How much have you paid for ball python morph?

I have yet to pay for one. Well not in money anyway. I traded web work for mine so I chose "other". :)

$3800 for a pair of het pieds in '03. First year's (05) production gave me 4 pieds and 5-66% hets. The next year (06) gave me 4 more pieds and 4 more 66% hets.

I also paid $3500 for a pos. het albino chondro a couple of years ago. Hopefully the sire to my animal will prove out this year.

Brandon

Well, I'm still fairly new to the game but the most I've put down for a single morph is $450 for my spider this year from NERD. Yeah I could have gotten him for less from somewhere else but not anywhere near the quality! Plus I got the added benefit of him having a few low % possible hets! I'm gonna be putting him in with quite a few ladies down the road and we'll see what proves out. I'm really hoping he proves to be het ghost cuz I want some Honeybees!

I paid $800 for my adult female Amir Line YB. That's the highest so far. I paid $600 for a 780 gram female Spider (no wobbles that I can tell), $450 for a 600gram male Pinstripe, $550 for a 550 gram Mojave male, and $500 for a 76 gram Spotnose male. Those are definitely my most expensive BPs...so far.

$25, female normal, LOL

The most I would spend on a morph would be ~$1000, no more. Anything I wanted that cost more than $1000 I would just wait until the prices drop. From what I've seen in this thread prices can go from many thousands to a few hundred in a couple years.

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Originally Posted by anendeloflorien

Well, I'm still fairly new to the game but the most I've put down for a single morph is $450 for my spider this year from NERD. Yeah I could have gotten him for less from somewhere else but not anywhere near the quality!

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Adam, I respectfully have to disagree. A spider is a spider is a spider. Some big breeders charge what they do because they know someone will buy from them just for the name. If you put that spider in a tub with 100 other spiders, I bet you couldn't tell the difference. Many "big" breeders don't even produce half the low end morphs they sell.....it's not worth their trouble. Just keep your thoughts in the back of your mind when you are producing animals of your own. How will you feel if your potential customers are buying other spiders for 2x what you are asking....because yours are "not anywhere near the quality" of the big guys? A small name does not mean inferior quality. I'm not trying to sound offensive. I'm just trying to point out you'll be in the same situation some day. No disrespect to NERD, but please try not to disrespect the little guys either. Afterall, I'm pretty sure all spiders originally came from NERD.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne

Adam, I respectfully have to disagree. A spider is a spider is a spider. Some big breeders charge what they do because they know someone will buy from them just for the name. If you put that spider in a tub with 100 other spiders, I bet you couldn't tell the difference. Many "big" breeders don't even produce half the low end morphs they sell.....it's not worth their trouble. Just keep your thoughts in the back of your mind when you are producing animals of your own. How will you feel if your potential customers are buying other spiders for 2x what you are asking....because yours are "not anywhere near the quality" of the big guys? A small name does not mean inferior quality. I'm not trying to sound offensive. I'm just trying to point out you'll be in the same situation some day. No disrespect to NERD, but please try not to disrespect the little guys either. Afterall, I'm pretty sure all spiders originally came from NERD.

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Well, I'm sorry but I will "respectfully" point out to you that I did not say anything about what anyone else is producing. I purchased my spider from NERD because A) they are one of the most well-respected breeders in the US. B) I have a personal relationship with most of the people there and live only a few minutes away from them and C) They had a spider that fit all of my criteria for me personally!

It's not a dig against what anyone else is producing but I looked around at a lot of different places and in a LOT of different advertisements and did not see what I was looking for. I went down there and you know I looked at 8 different spiders they had and found the ONE that fit me personally. If I had seen a "tub with 100 other spiders" mine is still probably the one that I would have picked out. His colors are fantastic, he's got a great reduced pattern and he's got incredible high white sides. I believe in purchasing for quality which is something it seems that has gone to the wayside in this market. Talk to BeardedDragon I'm sure he'd tell you what a quality spider was worth to him.

