of your babies or have the time and resources to take care of them until you do. If you can't take care of 100 babies, then don't produce 100 babies.

Seems like albinos would plateau in price sooner or later. Maybe in the 350 dollar range. IMO
Any one can enjoy the hobby! Petco has sells frequently on ball pythons for $29.99. I love albinos, but if all I could afford was a $30 snake, I would be happy to own a nice normal from Petco, etc.. If I really enjoyed having a snake as a pet and wanted an albino, I'd save up the money to buy the albino or which ever other snake would enrich my life!

Happy herping!

I paid 5600.00 for a pair of pieds and spent 3 long years caring for them and getting them to breeding size...not to mention the cost of maintaining feeders, buying and building racks and an incubator. I really feel asking 1000.00 per snake is not too much to ask for such an investment in time and money. If you can't afford a pied then buy a pair of hets and make your own...but don't expect a handout because you can't afford a highend morph. There are plenty of affordable ball python morphs that most people can own.