Is the high price market dying?

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

Well said Judy.

When push comes to shove that guy will probably end up selling it for considerably less money, because any of the snake breeders capable of spending that kinda cash on a snake, would know that a fire pastel for 30g is not a wise decision...

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Another possibility is that he posted a ridiculously high price in order to barter for other morphs that he might be interested in...

It is interesting to see how some people price their snakes. I've seen some people post prices that were extremely high and low for different snakes in the same ad. :confused:

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Originally Posted by KS ad

I can ship this animal via UPS, DELTA, or deliver it personally if my asking price or near my asking price is met

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I would find it quite funny if a guy in Timbuktu paid "near asking price" and then demanded personal delivery... lol :omg:

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

I would find it quite funny if a guy in Timbuktu paid "near asking price" and then demanded personal delivery... lol :omg:

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Heck, I'd travel to Timbuktu for a $30K sale... maybe even Timbukthree. :P

Of course, the airlines don't make personally delivering a snake overseas even remotely plausible, but I guess you could have it shipped and meet it there...ticket would only cost you maybe 2 or 3K... lol

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Originally Posted by JLC

I don't think it's "out of line." What I do think is that the guy is not going to get that much money for it...or anywhere close to it. But it's HIS choice what price he wants to set. And it's our choice to maybe give a little laugh, shake our heads, and move on to the next deal.

I don't think one guy's poor choice of pricing is an indicator of the ball python market as a whole.

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I somewhat agree...but he isnt the only ridiculous price i have found up there lately.

Sometimes prices like that have very little to do with actually selling an animal, or at least that specific animal.

-adam

I doubt very much that any knowledgeable person would pay that much for that ball python. However, isn't it possible that he never intended to sell the animal for that price, but was more interested in getting people talking about it? (after all, they say that ANY advertising is good advertising) If that was the case, judging by the various threads I've seen popping up on different forums, I'd say 'Mission Accomplished...'

It IS a very pretty snake, and there will undoubtedly be several more hatched next season. I'm sure the pictures that were posted caused several people to change their upcoming breeding plans.

Mark

The difference between buying that snake and getting your own pastel female and fire male to breed together is TIME. If you want it NOW, then you pay the price, or you wait.
From the posts, most of us would wait, and make our own. I personally can't think why a pastel fire would be useful to me, so I wouldn't buy it. People pay a lot more for a bumblebee than for a female pastel and male spider too. To make your own, you'd have to pay for the female, get it through quarentine, get it to size to breed, then breed it to the male you got, as long as the male is big enough to breed. Then you have to wait to see if she took, wait for her to lay eggs, and wait to see if the eggs hatch, then see WHAT hatched.
That's a lot of odds to wait on, when you could just buy one. And that, my friends, is why we breed "designer combo morphs". Many people don't want to wait and have all that time and equipment and effort to get what they could easily pay extra money and have in hand immediately.
And you are right, it's his snake, and he can price it at $100K if he wants to. Shoot, he could price a normal male at $100K if he wants to. Will I buy it? No. Will you buy it? Probably not. But if he finds someone willing to spend $100K on that normal male, then kudos to him.
That said, it's very pretty. Nice bright colors.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Sometimes prices like that have very little to do with actually selling an animal, or at least that specific animal.

-adam

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Have to agree with Adam and Mark, he probably doesn't care if it sells. Instead he can use the $30k price tag to justify selling male Fires at a high price and telling people that they just need to add a female pastel and they too can be producing $30,000 snakes next year....... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by MarkS

after all, they say that ANY advertising is good advertising

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hmmm...seems I have heard that somewhere before.

:rolleyes:

just sayin'