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Many "big" breeders don't even produce half the low end morphs they sell.....it's not worth their trouble

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What? Actually my spider WAS produced there and I have the birthing records to show that.

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Just keep your thoughts in the back of your mind when you are producing animals of your own. How will you feel if your potential customers are buying other spiders for 2x what you are asking....because yours are "not anywhere near the quality" of the big guys?

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If I am not producing quality animals I'm not going to try to sell them for the same price as the "big guys" that are producing better quality animals from breeders they've been raising up for years and put tons of money into. If I choose to go for better quality animals, spend more money in a initial investment I believe that will show through when I actually start selling babies.

Don't question me on what I choose to do for my business and I won't tell you how to run yours.

I see you took offense anyway. Sorry.....and yes, many big breeders sell tons of animals they don't produce. Enjoy.

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I see you took offense anyway. Sorry.....and yes, many big breeders sell tons of animals they don't produce. Enjoy.

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Not offended at all actually I just disagree with your major points is all. I've chosen the way that I'm going to pick the animals in my collection just as I'm sure you have we just chose differently! Keep up the good work though! I'm just trying to make my way through the same as everyone.

we payed 190$ for our lemon pastel...but also planning on getting a pied and leucy someday...so deff gonna end up spending more...:P

I have a 08 1.0 Jungle pastel $100 and a 06 0.1 Jungle pastel for $650...

Looking to buy a pinstriped albino next year soooo.... $$$$$... Im not sure of the price but i am sure it will be over a grand....

$15,000 for a pair of het toffees.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

:D

Denis
DenJenn Reptiles
www.pythonregius.ca

Got my normal and his tank for $100... Don't really plan on ever spending more than that.

I've actually never spent more than $100 on 1 single ball python. I barter for my snakes so I've been able to create quite a nice collection with no money out of my pocket other than supplies.

I know this is a little off-topic (but related at least), and maybe has been answered in another thread, but does anyone know the highest reported price ever paid for a BP morph?

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Originally Posted by simplechamp

I know this is a little off-topic (but related at least), and maybe has been answered in another thread, but does anyone know the highest reported price ever paid for a BP morph?

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IDK about the highest paid but I know that the Banana Ball was first offered up for $100,000.

Ralph Davis paid $70,000 to get one imported from Africa. He called it an "ivory" but there was something special about it, which I don't remember.

Here I am feeling like I'm putting a strain on my finances by setting a $500-$600 budget on my first BPs, haha

v

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Originally Posted by ;924882

IDK about the highest paid but I know that the Banana Ball was first offered up for $100,000.

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I could be wrong, but I believe that the actual price paid for the first banana produced was around $40,000. The price asked for and the actual prices paid are usually quite a bit different. Especially for the animals with exorbitant price tags.

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Originally Posted by Vacado

Ralph Davis paid $70,000 to get one imported from Africa. He called it an "ivory" but there was something special about it, which I don't remember.

Here I am feeling like I'm putting a strain on my finances by setting a $500-$600 budget on my first BPs, haha

v

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Ralph's finances are probably a little different than yours.

Ralph sold a BEL for $175k

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Originally Posted by AaronP

IDK about the highest paid but I know that the Banana Ball was first offered up for $100,000.

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he was offered 90k and turned it down!
and another person (who is hiding) told the guy he had one that looked like it and he would sell it for 90k and the guy said oh there is more than one and walked. that same guy made a few more bananas, killed the parents sold the same banana to a few ppl and never shipped and you get the idea

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I could be wrong, but I believe that the actual price paid for the first banana produced was around $40,000. The price asked for and the actual prices paid are usually quite a bit different. Especially for the animals with exorbitant price tags.

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Originally Posted by patenaud

$15,000 for a pair of het toffees.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

:D

Denis
DenJenn Reptiles
www.pythonregius.ca

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ok so wat does that actually mean, that when you bred them together you got a bunch of toffees...? or yur hoping to get toffees? im confused on the whole "het" process/idea

I just paid $400 for my new spider baby that should be shipped here when Adam's and my scedule matches.

