albino ball prices in few years

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Just because it exists doesn't mean the price has to drop down to where its affordable for the masses.

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Amen brother!

NEVER!!!

I would never sell my albinos for that.. If they were that cheap, I would just keep them all and make combos.

Its amazing how much work we breeders have to put in to recessives in the first place.

People don't tend to think about that...

Depends... if we assume F. Classifieds sets the market price, sure, we could see that in several years time. But Fauna is peanuts compared to the industry as a whole. I'm willing to bet some of the big breeders sell at least as many balls as FC does as a whole.

Don't let KS and FC set the standards of pricing. Take a look at the breeders that do this full time... you'll notice their price fluctuations are nowhere NEAR as significant as you'll see on the classified sites.

It's set in stone that there's going to be two layers to this industry. The MKR style car salesman tactics, and those that are really interested in the quality of the animals they have. Take a look at what Sean Bradley has done with Clowns, Peter Kahl with Pieds, Markus Jayne with Pastels, Ralph Davis with Lucy's.

Are you ever going to find a super high contrast Albino with BRIGHT orange on solid white for $200? Not likely. But if you just want "a morph", there's no question you'll find a price you can afford.

I hope the prices don't drop. don't like it? you're in the wrong hobby.

Even though prices have dropped on spiders/albinos (and many others), I chose to go with a breeder who has quality animals, breeds for the passion of the animals and has an awesome reputation. Sure, I could have paid alot less than I am, but some things are not about how much it costs dollar wise. My investment will come back to me, not only hopefully in the form of future profit, but in the joy of having this beautiful animal in my collection.
As for the original question, God I hope they never drop that far down in price! It seems the less expensive things are, the more "throw away" people seem to perceive them in this society.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I hope never...I'm not in such a hurry for morph prices to drop. As I have said before and still believe, some things aren't meant to be owned by everyone. Just because it exists doesn't mean the price has to drop down to where its affordable for the masses.

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Oh and on that thought, it can be affordable to almost anyone thanks to wonderful breeders out there who offer payment plans. Work hard, save your money and if you want it bad enough it can be within your reach. You just may not get it TODAY. Thats why so many of us who are in it for the love of the snakes have hets. We don't care if it takes us a few extra months/years to get that morph. The dream is to SOMEDAY have it.

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Originally Posted by catawhat75

Oh and on that thought, it can be affordable to almost anyone thanks to wonderful breeders out there who offer payment plans. Work hard, save your money and if you want it bad enough it can be within your reach. You just may not get it TODAY. Thats why so many of us who are in it for the love of the snakes have hets. We don't care if it takes us a few extra months/years to get that morph. The dream is to SOMEDAY have it.

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I don't disagree. But the prices shouldn't have to come down so that people can afford it. If someone really wants it, they can find a way. :rockon:

LOL, yup. You put it better than I did. I have yet to learn the fine art of not writting a novel, lol.

I would rather see most prices where they are at right now, I even think some are on the low side. But then again, I don't tend to follow what KS or FC few seem to have "set" as prices. I will pay what I think the snake is worth to me, depending on many many factors. Like I said before I know I could have gotten a spider for less than what I am from someone else, but I am getting much more than just a snake from Adam. You get what you pay for.

I doubt we'll see any recessive morph get that low. The first morph to come out of africa was recessive the hypo or ghost and you still can get one of those for under 1000 bucks from a good breeder. We have seen a drastic drop in the price of com/dom stuff like pastels and mojaves and lessers cause any schmoo with a normal female and 1200 bucks to blow is producing them. Bigg breeders are trying there best to hold prices where they need them to be. Lets face it if every college kid and hobbiest out there got in to breeding you'd see NERD, RDR, and VPI get out of ball python morphs.

The over head of a smaller breeder is less and our commitment to the market is less than them.

I don't think albino's will ever be that cheap bud. Recessive rock!!!