I voted "other" because $2000-3000 is not on the poll. I payed $2250 for a pied in 07. $1800 for an 08 pied and $1800 for a male caramel come in second.

Wow, those are some big bucks. I bought my first BP last month and paid $1000 for a female Bumble bee. Absolutely worth it to me. Next I will buy a Lesser, probably cost 6 to 8 hundred. After the Lesser I will pay for a blue eyed Lucy if I can find one. I will probably have to wait on that because I will not pay more than 2000 for any snake. Being that they are living things, I just won't risk the 5000 and up for some of these snakes, so my blue eyed lucy will wait until the price comes down to the 2000 range or less.

Gary

I payed 3,000 for the most expensive BP.

$14,500 for a female high white pied in 2001
$14,000 for a male caramel albino in 2003

Plus another $30,000-$35,000 on various other morphs

I paid 250.00 for my first male pastel in 06. I just bought a pair of pastels and paid 295.00 for The pair.

Normal female 10$
Pastel male 100$
Spider male 45$ :banana:
Het Pied male 50$
Having the best pets on Earth PRICELESS!!

yea i paid $100 for my 08' pastel male at the hamburg reptile show... thats the most ive paid... not bad i guess, the next cheapest pastel i saw at the show was $250, so i made out well

wow southb where did you find a spider for $45??

$400 for a male Pinstripe

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wow southb where did you find a spider for $45??

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I think they meant $450 (typo).

Is there a way to change my answer to the poll? I voted a long while ago, and the number has increased by a couple categories...

paid little over 625 for a ablino male and a pair of het axanthic this summer
I paid about 600-800 for a pair of het pieds plus i rescued a number of possible hets over the years and didn't know it at the time..

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$350 for this male albino last year. Notice that he has a slight imperfection near his nech\k, had him checked out and its no big deal. Very happy with my purchase

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...z/scion025.jpg

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350?!?!?!?!?! I got my female 07 albino for $1000. she was born 10/17/07.

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wow!! when was this tim? '01?

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Think those were the price of them when I was getting into breeding. Like 2004.

No 45$ was right, and also the het pied male I bought for 50$ was a 1200 gram adult so I think I did good on both of those.:banana:

Oh and when I say 45$ it was without shipping since the guy I bought it from lives two miles from my girlfriend.

I voted a while ago on I think $2-3 thousand but I just paid for a Champagne Poss het ghost male for $10K

I spent $ 2500,00 for my Hig white piedball:taz:

How about $400 for a caramel albino?

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Originally Posted by southb

How about $400 for a caramel albino?

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Is there something wrong with it?

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Is there something wrong with it?

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Thats my question.. or are you sure its a carmel?

Yeah 100% fine animal......it was my first caramel. I've got a really good friend that gives me the best deals because I do the same for him.

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Yeah 100% fine animal......it was my first caramel. I've got a really good friend that gives me the best deals because I do the same for him.

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They yes, that is a good deal.

Now if I could only get my hands on a pied female.........I've tried and tried to trade a Caramel male for a female Pied with no luck lol.

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Now if I could only get my hands on a pied female.........I've tried and tried to trade a Caramel male for a female Pied with no luck lol.

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Depending on who you're talking about a Pied Female is worth more than a caramel male :)

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Originally Posted by southb

How about $400 for a caramel albino?

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Geeze... I want him to be my friend too!:D Is he taking applications?

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Originally Posted by AaronP

Depending on who you're talking about a Pied Female is worth more than a caramel male :)

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I know.....but I can dream can't I? He has a problem with buying these animals and then getting rid of them but he also has the best dealing strategy I've ever seen. Anytime I can goto the shows with him I do lol.

The most I have paid is $180, but the most I am willing to pay is $600. If they cost more then that, I would rather produce it myself :D